Paloh (federal constituency)
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1977 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1978 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
Paloh was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 1990.
The federal constituency was created in the 1977 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 1990 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Paloh | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 5th | 1978-1981 | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | BN | |
| 1981-1982 | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | |||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | |||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha won uncontested. | ||||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | 9,512 | 77.50 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Udie Salleh | 2,761 | 22.50 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,273 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 283 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 12,556 | 73.03 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,193 | ||||
| Majority | 6,751 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | |||
| [[|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
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 15,105 | |||||
| Majority | 6,140 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-05.