Bau-Lundu (federal constituency)
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 1978 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Bau-Lundu was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.
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 1978 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Bau-Lundu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971 | Sinyium Mutit | SUPP | |
| 1971-1973 | Joseph Valentine Cotter | |||
| 1973-1974 | BN | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Patrick Uren | SNAP | |
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Malaysian general election, 1974 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| SNAP | Patrick Uren | |||||||
| BN | Joseph Valentine Cotter | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | 17,500 | |||||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| SNAP gain from SUPP | Swing | ? | ||||||
| Malaysian general by-election, 14 October 1971 Upon the resignation of incumbent, Sinyium Mutit | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| SUPP | Joseph Valentine Cotter | 4,651 | 52.93 | |||||
| SNAP | Lee Ngan Chooi | 3,712 | 42.24 | |||||
| Independent | Robert Jacob Ridu | 424 | 4.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,787 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 610 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 9,397 | 60.96 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 15,414 | |||||||
| Majority | 939 | |||||||
| SUPP hold | Swing | ? | ||||||
| Malaysian general election, 1969 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| SUPP | Sinyium Mutit | |||||||
| PESAKA | Lawrence Kureng Nasif | |||||||
| BUMIPUTERA | John Loyar Nyibai | |||||||
| SNAP | Lee Nyen Choi | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | 15,424 | |||||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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