Padawan (federal constituency)

Padawan
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1999
First contested	1969
Last contested	1995

Padawan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1999.

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 1999 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Padawan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	SUPP
3rd	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng
9th	1995-1999	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng	19,258	72.33
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Akaw Nonjep	7,368	27.67
Total valid votes			26,626	100.00
Total rejected ballots			849
Unreturned ballots			392
Turnout			27,867	88.09
Registered electors
Majority			11,890
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng	16,362	62.66
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Cheng Hui Hong	9,751	37.34
Total valid votes			26,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots			579
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,692	67.99
Registered electors
Majority			6,611
	[[\|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	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	14,750	68.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Bernabas Kaos	6,842	31.69
Total valid votes			21,592	100.00
Total rejected ballots			557
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,149	70.20
Registered electors			31,553
Majority			7,908
	[[\|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	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	11,640	64.11
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	George Siricord	6,517	35.89
Total valid votes			18,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots			774
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,931	71.56
Registered electors			26,453
Majority			5,123
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Stephen Yong Kuet Tze won uncontested.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Michael Bong
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,318
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		SUPP

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SUPP	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Cecil Nichol
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	John Turing
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PESAKA	Minah Ranggok
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,909
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.

[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

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

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