Bandar Sibu (federal constituency)
Bandar Sibu was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1968 |
Constituency abolished | 1978 |
First contested | 1969 |
Last contested | 1974 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Bandar Sibu | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Khoo Peng Loong (邱炳农) | SUPP |
1973-1974 | BN (SUPP) | ||
4th | 1974-1978 | Wee Ho Soon (黄河顺) | |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sibu |
State constituency
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
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1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
Bandar Sibu | Sibu Luar | |||||
Sibu Tengah |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Wee Ho Soon | 6,861 | 54.49 | ||
SNAP | Joseph Tang Cheok Chung | 5,730 | 45.51 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,591 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 564 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 13,155 | 67.11 | |||
Registered electors | 19,601 | ||||
Majority | 1,131 | ||||
BN gain from SUPP | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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SUPP | Khoo Peng Loong | 7,655 | 57.37 | |||
SCA | Ting Tieng Tong | 3,560 | 26.68 | |||
SNAP | Joseph Tang Cheok Chung | 1,212 | 9.08 | |||
Independent | Lim Ung Chiew | 519 | 3.89 | |||
Independent | Peter Hwang | 398 | 2.98 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,344 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 877 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 14,221 | 75.73 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,779 | |||||
Majority | 4,095 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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