Kuala Rajang (state constituency)

Kuala Rajang
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 

Talif @ Len Salleh
BN

Constituency created 1968
First contested 1969
Last contested 2016

Kuala Rajang is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991, from 2016 to present.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2015.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Selalang, Belawai, Rajang, Sari, Seberang, Nanga Lepa.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Rajang
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
8th 1969-1973 Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Sarawak Alliance
1973-1974 BN
9th 1974-1979
10th 1979-1983
11th 1983-1987 Saidi Olia
12th 1987-1991 Hamden Ahmad
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created, renamed from Belawai
18th 2016-present Talif @ Len Salleh BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNTalif @ Len Salleh 6,235 88.60
AmanahSopian Julaihi 649 9.22
IndependentAsbor Abdullah 153 2.17
Total valid votes 7,037 100.00
Total rejected ballots 153
Unreturned ballots 37
Turnout 7,22770.45
Registered electors 10,259
Majority 5,586
BN hold Swing
Sarawak state election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNHamden Ahmad
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNSaidi Olia
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNAbdul Rahman Ya'kub
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Total valid votes 100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNAbdul Rahman Ya'kub
SNAPSylvester Melling Kium
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 6,077
Majority
BN gain from Sarawak Alliance Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Sarawak AllianceAbdul Rahman Ya'kub
SUPPDrahman Kria
SNAPAinnie Dhoby
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 5,732
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. ↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
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