Demak Laut (state constituency)
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 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1996 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demak Laut is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.
The state constituency was created in the 1996 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History[edit]
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tanjong Embang, Muara Tebas, Geobilt, Bako, Sejingkat, Senari, Tanjong Bako, Pinggan Jaya, Tabuan Melayu, Muara Tabuan, Tabuan Hulu.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Tanjong Embang, Muara Tebas, Geobilt, Bako, Sejingkat, Senari, Tanjong Bako, Pinggan Jaya, Tabuan Melayu, Muara Tabuan, Tabuan Hulu.
Representation history[edit]
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Demak Laut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created, renamed from Sejingkat | ||||
| 14th | 1996-2001 | Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen | BN (PBB) | |
| 15th | 2001-2006 | |||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | |||
| 17th | 2011-2016 | Hazland Abang Hipni | ||
| 18th | 2016–2018 | |||
| 2018-2021 | GPS (PBB) | |||
| 19th | 2021–present | |||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Hazland Abang Hipni | 7,636 | 78.25 | +78.25 | ||
| PSB | Yatika Jelani | 1,237 | 12.68 | +12.68 | ||
| Independent | Khairul Ahmad | 674 | 6.91 | +6.91 | ||
| Amanah | Jen Peli | 212 | 2.17 | -9.76 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,759 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 237 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 28 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,024 | 67.67 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,813 | |||||
| Majority | 6,399 | |||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hazland Abang Hipni | 8,539 | 88.07 | + 12.34 | ||
| Amanah | Mohammad Fidzuan Zaidi | 1,157 | 11.93 | + 11.93 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,696 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 44 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,879 | 71.43 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,830 | |||||
| Majority | 7,382 | |||||
| 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 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "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 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-27. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hazland Abang Hipni | 5,522 | 75.73 | - 1.65 | ||
| PKR | Ali Hossen Abang | 1,770 | 24.27 | + 1.65 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,292 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 98 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 13 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,403 | 70.93 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,437 | |||||
| Majority | 3,752 | |||||
| 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 2016-04-27.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen | 5,094 | 77.38 | + 6.21 | |
| PKR | Saidan @ Massudin Sahini | 1,489 | 22.62 | + 6.47 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,583 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 102 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 14 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,699 | 66.45 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,080 | ||||
| Majority | 3,605 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen | 4,974 | 71.17 | - 19.75 | |
| PKR | Ahmad Lukman Abang Ibrahim | 1,129 | 16.15 | + 16.15 | |
| Independent | Abang Yusof Abang Razak | 886 | 12.68 | + 12.68 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,989 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 68 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 11 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,068 | 73.17 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,660 | ||||
| Majority | 3,845 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen | 5,365 | 90.92 | |||
| Independent | Junaidi Putit | 536 | 9.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,901 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 130 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 26 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,057 | 66.51 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,107 | |||||
| Majority | 4,829 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References[edit]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ^ "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 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
