Lingga (state constituency)

Lingga

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Simoi Peri BN
Constituency created	1977
First contested	1979
Last contested	2016

Lingga is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1979.

The state constituency was created in the 1977 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 2005.

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lingga
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Daniel Tajem Miri	PBDS
12th	1987-1991	Donald Lawan	BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
16th	2006-2011	Simoi Peri	BN
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Simoi Peri	4,169	66.84	- 3.98
	PKR	Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh	1,226	19.66	- 2.56
	Independent	Wan Abdillah Edruce Wan Abdul Rahman	842	13.50	+ 13.50
Total valid votes			6,237	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,350	70.65
Registered electors			8,988
Majority			2,943
	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	Simoi Peri	3,652	70.82	+ 0.58
	PKR	Abang Ahmad Arabi Abang Bolhassan	1,146	22.22	- 7.54
	SNAP	Abang Othman Abang Gom	359	6.96	+ 6.96
Total valid votes			5,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots			83
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,240	67.66
Registered electors			7,745
Majority			2,506
	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	Simoi Peri	3,245	70.24
	KEADILAN	Abang Othman Abang Gom	1,375	29.76
Total valid votes			4,620	100.00
Total rejected ballots			52
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			4,684	62.08
Registered electors			7,545
Majority			1,870
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Donald Lawah
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Turnout
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Majority
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Daniel Tajem Miri
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
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.