Lambir (state constituency)

Lambir

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ripin Lamat BN
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2016

Lambir is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 Peninjau, Satap, Bakam, Lambir.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Peninjau, Satap, Bakam, Lambir, Airport, Tukau.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lambir
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Usop Wahab	BN
14th	1996-2001	Swin Jema'ah @ Aidan Wing
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Ripin Lamat
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ripin Lamat	7,503	68.66	+ 13.74
	PKR	Mohdar Ismail	2,596	23.76	- 13.10
	PAS	Arif Paijo	829	7.59	+ 7.59
Total valid votes			10,928	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			11,148	63.58
Registered electors			17,533
Majority			4,907
	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 2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ripin Lamat	4,625	54.92	- 19.39
	PKR	Zolhaidah Suboh	3,104	36.86	+ 11.17
	SNAP	Johari Bujang	693	8.22	+ 8.22
Total valid votes			8,422	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			8,588	60.72
Registered electors			14,144
Majority			1,521
	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 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Swin Jema'ah @ Aidan Wing	4,331	74.31	- 10.98
	KEADILAN	Saji Samat	1,497	25.69	+ 14.60
Total valid votes			5,828	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			5,935	52.77
Registered electors			11,245
Majority			2,834
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Swin Jema'ah @ Aidan Wing	10,115	85.29	+ 12.09
	KEADILAN	Mohdar Ismail	1,315	11.09	+ 11.09
	Independent	Roslie Sili	430	3.62	+ 3.62
Total valid votes			11,860	100.00
Total rejected ballots			154
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			12,024	58.18
Registered electors			20,666
Majority			8,800
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Swin Jema'ah @ Aidan Wing	7,794	73.20	+ 2.86
	Independent	Mohdar Ismail	2,528	23.74	+ 23.74
	Independent	Janting Jawa	326	3.06	+ 3.06
Total valid votes			10,648	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			10,820	55.52
Registered electors			19,488
Majority			5,266
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Usop Wahab	9,745	70.34
	PBDS	Lawrence Tan Chok Sing	4,110	29.66
Total valid votes			13,855	100.00
Total rejected ballots			289
Unreturned ballots			202
Turnout			14,346	63.61
Registered electors			22,554
Majority			5,635
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

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.