Belawai
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1987 |
| Constituency abolished | 2016 |
| First contested | 1991 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
Belawai was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia,[1] that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2016.
The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
[edit]It was abolished in 2016 after it was redistributed.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Belawai, Rajang, Selalang, Sari, Seberang.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Belawai | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 13th | 1991-1996 | Hamden Ahmad | BN (PBB) |
| 14th | 1996-1997 | ||
| 15th | 2001-2006 | ||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | ||
| 17th | 2011-2016 | Talif @ Len Salleh | |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Rajang | |||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Talif @ Len Salleh | 5,164 | 87.30 | |||
| PKR | Abdul Wahab Abdullah | 618 | 10.45 | |||
| Independent | Kiprawi Suhaili | 133 | 2.25 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,915 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 91 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 43 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,049 | 70.15 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,623 | |||||
| Majority | 4,546 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}} | ||||
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 | Hamden Ahmad | 4,102 | 83.92 | ||
| PKR | Abang Sarbini Abang Ojek | 786 | 16.08 | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,888 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 97 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,985 | 62.28 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,004 | ||||
| Majority | 3,316 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | 3,509 | 58.52 | ||
| Independent | Sharifah Hajijah Syed Jamil | 2,136 | 35.62 | ||
| Independent | Osman Ossen | 351 | 5.85 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,996 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 92 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 3 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,091 | 65.89 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,244 | ||||
| Majority | 1,373 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Hamden Ahmad won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 9,172 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamden Ahmad | 3,151 | 52.93 | |||
| PERMAS | Salleh Jafaruddin | 2,802 | 47.07 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,953 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 66 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 5 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,024 | 77.45 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,778 | |||||
| Majority | 349 | |||||
| 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 2016-04-29.
- ^ "Sarawak now has 56 State constituencies". klik.com.my. New Straits Times. 1 February 1991. Retrieved 15 March 2014.