Muara Tuang (state constituency)

Muara Tuang
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	; GPS
;
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2021

Muara Tuang is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

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[]

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tuang, Merdang, Quop, Semaran, Ladang Samarahan, Sidanu, Pengkalan Kuap, Stakan.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Empila, Tanju, Batu Blat, Tuang, Semaran, Ladang Samarahan, Melaban.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Muara Tuang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1970-1973		BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN
	1974-1979
	1979	Adenan Satem
	1979-1983
	1983-1987
	1987-1991
	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-2018
18th	2018-2021		GPS
19th	2021-present		GPS

Election results[]

Sarawak state election, 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Idris Buang	8,435	63.63	+63.63
	Independent	Ismawi Mohammad	2,198	16.58	+16.58
	PSB	Yakub Khalid	1,838	13.86	+13.86
		Hipni Sulaiman	357	2.69	+2.69
	Amanah	Daud Eali	239	1.80	-4.39
	PBK	Sagandin Sulaiman	190	+.43	+1.43
Total valid votes			13,257	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,257	72.10
Registered electors			18,644
Majority			6,237
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idris Buang	10,086	81.61	+ 4.06
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zulkipli Ramzi	1,508	12.20	- 10.25
	Amanah	Abang Abdul Halil Abang Naili	765	6.19	+ 6.19
Total valid votes			12,359	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			12,688	78.39
Registered electors			16,186
Majority			8,578
	BN hold		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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "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 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Ali Mahmud	11,039	77.55	- 2.57
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Noraini Hamzah	3,196	22.45	+ 22.45
Total valid votes			14,235	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			14,570	77.42
Registered electors			18,820
Majority			7,843
	BN hold		Swing
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 2016-04-30.^{[permanent dead link]}

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Ali Mahmud	7,863	80.12	- 9.26
	PKR	Abang Ibrahim Abang Othman	1,536	15.65	+ 15,65
	Independent	Jong Nyuk Chan	415	4.23	+ 4.23
Total valid votes			9,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots			362
Turnout			10,371	72.50
Registered electors			14,303
Majority			6,327
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem	11,017	89.38	+ 89.38
	Independent	Suhaili Hamid	1,309	10.62	+ 10.62
Total valid votes			12,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			593
Turnout			13,217	77.68
Registered electors			17,015
Majority			9,708
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Adenan Satem won uncontested.
	BN	Adenan Satem
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,231
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Adenan Satem	9,566	88.08
	NEGARA	Mohamad Tahir Sham	1,294	11.92
Total valid votes			10,860	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			785
Turnout			11,850	79.35
Registered electors			14,933
Majority			8,272
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Adenan Satem		74.75
	PERMAS			25.25
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	Adenan Satem		80.22
	Independent			14.60
				5.18
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Adenan Satem		84.00
				16.00
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state by-election, 20 January 1979
Upon the death of incumbent, Mohamad Musa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Adenan Satem	3,643	81.15
		Razali Sabang	846	18.85
Total valid votes			4,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			2,797
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Musa
	SNAP	Mohamad Tahir Sham
		Frank Dustine Sirau
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,092
Majority			1,147
	BN gain from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	Mohamad Musa	1,934	46.30
	Sarawak United Peoples' Party	Chung Kok Chiong	1,232	29.49
	SNAP	Abang Othman	717	17.17
	Independent	Arthur Ernest Muda	294	7.04
Total valid votes			4,177	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,352	89.00
Registered electors			4,890
Majority			702
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 2016-04-30.

^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

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