Lawas (state constituency)

Lawas
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

Lawas was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was 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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lawas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1973	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin	Sarawak Alliance
8th	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1979		BN
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Noor Tahir	BN
12th	1987-1991	Tengah Ali Hassin
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sari

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,299	95.61
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	KEADILAN	Japar Suyut	289	4.39
Total valid votes			6,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			64
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,666	67.18
Registered electors			9,922
Majority			6,010
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Awang Tengah Ali Hassin won uncontested.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,121
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,076	71.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBDS	Baru Bian	2,433	28.59
Total valid votes			8,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			8,619	74.10
Registered electors			11,632
Majority			3,643
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
	[[\|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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Noor Tahir
	[[\|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

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
	[[\|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

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]		Balang Itai @ Leo Balang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,315
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		Sarawak Alliance

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Sarawak Alliance	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mah Guan Sin
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PESAKA	Racha Umong
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Ling Tung Kien
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,380
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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