 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1977 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1978 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
Lambir 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 Lambir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Miri-Subis | ||||
| 5th | P152 | 1978-1982 | Raymond Szetu Mei Thong (司徒美堂) |
SAPO |
| 6th | 1982-1986 | George Chan Hong Nam (陈康南) |
BN (SUPP) | |
| 7th | P175 | 1986-1990 | Peter Chin Fah Kui (陈华贵) | |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Miri | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Lambir | Miri | |||||
| Subis | ||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Peter Chin Fah Kui | 15,933 | 55.01 |  15.99
| |
| DAP | Wong Ho Leng | 10,380 | 35.84 |  17.26
| |
| Independent | Abang Ismail Abang Peel | 2,651 | 9.15 | 9.15
| |
| Total valid votes | 28,964 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 522 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 29,486 | 60.06 | 5.40
| ||
| Registered electors | 49,095 | ||||
| Majority | 5,553 | 19.17 | 33.25
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | George Chan Hong Nam | 17,898 | 71.00 | 23.24
| |
| DAP | Peter Hwang Teck Nai | 4,685 | 18.58 | 18.58
| |
| Independent | Hussein Abdul Rahim | 1,794 | 7.12 | 7.12
| |
| Independent | Richard Frederick | 503 | 2.00 | 2.00
| |
| Independent | Jonathan Saong | 329 | 1.31 | 1.31
| |
| Total valid votes | 25,209 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 561 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,770 | 65.46 | 1.51
| ||
| Registered electors | 39,370 | ||||
| Majority | 13,213 | 52.42 | 47.94
| ||
| BN gain from Sarawak People's Organization | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarawak People's Organization | Raymond Szetu Mei Thong | 10,150 | 52.24 | |||
| BN | Chia Chin Shin | 9,278 | 47.76 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,428 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 680 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,108 | 66.97 | ||||
| Registered electors | 30,026 | |||||
| Majority | 872 | 4.48 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
This page was last edited on 11 June 2024, at 10:35