Payang
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 1978 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Payang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.
The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Payang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | BUMIPUTERA | |
| 1973-1974 | BN (PBB) | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Paloh | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | 9,246 | 74.44 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | SNAP | Joseph Salang | 3,175 | 25.56 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,421 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 480 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 12,901 | 76.62 | |||
| Registered electors | 16,837 | ||||
| Majority | 6,071 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|BN]] | Swing | BUMIPUTERA
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BUMIPUTERA | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | 5,839 | 48.09 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | SUPP | Nyandang Linang | 4,025 | 33.15 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PESAKA | Abu Seman Merais | 1,394 | 11.48 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | SNAP | Charlie Yu Chee Cheong | 884 | 7.28 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,142 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 598 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,740 | 83.47 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,263 | |||||
| Majority | 1,814 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.