Bandar Sibu
Bandar Sibu 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 Bandar Sibu | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Khoo Peng Loong (邱炳农) | SUPP |
| 1973-1974 | BN (SUPP) | ||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Wee Ho Soon (黄河顺) | |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Sibu | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Bandar Sibu | Sibu Luar | |||||
| Sibu Tengah | ||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Wee Ho Soon | 6,861 | 54.49 | ||
| SNAP | Joseph Tang Cheok Chung | 5,730 | 45.51 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,591 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 564 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 13,155 | 67.11 | |||
| Registered electors | 19,601 | ||||
| Majority | 1,131 | ||||
| BN gain from SUPP | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUPP | Khoo Peng Loong | 7,655 | 57.37 | |||
| SCA | Ting Tieng Tong | 3,560 | 26.68 | |||
| SNAP | Joseph Tang Cheok Chung | 1,212 | 9.08 | |||
| Independent | Lim Ung Chiew | 519 | 3.89 | |||
| Independent | Peter Hwang | 398 | 2.98 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,344 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 877 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,221 | 75.73 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,779 | |||||
| Majority | 4,095 | |||||
| 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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