Bandar Kuching (federal constituency)

Bandar Kuching (P195)
Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen; PH
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	81,856
Area (km²)	35

Bandar Kuching is a federal constituency in Kuching Division (Kuching District), Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics[]

Ethnic breakdown of Bandar Kuching's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Chinese (89%)

Non-muslim bumiputera (6%)

Muslim bumiputera (4%)

Other ethnicities (1%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the gazette issued on 30 December 2015, the Bandar Kuching constituency has a total of 31 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Padungan（N09）	Market	195/09/01	SMK St. Thomas Kuching
	Bazaar	195/09/02	SK St. Mary Kuching
	Padungan	195/09/03	SMK Tinggi Kuching
	Abell	195/09/04	SJK (C) Song Keng Hai (Blok A)
	Deshon	195/09/05	SJK (C) Chung Hua No.3
	Sekama	195/09/06	SK Lumba Kuda Kuching (Kanan)
	Bukit Tuan	195/09/07	SK Batu Lintang Kuching
	Kinyang	195/09/08	SK Catholic English Kuching
	Ellis	195/09/09	SMK Padungan (Blok A)
	Ban Hock	195/05/10	SJK (C) Song Kueng Hai
	Lumba Kuda	195/09/11	SMK Padungan (Blok B)
	Central	195/09/12	SK St. Theresa Padungan
	Petanak	195/09/13	SK Lumba Kuda Kuching (Kiri)
Pending (N10)	Pending	195/10/01	SJK (C) Chung Hua Pending SMK Pending SJK (C) Bintawa
	Foochow	195/10/02	SM Chung Hua No.1 SM Chung Hua No.3 SK Tabuan Ulu
	Kenyalang	195/10/03	SK Kenyalang
	Supreme	195/10/04	SMK Bandar Kuching No.1 (Blok A)
	Chong Kiun Kong	195/11/05	Dewan Masyarakat (KPCA)
	Chawan	195/10/06	SJK (C) Chung Hua No.5
	Simpang Tiga	195/10/07	SMK Bandar Kuching No.1 (Blok B)
Batu Lintang (N11)	Psiang	195/11/01	SJK (C) St. Paul Green Road
	Batu Lintang	195/11/02	SMK Batu Lintang SK Jln Ong Tiang Swee St. John Ambulance Headquarters Building Lorong Cheng Ho No.8
	Star Garden	195/11/03	SMK Green Road
	Poh Kwong Park	195/11/04	Dewan Masyarakat Sg. Maong
	Sky Green	195/11/05	SK Green Road
	Bukit Kenny	195/11/06	RH Kelab MAKSAK
	Tabuan Dayak	195/11/07	Tadika Perpaduan Tabuan Dayak (Khemah)
	Tabuan Jaya	195/11/08	SK Tabuan Jaya
	Tabuan Laru	195/11/09	SMK Tabuan Jaya
	Maong	195/11/10	SK Sg. Maong Hilir
	Nanas-Pisang	195/11/11	SK Combined Jln. Nanas Barat

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Bandar Kuching
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[4]^[5]
3rd	1971-1973	Ong Kee Hui (王其辉)	SUPP
3rd	1973-1974		BN (SUPP)
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	(沈观仰)	DAP
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	(宋瑞源)	BN (SUPP)
10th	1999-2004	(宋瑞源)	BN (SUPP)
11th	2004-2008	Chong Chieng Jen (张健仁)	DAP
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-present	Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (俞利文)	PH (DAP)

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Bandar Kuching			Batu Lintang			Batu Lintang
	Kuching Barat
	Kuching Timor
		Padungan
			Pending
		Stampin

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coallition (Party)
N9	Padungan	Chong Chieng Jen	PH (DAP)
N10	Pending	Violet Yong Wui Wui	PH (DAP)
N11	Batu Lintang	See Chee How	PSB

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N9	Padungan	Kuching North City Hall Kuching South City Council
N10	Pending	Kuching North City Hall Kuching South City Council
N11	Batu Lintang	Kuching North City Hall Kuching South City Council Padawan Municipal Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen	48,548	79.43	+ 5.25
	BN	Kho Teck Wan	12,575	20.57	- 5.25
Total valid votes			61,123	100.00
Total rejected ballots			241
Unreturned ballots			119
Turnout			61,483	75.11
Registered electors			81,856
Majority			35,973	58.85
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 247/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 321/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	30,133	74.18
	BN	Tan Kai	10,491	25.82
Total valid votes			40,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			40,879	76.64
Registered electors			53,336
Majority			19,642
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-05. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	22,901	63.88
	BN	Sim Yaw Yen	12,949	36.12
Total valid votes			35,850	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			165
Turnout			36,257	68.13
Registered electors			53,216
Majority			9,952
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	17,914	53.02
	BN	Wee Kok Tiong	15,873	46.98
Total valid votes			33,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			577
Unreturned ballots			329
Turnout			34,693	63.06
Registered electors
Majority			2,041
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Song Swee Guan	18,239	53.64
	Independent	Dominique Ng Kim Ho	9,850	28.97
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	5,913	17.39
Total valid votes			34,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			238
Unreturned ballots			1,078
Turnout			35,318	64.68
Registered electors
Majority			8,389
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan	27,514	53.07
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	24,330	46.93
Total valid votes			51,844	100.00
Total rejected ballots			379
Unreturned ballots			277
Turnout			52,500	70.04
Registered electors
Majority			3,184
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	25,573	56.85
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	19,409	43.15
Total valid votes			44,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,277	70.45
Registered electors
Majority			6,164
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	26,468	58.87
	BN	Chan Seng Kai	18,494	41.13
Total valid votes			44,962	100.00
Total rejected ballots			582
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			45,544	72.81
Registered electors			62,550
Majority			7,974
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	19,200	55.14
	BN	Loke Yik Ping	15,623	44.86
Total valid votes			34,823	100.00
Total rejected ballots			431
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			35,254	74.69
Registered electors			47,201
Majority			3,577
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ong Kee Hui	19,902	79.64
	Independent	Leong Ho Yuen	5,089	20.36
Total valid votes			24,991	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			36,527
Majority			14,813
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Kee Hui	11,534	55.34
	SNAP	Leong Ho Yuen	8,851	42.47
	Independent	Peter Ng Eng Lim	457	2.19
Total valid votes			20,842	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			28,175
Majority			2,683
	BN gain from Sarawak United Peoples' Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sarawak United Peoples' Party	Ong Kee Hui	13,410	85.60
	Independent	Kenneth Lau Ah Lah	1,284	8.20
	Independent	Ong Khai Yan	972	6.20
Total valid votes			15,666	100.00
Total rejected ballots			5,113
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,779	83.53
Registered electors			24,877
Majority			12,126
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

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