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Lawas (state constituency)

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Lawas
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
LegislatureSarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created1968
Constituency abolished2006
First contested1969
Last contested2001

Lawas was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

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It was abolished in 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lawas
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
8th 1970-1973 Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin BUMIPUTERA
1973-1974 BN (PBB)
9th 1974-1979
10th 1979-1983 Noor Tahir
11th 1983-1987
12th 1987-1991 Tengah Ali Hassin
13th 1991-1996
14th 1996-2001
15th 2001-2006
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sari

Election results

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Sarawak state election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Tengah Ali Hassin 6,299 95.61
PKR Japar Suyut 289 4.39
Total valid votes 6,588 100.00
Total rejected ballots 64
Unreturned ballots 14
Turnout 6,666 67.18
Registered electors 9,922
Majority 6,010
BN hold Swing


Sarawak state election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
On the nomination day, Tengah Ali Hassin won uncontested.
BN Tengah Ali Hassin
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 10,121
Majority
BN hold Swing


Sarawak state election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Tengah Ali Hassin 6,076 71.41
PBDS Baru Bian 2,433 28.59
Total valid votes 8,509 100.00
Total rejected ballots 92
Unreturned ballots 18
Turnout 8,619 74.10
Registered electors 11,632
Majority 3,643
BN hold Swing


Sarawak state election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Tengah Ali Hassin
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN hold Swing


Sarawak state election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Noor Tahir
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN hold Swing


Sarawak state election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Noor Tahir
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN hold Swing


Sarawak state election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin 3,461 70.19
SNAP Balang Itai @ Leo Balang 1,470 29.81
Total valid votes 4,931 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 6,315
Majority 1,991
BN gain from PBB Swing ?


Sarawak state election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PBB Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin 1,698 39.01
SNAP Pudun Rangat 1,472 33.82
PESAKA Racha Umong 1,053 24.19
Independent Ling Tung Kien 82 1.88
Independent Mah Chuan Sin 48 1.10
Total valid votes 4,353 100.00
Total rejected ballots 190
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 4,543 84.44
Registered electors 5,380
Majority 226
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.