Limbang (federal constituency)
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 2005 |
| First contested | 2008 |
| Last contested | 2018 |
Limbang is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2008.
The federal constituency was created in the 2005 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 Ranggau, Sebukang, Tabahan, Bangkita, Limbang, Poyan, Bukit Kota, Pendam, Telahak, Berawan, Danau, Lubai, Ukong, Medihit, Medamit.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Ranggau, Sebukang, Tabahan, Bangkita, Limbang, Poyan, Bukit Kota, Pendam, Telahak, Berawan, Danau, Lubai, Ukong, Medihit, Medamit.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Limbang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 12th | 2008-2013 | Hasbi Habibollah | BN | |
| 13th | 2013-2018 | |||
| 14th | 2018 | |||
| 2018-present | GPS | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Hasbi Habibollah | 12,589 | 72.07 | - 1.38 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PH (2018) | Ricardo Osmund Yampil Baba | 4,879 | 27.93 | + 1.38 | |
| Total valid votes | 17,468 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 133 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,802 | 67.41 | ||||
| Registered electors | 26,409 | |||||
| Majority | 7,710 | 44.14 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN | ||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 247/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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) 321/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Hasbi Habibollah | 12,999 | 73.45 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Baru Bian | 4,698 | 26.55 | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,697 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 162 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 53 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,912 | 73.78 | ||||
| Registered electors | 24,278 | |||||
| Majority | 8,301 | |||||
| [[|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. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Hasbi Habibollah | 6,427 | 52.78 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Lau Liak Koi | 5,751 | 47.22 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,178 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 89 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,380 | 60.94 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,315 | |||||
| Majority | 676 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ "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.
