Simunjan (federal constituency)
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
Simunjan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.
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 1990 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Simunjan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Bojeng Andot | BUMIPUTERA | |
| 1973-1974 | BN | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Hadadak D. Pasauk | ||
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Bujang Ulis | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | |||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Bujang Ulis | 7,382 | 66.36 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Wan Habib Mahmud | 3,742 | 33.64 | |
| Total valid votes | 11,124 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 205 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 11,329 | 72.96 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,527 | ||||
| Majority | 3,640 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Bujang Ulis | 7,389 | 83.93 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAJAR | Bujang Amin | 1,415 | 16.07 | |
| Total valid votes | 8,804 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 323 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 9,127 | 62.74 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,547 | ||||
| Majority | 5,974 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Bujang Ulis | |||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 12,779 | ||||
| Majority | 2,284 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Hadadak D. Pasauk | |||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | SNAP | Abang Annuar Abang Junaidi | |||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 13,126 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|BN]] | Swing | BUMIPUTERA
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BUMIPUTERA | Bojeng Andot | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | SNAP | Jubang Tawi | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Tuah Kampong Bujang | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 11,553 | |||||
| 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.