Kuala Rajang (federal constituency)
Kuala Rajang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1990 to 2008.
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1987 |
| Constituency abolished | 2008 |
| First contested | 1990 |
| Last contested | 2004 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1987 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 2008 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kuala Rajang | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Paloh | |||
| 8th | 1990-1995 | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | BN (PBB) |
| 9th | 1995-1999 | ||
| 10th | 1999-2004 | Mohd Effendi Norwawi | |
| 11th | 2004-2008 | Wahab Dolah | |
| Constituency abolished, split into Igan and Tanjong Manis | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Kuala Rajang | Belawai | |||||
| Matu-Daro | ||||||
| Serdeng | ||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Wahab Dolah won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Wahab Dolah | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohd Effendi Norwawi | 14,306 | 79.36 | ||
| KEADILAN | Lamasudin @ Udie Salleh @ Urdie Salleh | 3,720 | 20.64 | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,026 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 486 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 31 | ||||
| Turnout | 18,543 | 67.07 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | 10,586 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | 10,886 | 72.53 | |||
| Independent | Asbor Abdullah | 2,230 | 14.86 | |||
| Independent | Ali Hassan Jajol | 1,892 | 12.61 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,008 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 411 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,419 | 65.62 | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | 8,656 | |||||
| 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 2016-05-05.
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