Lingga (state constituency)
Lingga is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1979.
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 1977 | ||
| First contested | 1979 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
The state constituency was created in the 1977 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 2005.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lingga | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 10th | 1979–1983 | Daniel Tajem Miri | BN |
| 11th | 1983–1987 | PBDS | |
| 12th | 1987–1991 | Donald Lawan | BN |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Sebuyau | |||
| Constituency re-created from Sebuyau | |||
| 16th | 2006–2011 | Simoi Peri | BN |
| 17th | 2011–2016 | ||
| 18th | 2016–2018 | ||
| 2018–2021 | GPS | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | Dayang Noorazah Awang Sohor | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Dayang Noorazah Awang Sohor | 3,700 | 58.10 | +58.10 | |
| PSB | Wan Abdillah Edruce Wan Abdul Rahman | 1,427 | 22.41 | +22.41 | |
| Independent | Mohd Sepian Abang Daud | 880 | 13.82 | +13.82 | |
| PBK | Baha Imam | 139 | 2.19 | +2.18 | |
| PKR | Abang Kassim Abg Bujang | 130 | 2.040 | -17.62 | |
| SEDAR | Abang Ahmad Abang Suni | 92 | 1.44 | +1.44 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,368 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 6,368 | 66.51 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,578 | ||||
| Majority | 2,273 | ||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Simoi Peri | 4,169 | 66.84 | - 3.98 | ||
| PKR | Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh | 1,226 | 19.66 | - 2.56 | ||
| Independent | Wan Abdillah Edruce Wan Abdul Rahman | 842 | 13.50 | + 13.50 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,237 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,350 | 70.65 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,988 | |||||
| Majority | 2,943 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
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 2016-04-30. "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 2016-04-30. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Simoi Peri | 3,652 | 70.82 | + 0.58 | ||
| PKR | Abang Ahmad Arabi Abang Bolhassan | 1,146 | 22.22 | - 7.54 | ||
| SNAP | Abang Othman Abang Gom | 359 | 6.96 | + 6.96 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,157 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 83 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,240 | 67.66 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,745 | |||||
| Majority | 2,506 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s)
"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Simoi Peri | 3,245 | 70.24 | ||
| PKR | Abang Othman Abang Gom | 1,375 | 29.76 | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,620 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 12 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,684 | 62.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,545 | ||||
| Majority | 1,870 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Donald Lawan | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| BN gain from PBDS | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBDS | Daniel Tajem Miri | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| PBDS gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Daniel Tajem Miri | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "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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