Kidurong (state constituency)

Kidurong
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1987
Constituency abolished	2016
First contested	1991
Last contested	2011

Kidurong was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2016.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 2016 after it was redistributed.

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bintulu Town, Sibiew Similajau, Bukit Orang, Tanjung Batu, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Li Hua, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kidurong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Michael Sim Kiam Hui	BN
14th	1996-1997	Wong Sing Ai	DAP
14th	1997-2001	Michael Sim Kiam Hui	BN
15th	2001-2006	Chiew Chiu Sing	DAP
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tanjong Batu

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	12,493	69.19
	BN	Henry Ling Kuong Meng	5,563	30.81
Total valid votes			18,056	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			122
Turnout			18,322	67.30
Registered electors			27,225
Majority			6,930
	DAP hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
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 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	8,517	55.41
	BN	Paul Yong Khing Kee	6,853	44.59
Total valid votes			15,370	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			15,495	65.30
Registered electors			23,726
Majority			1,664
	DAP hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	7,551	50.48
	BN	Michael Sim Kiam Hui	7,408	49.52
Total valid votes			14,959	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			15,108	68.42
Registered electors			22,082
Majority			143
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state by-election, 25–26 October 1997 Upon election declared null and void
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Michael Sim Kiam Hui	5,723	51.23
	DAP	Wong Sing Ai	5,339	47.79
	Independent	Asbor Abdullah	81	0.73
	Independent	Ding Ringkai	29	0.26
Total valid votes			11,172	100.00
Total rejected ballots			99
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,271	67.46
Registered electors			16,707
Majority			384
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Sing Ai	5,128	50.11
	BN	Michael Sim Kiam Hui	5,106	49.89
Total valid votes			10,234	100.00
Total rejected ballots			99
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			10,357	63.96
Registered electors			16,194
Majority			22
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Michael Sim Kiam Hui	5,710	44.47
	PBDS	Ting Ling Kiew	4,360	33.96
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	2,676	20.84
	NEGARA	Menjang Mawar	94	0.73
Total valid votes			12,840	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			12,961	70.58
Registered electors			18,363
Majority			1,350
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

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