Matu-Daro

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

Matu-Daro was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia,[1] 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 Matu-Daro
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1973	Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu	BUMIPUTERA
8th	1973-1974		BN (PBB)
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1981	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
10th	1981-1983	Unknown
11th	1983-1987	Abdul Wahab Dollah	BN (PBB)
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
Constituency abolished, split to Jemoreng and Daro

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah	5,893	80.11
	Independent	Noh Saabi	1,463	19.89
Total valid votes			7,356	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			7,514	71.90
Registered electors			10,451
Majority			4,430
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah	5,769	82.89
	Independent	Mostapa Kusairi	1,191	17.11
Total valid votes			6,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			7,167	72.74
Registered electors			9,853
Majority			4,578
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah	4,572	74.09
	PERMAS	Yusuf Abdul Rahman	1,077	17.45
	DAP	Asbor Abdullah	437	7.08
	NEGARA	Isnawi Sirat	85	1.38
Total valid votes			6,171	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,305	75.10
Registered electors			8,396
Majority			3,495
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah		59.05
	PERMAS	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub		40.95
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			1,625
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Abdul Wahab Dollah won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state by-election, 22–23 May 1981: Matu-Daro
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN
		{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub		92.64
	PAJAR			7.36
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu	4,447	89.19
	SNAP	Abang Amin Abang Abdul Salim	539	10.81
Total valid votes			4,986	100.00
Total rejected ballots			363
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,349	76.14
Registered electors			7,025
Majority			3,908
	BN gain from PPBB		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969: Matu-Daro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPBB	Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu	3,360	65.04
	PESAKA	Awang Mansor Awang Laga	565	10.94
	SUPP	George Drahman	506	9.79
	Independent	Waini Sahari	429	8.30
	Independent	Sia Siong Yung	136	2.63
	SNAP	Abang Abdul Razak	124	2.40
	Independent	Rosli Kiok	46	0.89
Total valid votes			5,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,452	86.51
Registered electors			6,302
Majority			2,795
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 2016-05-05.

"Sarawak now has 56 State constituencies". klik.com.my. New Straits Times. 1 February 1991. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

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[1] "Sarawak now has 56 State constituencies". klik.com.my. New Straits Times. 1 February 1991. Retrieved 15 March 2014.