Lawas (federal constituency)
Sarawak constituency | |||
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Federal constituency | |||
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat | ||
MP |
GPS | ||
Constituency created | 2005 | ||
First contested | 2008 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 21,297 | ||
Area (km²) | 3,889 |
Lawas is a federal constituency in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2008.
The federal constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics[]
History[]
Polling districts[]
According to the gazette issued on 30 December 2015, the Lawas constituency has a total of 42 polling districts.[3]
State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
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Ba'kelalan(N81) | Semadoh | 222/81/01 | SK Lg. Semadoh |
Beriwan | 222/81/02 |
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Maligan | 222/81/03 | SK Lg. Sebangan | |
Trusan | 222/81/04 | Dewan Masyarakat Trusan | |
Sukang | 222/81/05 | SK Lg. Sukang | |
Lupeng | 222/81/06 | SK Lg. Lupeng | |
Ba'kelalan | 222/81/07 | SK Ba'kelalan | |
Temarop | 222/81/08 | Dewan Masyarakat Lg. Temarop | |
Suang | 222/81/09 | Balai Raya Lg. Tukon | |
Talis | 222/81/10 | Pusat Kebudayaan Lun Bawang Kpg. Lg. Tuan | |
Lapadan | 222/81/11 | SK Tang Lapadan | |
Tengoa | 222/81/12 | SK Lg. Tengoa | |
Tuma | 222/81/13 | SK Lg. Tuma Lawas | |
Pengaleh | 222/81/14 | Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Lg. Pengaleh | |
Siang | 222/81/15 | SK Siang-Siang Lawas | |
Pangi | 222/81/16 | SK Batu Lima | |
Batu Tiga | 222/81/17 | Balai Raya Kpg. Batu 3 | |
Lampaki | 222/81/18 | Balai Raya Kpg. Undop | |
Muncu | 222/81/19 | Balai Raya Kpg. Muncu Merapok | |
Ranchangan | 222/81/20 | SK Kpg. Lintang Trusan | |
Bukit Sari (N82) | Sundar | 222/82/01 | SK Sundar |
Bukit Sari | 222/82/02 | SK Kuala Lawas | |
Merapok | 222/82/03 | Dewan Kpg. Bangkatan Merapok | |
Lawas | 222/82/04 | SJK (C) Chung Hua Lawas | |
Gelapas | 222/82/05 | SK Trusan | |
Awat | 222/82/06 | SK Awat-Awat Sundar | |
Baru | 222/82/07 | SMK Sundar | |
Luagan | 222/82/08 | SK Luagan Sundar | |
Aru | 222/82/09 | SK Aru Baru Sundar | |
Pagar | 222/82/10 | Dewan Masyarakat Sundar | |
Katong | 222/82/11 | Dewan Kpg.Tanjong Katong | |
Pemukat | 222/82/12 | Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Pemukat | |
Dato | 222/82/13 | SK Kpg. Seberang Kuala Lawas | |
Belipat | 222/82/14 | SK Belipat Lawas | |
Sualai | 222/82/15 |
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Punang | 222/82/16 | SK Puang Lawas | |
Sibagol | 222/82/17 | Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Ulu Merapok | |
Melusok | 222/82/18 | SRA MIS Lawas | |
Temangis | 222/82/19 | SK Pusat Lawas | |
Mission | 222/82/20 | Maktab Injil Malaysia Kpg. Mission Lawas | |
Ladang Baru | 222/82/21 | SK Ladang Baru Lawas | |
Silat | 222/82/22 | Dewan Kpg. Berjumpa |
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Lawas | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Bukit Mas | |||
12th | 2008-2013 | Henry Sum Agong | BN (PBB) |
13th | 2013-2018 | ||
14th | 2018 | ||
2018-present | GPS (PBB) |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
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1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
Lawas | Ba'kelalan | |||||
Bukit Sari |
Current state assembly members[]
No. | Constituency | Member | Party (coalition) |
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N81 | Ba'kelalan | Baru Bian | PSB |
N82 | Bukit Sari | Awang Tengah Ali Hasan | GPS (PBB) |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Henry Sum Agong | 10,037 | 70.44 | - 1.01 | ||
PH | Danny Piri | 4,037 | 28.33 | +28.33 | ||
Independent | Mohamad Brahim | 176 | 1.24 | + 1.24 | ||
Total valid votes | 14,250 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 157 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 143 | |||||
Turnout | 14,550 | 68.32 | ||||
Registered electors | 21,297 | |||||
Majority | 6,000 | 42.11 | ||||
BN 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. "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. Retrieved 2018-08-01. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Henry Sum Agong | 9,928 | 71.45 | |||
DAP | Bob Baru Langub | 3,898 | 28.05 | |||
STAR | Alirahman Kamseh | 69 | 0.50 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,895 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 177 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 41 | |||||
Turnout | 14,113 | 74.89 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,845 | |||||
Majority | 6,030 | |||||
BN 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. Retrieved 2016-05-06. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-06. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Henry Sum Agong | 8,526 | 92.07 | |||
PKR | Japar Suyut | 734 | 7.93 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,260 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 82 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 9,342 | 59.44 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,717 | |||||
Majority | 7,792 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 49. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- Sarawak federal constituencies