Baleh (state constituency)

Baleh
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	James Jemut Masing; GPS
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Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Baleh is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Mujong, Melinau, Baleh, Sut, Gaat, Merirai.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Gaat, Mujong, Melinau, Baleh, Merirai.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Baleh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1970-1974		PESAKA
	1974-1979		SNAP
	1979-1983		BN
	1983-1987	James Jemut Masing	PBDS
	1987-1991
	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001		BN
	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-2018
18th	2018-present		GPS

Election results[]

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,272	91.67	+ 12.08
	DAP	Agop Linsong	479	8.33	+ 8.33
Total valid votes			5,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			55
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			5,820	60.47
Registered electors			9,624
Majority			4,793
	BN hold		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,242	79.59	- 11.4
	PKR	Bendindang Manjah	1,344	20.41	+ 20.41
Total valid votes			6,586	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,684	59.22
Registered electors			11,287
Majority			3,898
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30.^{[permanent dead link]}

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,330	90.99	-3.30
	SNAP	Lucius Jimbon	528	9.01	+ 9.01
Total valid votes			5,858	100.00
Total rejected ballots			95
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			5,956	61.20
Registered electors			9,731
Majority			4,802
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	6,378	94.29	+ 6.63
	Independent	Stephen Nyamok Medan	386	5.71	+ 5.71
Total valid votes			6,764	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,861	70.02
Registered electors			9,798
Majority			5,992
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,411	87.66	+ 20.51
	Independent	John Pungga	762	12.34	+ 12.34
Total valid votes			6,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			154
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			6,334	65.77
Registered electors			9,631
Majority			4,649
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PBDS	James Jemut Masing	4,183	67.15
	BN	Simon Temenggong Sibat	1,858	29.83
	Independent	Ngalambong Limbing	188	3.02
Total valid votes			6,229	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,306	71.91
Registered electors			8,769
Majority			2,325
	PBDS hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PBDS	James Jemut Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PBDS hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	James Jemut Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PBDS gain from BN		Swing		?


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Gani Kiai
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Peter Gani Kiai
	BN	Kenneth Kanyan Temenggong Koh
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,143
Majority
	SNAP gain from PESAKA		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PESAKA	Kenneth Kenyan Temenggong Koh	1,953	56.10
	SNAP	Wesley Ajang Nabau	1,528	43.90
Total valid votes			3,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			371
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,852	60.07
Registered electors			6,412
Majority			425
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 2016-04-30.

^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[1] "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

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