 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1987 |
| Constituency abolished | 2016 |
| First contested | 1991 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
Belawai was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2016.
The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 2016 after it was redistributed.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Belawai, Rajang, Selalang, Sari, Seberang.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Belawai | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 13th | 1991-1996 | Hamden Ahmad | BN (PBB) |
| 14th | 1996-1997 | ||
| 15th | 2001-2006 | ||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | ||
| 17th | 2011-2016 | Talif @ Len Salleh | |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Rajang | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Talif @ Len Salleh | 5,164 | 87.30 | |||
| PKR | Abdul Wahab Abdullah | 618 | 10.45 | |||
| Independent | Kiprawi Suhaili | 133 | 2.25 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,915 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 91 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 43 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,049 | 70.15 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,623 | |||||
| Majority | 4,546 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}} | ||||
| 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 2016-04-27. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | 4,102 | 83.92 | ||
| PKR | Abang Sarbini Abang Ojek | 786 | 16.08 | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,888 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 97 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,985 | 62.28 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,004 | ||||
| Majority | 3,316 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | 3,509 | 58.52 | ||
| Independent | Sharifah Hajijah Syed Jamil | 2,136 | 35.62 | ||
| Independent | Osman Ossen | 351 | 5.85 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,996 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 92 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 3 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,091 | 65.89 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,244 | ||||
| Majority | 1,373 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Hamden Ahmad won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 9,172 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | 3,151 | 52.93 | |||
| PERMAS | Salleh Jafaruddin | 2,802 | 47.07 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,953 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 66 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 5 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,024 | 77.45 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,778 | |||||
| Majority | 349 | |||||
| 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.
- "Sarawak now has 56 State constituencies". klik.com.my. New Straits Times. 1 February 1991. Retrieved 15 March 2014.