Demak Laut (state constituency)

Demak Laut

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hazland Abang Hipni BN
Constituency created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2016

Demak Laut is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.

The state constituency was created in the 1996 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tanjong Embang, Muara Tebas, Geobilt, Bako, Sejingkat, Senari, Tanjong Bako, Pinggan Jaya, Tabuan Melayu, Muara Tabuan, Tabuan Hulu.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Tanjong Embang, Muara Tebas, Geobilt, Bako, Sejingkat, Senari, Tanjong Bako, Pinggan Jaya, Tabuan Melayu, Muara Tabuan, Tabuan Hulu.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Demak Laut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Sejingkat
14th	1996-2001	Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen	BN
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Hazland Abang Hipni
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hazland Abang Hipni	8,539	88.07	+ 12.34
	Amanah	Mohammad Fidzuan Zaidi	1,157	11.93	+ 11.93
Total valid votes			9,696	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			9,879	71.43
Registered electors			13,830
Majority			7,382
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)  "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hazland Abang Hipni	5,522	75.73	- 1.65
	PKR	Ali Hossen Abang	1,770	24.27	+ 1.65
Total valid votes			7,292	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			7,403	70.93
Registered electors			10,437
Majority			3,752
	BN hold		Swing
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	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen	5,094	77.38	+ 6.21
	KEADILAN	Saidan @ Massudin Sahini	1,489	22.62	+ 6.47
Total valid votes			6,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,699	66.45
Registered electors			10,080
Majority			3,605
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen	4,974	71.17	- 19.75
	KEADILAN	Ahmad Lukman Abang Ibrahim	1,129	16.15	+ 16.15
	Independent	Abang Yusof Abang Razak	886	12.68	+ 12.68
Total valid votes			6,989	100.00
Total rejected ballots			68
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			7,068	73.17
Registered electors			9,660
Majority			3,845
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen	5,365	90.92
	Independent	Junaidi Putit	536	9.08
Total valid votes			5,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			6,057	66.51
Registered electors			9,107
Majority			4,829
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

1. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.