Telang Usan

Telang Usan
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Dennis Ngau; GPS
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Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Telang Usan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Lubok Nibong, Puyut, Tutoh, Long Lama, Apoh, Long Miri, Pana, Akahpatah, San, Liomatu.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Long Miri, Pana, Akapatah, San, Long Lama, Apoh.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Telang Usan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1974	Joseph Balan Seling	SNAP
9th	1974-1979		SNAP
10th	1979-1983		BN
11th	1983-1987		SNAP
12th	1987-1991		PBDS
13th	1991-1996		BN
14th	1996-2001	Kebing Wan	Independent
15th	2001-2006	Lihan Jok	BN
16th	2006-2011	Lihan Jok
17th	2011-2016	Dennis Ngau
18th	2016-2018
18th	2018-present		GPS

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Dennis Ngau	3,231	51.33	+ 4.48
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Roland Engan	3,064	48.67	+ 12.82
Total valid votes			6,295	100.00
Total rejected ballots			82
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			6,388	63.88
Registered electors			10,000
Majority			167
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-29. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

Sarawak state election, 2011: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Dennis Ngau	3,597	46.85	- 23.18
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Harrison Ngau Laing	2,752	35.85	+ 35.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Kebing Wan	705	9.18	- 18.60
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Jok Ding	623	8.12	+ 8.12
Total valid votes			7,677	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			7,785	57.15
Registered electors			13,623
Majority			845
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

Sarawak state election, 2006: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lihan Jok	4,593	70.03	+ 11.75
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Kebing Wan	1,822	27.78	+ 27.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lidam Janang	144	2.19	+ 2.19
Total valid votes			6,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			6,645	51.94
Registered electors			12,793
Majority			2,771
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 2001: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lihan Jok	3,621	58.28	+ 12.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Kebing Wan	2,592	41.72	- 12.20
Total valid votes			6,213	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			6,328	50.26
Registered electors			12,591
Majority			1,029
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		BEBAS

Sarawak state election, 1996: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Kebing Wan	3,554	53.92	+ 53.92
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Robert Laing Anyie	3,037	46.08	- 10.89
Total valid votes			6,591	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			6,752	53.47
Registered electors			12,628
Majority			517
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BEBAS]]		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1991: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Joseph Balan Seling	3,252	56.97
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBDS	Harrison Ngau Laing	2,019	35.37
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Steward Ngau Ding	342	5.99
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	John Kalang Urang	95	1.66
Total valid votes			5,708	100.00
Total rejected ballots			57
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			5,774	57.33
Registered electors			10,071
Majority			1,233
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		PBDS

Sarawak state election, 1987: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBDS	Joseph Balan Seling
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PBDS]]		Swing		SNAP

Sarawak state election, 1983: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Joseph Balan Seling
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|SNAP]]		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1979: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Joseph Balan Seling
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		SNAP

Sarawak state election, 1974: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Joseph Balan Seling	2,315	55.42
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Timothy Wan Uilok	1,862	44.58
Total valid votes			4,177	100.00
Total rejected ballots			486
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,663	69.50
Registered electors			6,709
Majority			453
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		SNAP

Sarawak state election, 1969: Telang Usan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Joseph Balan Seling	1,718	48.23
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lee Kee Bian	868	24.37
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PESAKA	Dennis Hawan Lawai	750	21.06
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Balan Lejau	226	6.34
Total valid votes			3,562	100.00
Total rejected ballots			363
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,925	68.13
Registered electors			5,761
Majority			850
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[1] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

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