Limbang (state constituency)

Limbang
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

Limbang was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was 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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Limbang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	James Wong Kim Min	SNAP
9th	1974-1976		SNAP
9th	1976-1979		BN
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	James Wong Kim Min	SNAP
12th	1987-1991		BN
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006	Richard Wong Shoon Fook
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Kota

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Wong Shoon Fook	5,668	52.02
	Independent	Said Mohidin	5,109	46.89
	KEADILAN	Amran @ Hamdan Maidin	118	1.08
Total valid votes			10,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			10,982	64.97
Registered electors			16,904
Majority			559
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, James Wong Kim Min won uncontested.
	BN	James Wong Kim Min
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,704
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	5,813	52.99
	PBDS	Edward Guatee Sundai	2,819	25.70
	PERMAS	Munir Karim	2,160	19.69
	DAP	Kong Sieng Kee	179	1.63
Total valid votes			10,971	100.00
Total rejected ballots			114
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			11,138	69.57
Registered electors			16,009
Majority			2,994
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min
	BN	Mustapha Besa
	Independent	Lim Cho Seng
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min
	Sarawak Alliance	Pakar Abdullah
	SUPP	Tahir Hassan
	Independent	Tugi Jahai
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,184
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

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