Limbang-Lawas (federal constituency)
Limbang-Lawas was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| 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 Limbang-Lawas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Awang Bungsu Abdullah | SNAP |
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Racha Umong | BN (PBB) |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Mas | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Limbang-Lawas | Limbang | |||||
| Lawas | ||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Racha Umong | 5,875 | 54.87 | ||
| SNAP | Awang Bungsu Abdullah | 4,669 | 43.60 | ||
| Independent | Hasbollah Majid | 164 | 1.53 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,708 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | 1,206 | ||||
| BN gain from SNAP | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNAP | Awang Bungsu Abdullah | 4,744 | 53.52 | |||
| BUMIPUTERA | Awang Baja Awang Besar | 2,772 | 31.27 | |||
| Independent | Ngang Bundan | 1,348 | 15.21 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,864 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 630 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,494 | 82.10 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,564 | |||||
| Majority | 1,972 | |||||
| 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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