Lawas (state constituency)

Lawas
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

Lawas was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lawas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1970-1973		BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN (PBB)
	1974-1979
	1979-1983
	1983-1987
	1987-1991
	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
	2001-2006
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sari

Election results[]

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,299	95.61
	PKR	Japar Suyut	289	4.39
Total valid votes			6,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			64
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,666	67.18
Registered electors			9,922
Majority			6,010
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Tengah Ali Hassin won uncontested.
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,121
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,076	71.41
	Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah	Baru Bian	2,433	28.59
Total valid votes			8,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			8,619	74.10
Registered electors			11,632
Majority			3,643
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
		{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Noor Tahir
		{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Noor Tahir
		{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin	3,461	70.19
	SNAP	Balang Itai @ Leo Balang	1,470	29.81
Total valid votes			4,931	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,315
Majority			1,991
	BN gain from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin	1,698	39.01
	SNAP	Pudun Rangat	1,472	33.82
	PESAKA	Racha Umong	1,053	24.19
	Independent	Ling Tung Kien	82	1.88
	Independent	Mah Chuan Sin	48	1.10
Total valid votes			4,353	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,543	84.44
Registered electors			5,380
Majority			226
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 2016-05-05.