Gedong

Gedong
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg; GPS
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Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2021

Gedong is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991, from 2016 to present.

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[]

It was abolished in 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2015.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kepayang, Ensengai, Sateman, Pangkor, Gedong, Tegelam, Keniong.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gedong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1970-1973		BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN
	1974-1979	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
	1979-1983
	1983-1987
	1987-1991		PERMAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Simunjan
Constituency re-created from Simunjan
18th	2016–2018	Mohd. Naroden Majais	BN
18th	2018–2021	Mohd. Naroden Majais	GPS
19th	2021–present	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	GPS

Election results[]

Sarawak state election, 2021: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	4,310	81.88	+81.88
	PSB	Mohamad Sofian Fariz Sharbin	730	13.35	+13.35
	PBK	Tomson Ango	157	2.98	+2.98
	Amanah	Kamal Bujang	94	1.79	+1.79
Total valid votes			5,264	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5，264	73.05
Registered electors			7,208
Majority			3,607
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2016: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Naroden Majais	4,064	78.77
	Amanah	Rapelson Richard Hamit	699	13.55
	Independent	Uja Bansi	396	7.68
Total valid votes			5,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			112
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			5,297	74.74
Registered electors			7,087
Majority			3,365
	BN gain from PERMAS		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. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "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 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

Sarawak state election, 1987: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PERMAS	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan	3,482	59.79
	BN	Khaider Zaidell	2,342	40.21
Total valid votes			5,824	100.00
Total rejected ballots			36
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,860	78.65
Registered electors			7,451
Majority			1,140
	PERMAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan		58.27
	Independent
	Independent
	Independent
	Independent
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan		63.03
				15.17
	Independent
	Independent
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1974: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan	2,450	50.29
	SNAP	Liew Ming Chung	2,422	49.71
Total valid votes			4,872	100.00
Total rejected ballots			428
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,300	81.09
Registered electors			6,536
Majority			28
	BN gain from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969: Gedong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	Abang Abdul Rahim Abang Moasili	1,757	38.82
	SNAP	Liew Ming Chung	1,647	36.39
	PESAKA	Andrew Jika Landau	600	13.26
	Sarawak United Peoples' Party	Entri Tusan	522	11.53
Total valid votes			4,526	100.00
Total rejected ballots			313
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,839	85.84
Registered electors			5,637
Majority			110
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 2016-04-28.

^ "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. 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. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

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