Kuala Rajang (state constituency)

Kuala Rajang

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Talif @ Len Salleh BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Kuala Rajang is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991, from 2016 to present.

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

History

It was abolished in 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2015.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Selalang, Belawai, Rajang, Sari, Seberang, Nanga Lepa.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Rajang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1973	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	Sarawak Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Saidi Olia
12th	1987-1991	Hamden Ahmad
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created, renamed from Belawai
18th	2016-present	Talif @ Len Salleh	BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talif @ Len Salleh	6,235	88.60
	Amanah	Sopian Julaihi	649	9.22
	Independent	Asbor Abdullah	153	2.17
Total valid votes			7,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			7,227	70.45
Registered electors			10,259
Majority			5,586
	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 2016-04-28. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamden Ahmad
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Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saidi Olia
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
	SNAP	Sylvester Melling Kium
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,077
Majority
	BN gain from Sarawak Alliance		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sarawak Alliance	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
	SUPP	Drahman Kria
	SNAP	Ainnie Dhoby
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,732
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

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.