Lambir (federal constituency)

Lambir
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1977
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1978
Last contested	1986

Lambir was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 1990.

The federal constituency was created in the 1977 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lambir
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
5th	1978-1982	Raymond Szetu Mei Thong	SAPO
6th	1982-1986	George Chan Hong Nam	BN
7th	1986-1990	Peter Chin Fah Kui	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Chin Fah Kui	15,933	55.01
	DAP	Wong Ho Leng	10,380	35.84
	Independent	Abang Ismail Abang Peel	2,651	9.15
Total valid votes			28,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			522
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,486	60.06
Registered electors			49,095
Majority			5,553
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	17,898	71.00
	DAP	Peter Hwang Teck Nai	4,685	18.58
	Independent	Hussein Abdul Rahim	1,794	7.12
	Independent	Richard Frederick	503	2.00
	Independent	Jonathan Saong	329	1.31
Total valid votes			25,209	100.00
Total rejected ballots			561
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,770	65.46
Registered electors			39,370
Majority			13,213
	BN gain from SAPO		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SAPO	Raymond Szetu Mei Thong	10,150	52.24
	BN	Chia Chin Shin	9,278	47.76
Total valid votes			19,428	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,026
Majority			872
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

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