Samalaju (state constituency)
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
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Sibiew Similajau, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong, LKTS Suai.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Majang Renggi | 7,547 | 67.05 | +67.05 | ||
| DAP | Tony Ung | 1,504 | 13.36 | -20.28 | ||
| PSB | Reggie Suel | 1,496 | 13.29 | +13.29 | ||
| PBK | Leighton Manjah | 509 | 4.52 | +4.52 | ||
| PBDS (Baru) | Baba Emperan | 199 | 1.77 | +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 | |||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 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
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- "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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