Samalaju is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2016 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
editPolling districts
editAccording to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Samalaju constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.[1]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samalaju (N70) | Sibiew Similaju | 217/70/01 |
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| Tanjung Kidurong | 217/70/02 | SMK Asyakirin | |
| Suai | 217/70/03 |
| |
| Melor | 217/70/04 | SMK Kidurong | |
| Mawar | 217/70/05 | SK Kidurong | |
| RPR Kidurong | 217/70/06 | SK Kidurong II | |
| LKTS Suai | 217/70/07 | SK Suai Satu Niah |
Representation history
edit| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Samalaju | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kidurong | |||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | Majang Renggi | BN (PRS) |
| 2018-2021 | GPS (PRS) | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Majang Renggi | 7,547 | 67.05 | |||
| DAP | Tony Ung | 1,504 | 13.36 | -20.28 | ||
| PSB | Reggie Suel | 1,496 | 13.29 | |||
| PBK | Leighton Manjah | 509 | 4.52 | |||
| PBDS Baru | Baba Emperan | 199 | 1.77 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,255 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 25 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,451 | 63.68 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,981 | |||||
| Majority | 6,042 | |||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Majang Renggi | 5,456 | 61.34 | |||
| DAP | Baba Emperan | 2,992 | 33.64 | |||
| PAS | Zharudin Narudin | 447 | 5.03 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,895 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 120 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 11 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,026 | 68.12 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,251 | |||||
| Majority | 2,464 | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-28. | ||||||
References
edit- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Portal Akta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-04.