Bintulu (federal constituency)

Bintulu
Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Tiong King Sing; BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Bintulu is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kuala Tatau, Sri Dagang, Jepak, Segan, Sungai Nyigu, RPR Sebiew, Bintulu Town, Sibiew Similajau, Bukit Orang, Tanjung Batu, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Li Hua, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong, Sebauh, Labang, Hulu Suai, Sekaloh, Sungai Sebauh, Sebungan, Pandan, Tubau, Goyang, LKTS Suai, Subis Satu.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kuala Tatau, Sri Dagang, Jepak, Segan, Sungai Nyigu, RPR Sibiew, Bintulu Town, Bukit Orang, Tanjung Batu, Li Hua, Desa Damai, Batu Lima, Sebauh, Labang, Hulu Suai, Sekaloh, Sungai Sebauh, Sebungan, Pandan, Goyang, Subis Satu, Sibiew Similajau, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong, LKTS Suai.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bintulu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[2]^[3]
3rd	1971-1973	Ting Ming Kiong	SCA
3rd	1973-1974	Ting Ming Kiong	BN
4th	1974-1976	Ting Ling Kiew	SNAP
4th	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	James Wong Kim Min
9th	1995-1999	Chiew Chiu Sing	DAP
10th	1999-2004	Tiong King Sing	BN
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tiong King Sing	26,458	58.17
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	John Brian Anthony	19,025	41.83
Total valid votes			45,483	100.00
Total rejected ballots			458
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			45,968	76.75
Registered electors			59,893
Majority			7,433
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tiong King Sing	23,628	73.17
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Su Kien	8,663	26.83
Total valid votes			32,291	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			32,629	64.73
Registered electors			50,404
Majority			14,965
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tiong King Sing	20,225	63.67
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	8,958	28.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Lau Hieng Kii	2,583	8.13
Total valid votes			31,766	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			32,067	64.95
Registered electors
Majority			11,267
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tiong King Sing	15,681	52.34
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	14,281	47.66
Total valid votes			29,962	100.00
Total rejected ballots			422
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			30,437	66.28
Registered electors
Majority			1,400
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	12,164	53.54
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	James Wong Kim Min	10,370	45.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Johnny Walker Tinggang	185	0.81
Total valid votes			22,719	100.00
Total rejected ballots			389
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			23,157	63.72
Registered electors
Majority			1,794
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|DAP]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	James Wong Kim Min	6,337	34.71
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	6,050	33.14
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PERMAS	Salleh Jafaruddin	3,227	17.68
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Francis Lutau Jilan	2,118	11.60
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Daniel Sigah Limbai	523	2.86
Total valid votes			18,255	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,547	62.50
Registered electors
Majority			287
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ting Ling Kiew	7,602	47.47
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Victor Temenggong Angang	5,429	33.90
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Goh Ngiap Joon	2,984	18.63
Total valid votes			16,015	100.00
Total rejected ballots			383
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,398	60.87
Registered electors			26,938
Majority			2,173
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ting Ling Kiew	6,379	55.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Stephen Randi Sekalai	2,853	24.89
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Hu Liong Kwong	1,145	9.99
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Julaihi Hanafi	1,087	9.48
Total valid votes			11,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			491
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,955	60.20
Registered electors			19,859
Majority			3,526
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ting Ling Kiew	7,328	81.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAJAR	Frederick Kiai	1,697	18.80
Total valid votes			9,025	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,420
Majority			5,631
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		SNAP

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Ting Ling Kiew
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ting Ming Kiong
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,636
Majority			561
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|SNAP]]		Swing		SarawakCA

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SarawakCA	Ting Ming Kiong	2,919	33.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PESAKA	Jilan Nyeggang	2,183	25.10
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Ismail Sebli	2,038	23.43
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SUPP	Tedong Taboh	1,461	16.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Jubin Magah	96	1.10
Total valid votes			8,697	100.00
Total rejected ballots			728
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,425	72.12
Registered electors			13,069
Majority			736
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

^ "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.
^ 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 2016-05-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.

[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.

[2] 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 2016-05-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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

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