Piasau (state constituency)

Piasau

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew BN
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2016

Piasau 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 Kubu, Bazaar, Merbau, Merpati, Permaisuri, Bintang, Lutong.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kubu, Bazaar, Merbau, Merpati, Permaisuri, Bintang, Lutong, Tanjong, Luak.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Piasau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	George Chan Hong Nam	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Alan Ling Sie Kiong	DAP
18th	2016-present	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew	BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew	7,799	57.83	+ 15.47
	DAP	Alan Ling Sie Kiong	5,687	42.17	- 15.47
Total valid votes			13,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			13,634	64.55
Registered electors			21,120
Majority			2,112
	DAP gain from BN		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	%	∆%
	DAP	Alan Ling Sie Kiong	5,998	57.64	+ 57.64
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	4,408	42.36	- 28.87
Total valid votes			10,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			73
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,479	63.13
Registered electors			16,600
Majority			1,590
	DAP gain from BN		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	George Chan Hong Nam	6,573	71.23	- 8.74
	KEADILAN	Ngu Hee Hieng	2,655	28.77	+ 28.77
Total valid votes			9,228	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			9,334	54.09
Registered electors			17,256
Majority			3,918
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	10,237	79.97	+ 8.84
	DAP	John Law Ching Sing	2,564	20.03	- 8.84
Total valid votes			12,801	100.00
Total rejected ballots			89
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			12,921	60.66
Registered electors			21,301
Majority			7,673
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	8,737	71.13	- 3.76
	DAP	John Law Ching Sing	3,546	28.87	+ 3.76
Total valid votes			12,283	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			12,435	58.90
Registered electors			21,111
Majority			5,191
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	13,634	74.89
	DAP	Chong Kon Fatt	4,571	25.11
Total valid votes			18,205	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			18,477	60.47
Registered electors			30,557
Majority			9,063
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.