Lingga (state constituency)
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 1977 | ||
| First contested | 1979 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 | ||
Lingga is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1979.
The state constituency was created in the 1977 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2005.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lingga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 10th | 1979-1983 | Daniel Tajem Miri | BN | |
| 11th | 1983-1987 | PBDS | ||
| 12th | 1987-1991 | Donald Lawan | BN | |
| Constituency abolished | ||||
| Constituency re-created | ||||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | Simoi Peri | BN | |
| 17th | 2011-2016 | |||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | |||
| 2018-present | GPS | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Simoi Peri | 4,169 | 66.84 | - 3.98 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh | 1,226 | 19.66 | - 2.56 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Wan Abdillah Edruce Wan Abdul Rahman | 842 | 13.50 | + 13.50 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,237 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,350 | 70.65 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,988 | |||||
| Majority | 2,943 | |||||
| [[|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 2016-04-30. "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 2016-04-30. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Simoi Peri | 3,652 | 70.82 | + 0.58 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Abang Ahmad Arabi Abang Bolhassan | 1,146 | 22.22 | - 7.54 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | SNAP | Abang Othman Abang Gom | 359 | 6.96 | + 6.96 | |
| Total valid votes | 5,157 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 83 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,240 | 67.66 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,745 | |||||
| Majority | 2,506 | |||||
| [[|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 2016-04-30. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Simoi Peri | 3,245 | 70.24 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | KEADILAN | Abang Othman Abang Gom | 1,375 | 29.76 | |
| Total valid votes | 4,620 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 12 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,684 | 62.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,545 | ||||
| Majority | 1,870 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Donald Lawan | |||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
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| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
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| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|BN]] | Swing | PBDS
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PBDS | Daniel Tajem Miri | |||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
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| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|PBDS]] | Swing | BN
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Daniel Tajem Miri | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
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| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
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| 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 2016-04-30.
- ^ "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.
