Limbang-Lawas
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 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 1978 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Limbang-Lawas 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
[edit]It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Limbang-Lawas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P144 | 1971-1973 | Awang Bungsu Abdullah (اوڠ بوڠسو عبدالله) |
SNAP |
| 4th | P154 | 1974-1978 | Racha Umong | BN (PBB) |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Mas | ||||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Limbang-Lawas | Limbang | |||||
| Lawas | ||||||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Racha Umong | 5,875 | 54.87 |  54.87
| |
| SNAP | Awang Bungsu Abdullah | 4,669 | 43.60 |  9.76
| |
| Independent | Hasbollah Majid | 164 | 1.53 | 1.53
| |
| Total valid votes | 10,708 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 462 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,170 | 82.45 | 0.35
| ||
| Registered electors | 13,548 | ||||
| Majority | 1,206 | 11.27 | 10.98
| ||
| BN gain from SNAP | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNAP | Awang Bungsu Abdullah | 4,744 | 53.52 | |||
| PBB | Awang Baja Awang Besar | 2,772 | 31.27 | |||
| Independent | Ngang Bundan | 1,348 | 15.21 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,864 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 630 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,494 | 82.10 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,564 | |||||
| Majority | 1,972 | 22.25 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.