Bau-Lundu (federal constituency)

Bau-Lundu
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1978
First contested	1969
Last contested	1974

Bau-Lundu was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bau-Lundu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971	Sinyium Mutit	SUPP
	1971-1973	Joseph Valentine Cotter	SUPP
	1973-1974	Joseph Valentine Cotter	BN
4th	1974-1978	Patrick Uren	SNAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Patrick Uren	6,949	50.67
	BN	Joseph Valentine Cotter	6,766	49.33
Total valid votes			13,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,500
Majority			183
	SNAP gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 11–14 October 1971 Upon the resignation of incumbent, Sinyium Mutit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Joseph Valentine Cotter	4,651	52.93
	SNAP	Lee Ngan Chooi	3,712	42.24
	Independent	Robert Jacob Ridu	424	4.83
Total valid votes			8,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			610
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,397	60.96
Registered electors			15,414
Majority			939
	SUPP hold		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Sinyium Mutit	4,539	34.67
	SNAP	Lee Nyen Choi	3,733	28.52
	BUMIPUTERA	John Loyar Nyibai	2,655	20.28
	PESAKA	Lawrence Kureng Nasif	2,164	16.53
Total valid votes			13,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			753
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,844	89.77
Registered electors			15,424
Majority			806
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.