Belawai
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Defunct state constituency | |
Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
Constituency created | 1987 |
Constituency abolished | 2016 |
First contested | 1991 |
Last contested | 2011 |
Belawai was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia,[1] that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2016.
The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History[]
It was abolished in 2016 after it was redistributed.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Belawai, Rajang, Selalang, Sari, Seberang.
Representation history[]
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Belawai | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1991-1996 | BN (PBB) | ||
14th | 1996-1997 | ||
2001-2006 | |||
16th | 2006-2011 | ||
17th | 2011-2016 | Talif @ Len Salleh | |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Rajang |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Talif @ Len Salleh | 5,164 | 87.30 | |||
PKR | Abdul Wahab Abdullah | 618 | 10.45 | |||
Independent | Kiprawi Suhaili | 133 | 2.25 | |||
Total valid votes | 5,915 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 91 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 43 | |||||
Turnout | 6,049 | 70.15 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,623 | |||||
Majority | 4,546 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | {{{3}}} | ||||
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 2016-04-27.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Hamden Ahmad | 4,102 | 83.92 | ||
KEADILAN | Abang Sarbini Abang Ojek | 786 | 16.08 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,888 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 97 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 4,985 | 62.28 | |||
Registered electors | 8,004 | ||||
Majority | 3,316 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | {{{3}}}
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Hamden Ahmad | 3,509 | 58.52 | ||
Independent | Sharifah Hajijah Syed Jamil | 2,136 | 35.62 | ||
Independent | Osman Ossen | 351 | 5.85 | ||
Total valid votes | 5,996 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 92 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 3 | ||||
Turnout | 6,091 | 65.89 | |||
Registered electors | 9,244 | ||||
Majority | 1,373 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | {{{3}}}
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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On the nomination day, Hamden Ahmad won uncontested. | ||||||
BN | Hamden Ahmad | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 9,172 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
BN hold | Swing | {{{3}}}
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Hamden Ahmad | 3,151 | 52.93 | |||
PERMAS | Salleh Jafaruddin | 2,802 | 47.07 | |||
Total valid votes | 5,953 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 66 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 5 | |||||
Turnout | 6,024 | 77.45 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,778 | |||||
Majority | 349 | |||||
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 2016-04-29.
- ^ "Sarawak now has 56 State constituencies". klik.com.my. New Straits Times. 1 February 1991. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
Categories:
- Defunct Sarawak state constituencies