 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 1987 | ||
| First contested | 1991 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Tupong 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. It has amongst the highest concentrations of Malay-Muslim middle-class voters in Sarawak, and consists largely of low-density residential areas with emerging commercial zones. It comprises part of a ring of the most affluent Malay-majority areas in Sarawak, which are representative of Malay, middle-class, urban settings.[1]
History
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tupong, Gita, Segedup, Sungai Tengah, Rahmat, Sinjan, Sejoli, Paroh, Matang.
2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Tupong, Gita, Sungai Tengah, Rahmat, Sinjan, Sejoli, Paroh, Matang, Sri Wangi.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tupong | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Petra Jaya and Satok | |||
| 13th | 1991-1996 | Daud Abdul Rahman | BN (PBB) |
| 14th | 1996-2001 | ||
| 15th | 2001-2006 | ||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | ||
| 17th | 2011-2016 | ||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman | |
| 2018-2021 | GPS (PBB) | ||
| 19th | 2021-present | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman | 12,544 | 85.25 | +85.25 | ||
| PKR | Ahmad Nazib Johari | 1,335 | 9.07 | -11.81 | ||
| PBK | Chan Haong Yen | 836 | 5.68 | +5.68 | ||
| Total valid votes | 14,715 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 131 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,971 | 57.57 | ||||
| Registered electors | 26,004 | |||||
| Majority | 11,209 | |||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman | 10,942 | 79.12 | + 10.25 | ||
| PKR | Nurhanim Hanna Mokhsen | 2,887 | 20.88 | - 10.25 | ||
| Total valid votes | 13,829 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 153 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 79 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,061 | 65.40 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,499 | |||||
| Majority | 8,055 | |||||
| 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. 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. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Daud Abdul Rahman | 8,304 | 68.87 | - 5.98 | ||
| PKR | Baharuddin @ Din Shah Mokhsen | 3,753 | 31.13 | + 5.98 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,057 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 135 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,192 | 68.51 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,796 | |||||
| Majority | 4,551 | |||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Daud Abdul Rahman | 6,885 | 74.85 | + 0.6 | |
| PKR | Ramlee Mahtar | 2,313 | 25.15 | + 1.90 | |
| Total valid votes | 9,198 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 27 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,328 | 63.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,787 | ||||
| Majority | 4,572 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Daud Abdul Rahman | 7,037 | 74.25 | - 16.20 | |
| PKR | Ismadi Abdul Wahed | 2,203 | 23.25 | + 23.25 | |
| Independent | Mustafa Jinal Abidin Mohamed | 237 | 2.50 | + 2.50 | |
| Total valid votes | 9,477 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 98 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 15 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,590 | 71.91 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,336 | ||||
| Majority | 4,834 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Daud Abdul Rahman | 6,264 | 90.45 | + 12.25 | |
| Independent | Abang Ariffin Abang Sebli | 661 | 9.55 | + 9.55 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,925 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 142 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 69 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,136 | 64.18 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,119 | ||||
| Majority | 5,603 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Daud Abdul Rahman | 7,806 | 78.20 | |||
| PERMAS | Baharuddin @ Din Shah Mokhsen | 2,045 | 20.49 | |||
| NEGARA | Suhaili Mumin | 131 | 1.31 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,982 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 156 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 137 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,275 | 69.76 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,730 | |||||
| Majority | 5,761 | |||||
| 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.
- ↑ Weiss, Meredith L (2017). Electoral Dynamics in Sarawak. Strategic Information and Research Development Centre and ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. ISBN 9814762962.
- ↑ "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.
