Bau-Lundu

Bau-Lundu
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1978
First contested	1969
Last contested	1974

Bau-Lundu 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 Bau-Lundu
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P121	1971	Sinyium Mutit	SUPP
		1971-1973	Joseph Valentine Cotter	SUPP
		1973-1974	Joseph Valentine Cotter	BN (SUPP)
4th	P131	1974-1978	Patrick Uren	SNAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Mas Gading

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Bau-Lundu	Bau
Bau-Lundu	Lundu

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974: Bau-Lundu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Patrick Uren	6,949	50.67	8.43
	BN	Joseph Valentine Cotter	6,766	49.33	49.33
Total valid votes			13,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			624
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,339	81.94	20.98
Registered electors			17,500
Majority			183	1.34	9.35
	SNAP gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 11–14 October 1971: Bau-Lundu
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Sinyium Mutit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Joseph Valentine Cotter	4,651	52.93	18.26
	SNAP	Lee Ngan Chooi	3,712	42.24	13.72
	Independent	Robert Jacob Ridu	424	4.83	4.83
Total valid votes			8,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			610
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,397	60.96	28.81
Registered electors			15,414
Majority			939	10.69	4.54
	SUPP hold		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969: Bau-Lundu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SUPP	Sinyium Mutit	4,539	34.67
	SNAP	Lee Nyen Choi	3,733	28.52
	PBB	John Loyar Nyibai	2,655	20.28
	PESAKA	Lawrence Kureng Nasif	2,164	16.53
Total valid votes			13,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			753
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,844	89.77
Registered electors			15,424
Majority			806	6.15
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.

[1] 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.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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