Kuala Rajang (federal constituency)
Appearance
Sarawak constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1987 |
Constituency abolished | 2008 |
First contested | 1990 |
Last contested | 2004 |
Kuala Rajang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1990 to 2008.
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
[edit]It was abolished in 2008 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]Members of Parliament for Kuala Rajang | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Paloh and Rajang | ||||
8th | P167 | 1990-1995 | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha (ابڠ ابو بكر ابڠ مصطفى) |
BN (PBB) |
9th | P169 | 1995-1999 | ||
10th | P180 | 1999-2004 | Mohd Effendi Norwawi (محمد ايففيند نورواوي) | |
11th | P206 | 2004-2008 | Wahab Dolah (وهب دولة) | |
Constituency abolished, split into Igan and Tanjong Manis |
State constituency
[edit]Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
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1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
Kuala Rajang | Belawai | |||||
Matu-Daro | ||||||
Serdeng |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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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 | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Mohd Effendi Norwawi | 14,306 | 79.36 | 79.36 | |
PKR | Lamasudin @ Udie Salleh @ Urdie Salleh | 3,720 | 20.64 | 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 | 58.72 | |||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | 23,498 | |||||
Majority | 8,656 | 57.67 | ||||
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 2016-05-05.