Kemena

Kemena
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Stephen Rundi Utom; BN
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Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Kemena 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 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 Sebauh, Labang, Hulu Suai, Sekaloh, Sungai Sebauh, Sebungan, Pandan, Goyang, Subis Satu.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kemena
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1973	Abok Jalin	PESAKA
9th	1974-1979	Celestine Ujang Jilan	BN
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-1997
14th	1997-2001
15th	2001-2006	Stephen Rundi Utom
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Rundi Utom	7,192	75.58	+ 11.06
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Leighton Manjah	2,324	24.42	+ 24.42
Total valid votes			9,516	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			9,694	74.62
Registered electors			12,991
Majority			4,868
	[[\|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. `{{cite web}}`: Unknown parameter `\|deadurl=` ignored (`\|url-status=` suggested) (help)

Sarawak state election, 2011: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Rundi Utom	6,369	64.52	+ 4.61
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Bernard Binar Bayang Rading	3,020	30.59	+ 30.59
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Ungun Bayang	285	2.89	- 37.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Liam Rengga	197	2.00	+ 2.00
Total valid votes			9,871	100.00
Total rejected ballots			162
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			10,039	71.29
Registered electors			14,082
Majority			3,349
	[[\|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: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Rundi Utom	4,750	59.91	- 19.21
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	John Brian Anthony Jeremy Guang	3,178	40.09	+ 40.09
Total valid votes			7,928	100.00
Total rejected ballots			124
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			8,053	60.37
Registered electors			13,338
Majority			1,572
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 2001: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Rundi Utom	6,830	79.12
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	David Kimay	998	11.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	John Brian Anthony Jeremy Guang	716	8.29
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Edward Galau Sigi	88	1.02
Total valid votes			8,632	100.00
Total rejected ballots			132
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,764	64.15
Registered electors			13,665
Majority			5,832
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state by-election, 24–25 May 1997: Kemena
Upon election declared null and void
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan	6,928	82.62
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	1,457	17.38
Total valid votes			8,385	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,561	67.17
Registered electors			12,746
Majority			5,471
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1996: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Celestine Ujang Jilan won uncontested.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,739
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1991: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan	5,050	67.00
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBDS	Stephen Randi Sekalai	2,101	27.89
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Hussen Abd Razak	277	3.68
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	NEGARA	Anthony Nait Mani	109	1.45
Total valid votes			7,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,633	67.49
Registered electors			11,310
Majority			2,949
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1987: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan
	[[\|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.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1983: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan
	[[\|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.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1979: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan
	[[\|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.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1974: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Celestine Ujang Jilan	2,429	46.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Baran Nalo	2,140	40.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mohamed Julaihi Mohamed Hanafie	676	12.89
Total valid votes			5,245	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,961
Majority			289
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		PESAKA

Sarawak state election, 1969: Kemena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PESAKA	Abok Jalin	1,366	31.40
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BUMIPUTERA	Asghar Khan	1,155	26.55
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Ting Lian Tung	884	20.32
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SUPP	Png Tai Yok	733	16.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Medan Suhang	212	4.87
Total valid votes			4,350	100.00
Total rejected ballots			349
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,699	70.99
Registered electors			6,619
Majority			211
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. 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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