Payang (federal constituency)

Payang
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1978
First contested	1969
Last contested	1974

Payang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Payang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	BUMIPUTERA
3rd	1973-1974		BN (PBB)
4th	1974-1978		BN (PBB)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Paloh

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Payang	Binatang
Payang	Matu-Daro

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	9,246	74.44
	SNAP	Joseph Salang	3,175	25.56
Total valid votes			12,421	100.00
Total rejected ballots			480
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,901	76.62
Registered electors			16,837
Majority			6,071
	BN gain from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	5,839	48.09
	Sarawak United Peoples' Party	Nyandang Linang	4,025	33.15
	PESAKA	Abu Seman Merais	1,394	11.48
	SNAP	Charlie Yu Chee Cheong	884	7.28
Total valid votes			12,142	100.00
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,740	83.47
Registered electors			15,263
Majority			1,814
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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