Simunjan (federal constituency)

Simunjan
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1969
Last contested	1986

Simunjan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 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 Simunjan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Bojeng Andot	BUMIPUTERA
3rd	1973-1974	Bojeng Andot	BN
4th	1974-1978	Hadadak D. Pasauk
5th	1978-1982	Bujang Ulis
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bujang Ulis	7,382	66.36
	Independent	Wan Habib Mahmud	3,742	33.64
Total valid votes			11,124	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,329	72.96
Registered electors			15,527
Majority			3,640
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bujang Ulis	7,389	83.93
	PAJAR	Bujang Amin	1,415	16.07
Total valid votes			8,804	100.00
Total rejected ballots			323
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,127	62.74
Registered electors			14,547
Majority			5,974
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bujang Ulis	5,738	62.42
	PAJAR	Ambi Nen	3,454	37.58
Total valid votes			9,192	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,779
Majority			2,284
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hadadak D. Pasauk	6,102	75.10
	SNAP	Abang Annuar Abang Junaidi	2,023	24.90
Total valid votes			8,125	100.00
Total rejected ballots			827
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,952	68.20
Registered electors			13,126
Majority			4,079
	BN gain from BUMIPUTERA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BUMIPUTERA	Bojeng Andot	4,920	53.84
	SNAP	Jubang Tawi	3,076	33.66
	Independent	Bujang Amin	1,142	12.50
Total valid votes			9,138	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,350	80.93
Registered electors			11,553
Majority			1,844
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.

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