Samalaju (state constituency)
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 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2016 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Samalaju is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.
The state constituency was created in the 2015 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]
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Sibiew Similajau, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong, LKTS Suai.
Representation history[edit]
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Samalaju | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kidurong | |||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | Majang Renggi | BN |
| 2018-2021 | GPS | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | ||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Majang Renggi | 7,547 | 67.05 | +67.05 | ||
| DAP | Tony Ung | 1,504 | 13.36 | -20.28 | ||
| PSB | Reggie Suel | 1,496 | 13.29 | +13.29 | ||
| PBK | Leighton Manjah | 509 | 4.52 | +4.52 | ||
| PBDS Baru | Baba Emperan | 199 | 1.77 | +1.77 | ||
| Total valid votes | 11,255 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 25 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,451 | 63.68 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,981 | |||||
| Majority | 6,042 | |||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Majang Renggi | 5,456 | 61.34 | |||
| DAP | Baba Emperan | 2,992 | 33.64 | |||
| PAS | Zharudin Narudin | 447 | 5.03 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,895 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 120 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 11 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,026 | 68.12 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,251 | |||||
| Majority | 2,464 | |||||
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. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "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 2016-04-28. | ||||||
References[edit]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
