Pakan (state constituency)

Pakan
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	; GPS
;
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Pakan 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 Bayong, Sungai Rusa, Babai, Lamujan, Wuak, Dayu.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Bayong, Sungai Rusa, Babai, Lamujan, Wuak, Dayu.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pakan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1970-1974		PESAKA
	1974-1979		SNAP
	1979-1983		BN
	1983-1987		PBDS
	1987-1991		PBDS
	1991-1996		BN
14th	1996-2001
	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2014
17th	2014-2016		TERAS
18th	2016-2018		BN
18th	2018-present		GPS

Election results[]

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	3,999	50.90	- 8.06
	Independent	Jawie Jingot @ Jenggot	3,573	45.48	+ 45.48
	DAP	Rinda Juliza Alexander	285	3.63	+ 3.63
Total valid votes			7,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			7,993	77.44
Registered electors			10,322
Majority			426
	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 2016-04-29. "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 2016-04-29.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	3,938	58.96	- 4.57
	SNAP	Jamal Abdullah @ Tedong Chakaw @ Gunda	2,741	41.04	+ 4.57
Total valid votes			6,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			83
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			6,785	73.16
Registered electors			9,274
Majority			1,197
	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 2016-04-29.^{[permanent dead link]}

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	4,138	63.53	- 2.99
	SNAP	Boos Tutong @ Kirai	2,375	36.47	+ 36.47
Total valid votes			6,513	100.00
Total rejected ballots			95
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,609	73.15
Registered electors			9,034
Majority			1,763
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	4,242	66.52	+ 13.51
	Independent	Megong Grek	1,940	30.42	+ 30.42
	Independent	Samuel Edward Chun	195	3.06	- 43.93
Total valid votes			6,377	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,453	73.35
Registered electors			8,798
Majority			2,303
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	2,903	53.01	- 2.97
	Independent	Samuel Edward Chun	2,573	46.99	+ 46.99
Total valid votes			5,476	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,614	73.79
Registered electors			7,608
Majority			330
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	2,787	55.98
	PBDS	Jawie Wilson Masing	2,192	44.02
Total valid votes			4,979	100.00
Total rejected ballots			69
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			5,054	78.97
Registered electors			6,400
Majority			595
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Jawie Wilson Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PBDS hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Jawie Wilson Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PBDS gain from BN		Swing		?


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawie Wilson Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Jawie Wilson Masing
	BN	Jagok Mandi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			4,445
Majority
	SNAP gain from PESAKA		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PESAKA	Mandi Sanar	748	31.21
	Independent	Lau Mee Ee	677	28.24
	SNAP	Dundang Ibi	667	27.83
	Independent	Laiyau Boleng	305	12.72
Total valid votes			2,397	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,724	70.73
Registered electors			3,851
Majority			71
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.

^ "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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