Gedong (state constituency)

Gedong
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 

Mohd. Naroden Majais
BN

Constituency created 1968
First contested 1969
Last contested 2016

Gedong is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991, from 2016 to present.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 2015.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kepayang, Ensengai, Sateman, Pangkor, Gedong, Tegelam, Keniong.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gedong
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
8th 1970-1973 Abang Abdul Rahim Abang Moasili BUMIPUTERA
1973-1974 BN
9th 1974-1979 Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
10th 1979-1983
11th 1983-1987
12th 1987-1991 PERMAS
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
18th 2016-present Mohd. Naroden Majais BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNMohd. Naroden Majais 4,064 78.77
AmanahRapelson Richard Hamit 699 13.55
IndependentUja Bansi 396 7.68
Total valid votes 5,159 100.00
Total rejected ballots 112
Unreturned ballots 26
Turnout 5,29774.74
Registered electors 7,087
Majority 3,365
BN gain from PERMAS Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PERMASMohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan 3,482 59.79
BNKhaider Zaidell 2,342 40.21
Total valid votes 5,824 100.00
Total rejected ballots 36
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,86078.65
Registered electors 7,451
Majority 1,140
PERMAS gain from BN Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNMohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan 58.27
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Sarawak state election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNMohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan 63.03
PAJAR 15.17
Independent
Independent
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Sarawak state election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNMohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan 2,450 50.29
SNAPLiew Ming Chung 2,422 49.71
Total valid votes 4,872 100.00
Total rejected ballots 428
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,30081.09
Registered electors 6,536
Majority 28
BN gain from BUMIPUTERA Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BUMIPUTERAAbang Abdul Rahim Abang Moasili 1,757 38.82
SNAPLiew Ming Chung 1,647 36.39
PESAKAAndrew Jika Landau 600 13.26
SUPPEntri Tusan 522 11.53
Total valid votes 4,526 100.00
Total rejected ballots 313
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 4,83985.84
Registered electors 5,637
Majority 110
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. ↑ "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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