Pantai Damai

Pantai Damai
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abdul Rahman Junaidi; GPS
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Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Pantai Damai is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Pantai Damai constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Pantai Damai (N04)	Telaga Air	193/04/01	SK Telaga Air Dewan Selang Laut
	Salak	193/04/02	SK Kpg. Salak
	Temenggong	193/04/03	SK Kpg. Temenggong
	Jaya Bakti	193/04/04	Surau Kpg. Jaya Bakti
	Santubong	193/04/05	SK Santubong
	Buntal	193/04/06	SK Kpg. Buntal Dewan Serbagauna Sg. Lumut
	Rampangi	193/04/07	SK Rampangi SK Bandar Samariang
	Sejinjang	193/04/08	SK Pasir Pandak
	Astana	193/04/09	SK Kpg. Gersik Dewan Serbaguna Panglima Seman Lama
	Demak Baru	193/04/10	SMK Tun Abang Haji Openg
	Semarang	193/04/11	SK Pulo SA Al Falah Al Islamiyyah Kpg. Pulo
	Bintawa	193/04/12	SK Matu Baru

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pantai Damai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Petra Jaya
13th	1991-1996	Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi	BN (PBB)
14th	1996-2001	Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi
15th	2001-2006	Abdul Rahman Junaidi
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-2018
18th	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021–present		GPS (PBB)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Abdul Rahman Junaidi	10,699	82.19	82.19
	PSB	Mahmud Sabli	2,318	17.81	17.81
Total valid votes			13,017	100.00
Total rejected ballots			180
Unreturned ballots			101
Turnout			13,298	64.85
Registered electors			20,506
Majority			8,381
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Junaidi	10,918	86.82	11.74
	PAS	Zainal Abidin Yet	1,658	13.18	13.18
Total valid votes			12,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			12,851	69.81
Registered electors			18,409
Majority			9,260
	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 12 June 2017. 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 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2011: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Junaidi	7,425	75.08	12.0
	PKR	Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi	2,354	23.80	13.12
	Independent	Suhaini Selamat	111	1.12	1.12
Total valid votes			9,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			10,038	71.17
Registered electors			14,104
Majority			5,071
	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]}

Sarawak state election, 2006: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Junaidi	5,217	63.08	4.58
	PKR	Idris Bohari	3,053	36.92	6.65
Total valid votes			8,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			8,388	69.47
Registered electors			12,073
Majority			2,164
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Junaidi	6,072	66.66	66.66
	PKR	Husaini Hamdan	2,757	30.27	30.27
	Independent	Norita Azmi	280	3.07	3.07
Total valid votes			9,109	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			9,221	74.22
Registered electors			12,424
Majority			3,315
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi won uncontested.
	BN	Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,273
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991: Pantai Damai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi won uncontested.
	BN	Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,011
Majority
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 2016-04-27.

^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

[1] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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