Lambir (federal constituency)
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|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1977 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1978 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
Lambir was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 1990.
The federal constituency was created in the 1977 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 1990 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Lambir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Raymond Szetu Mei Thong | SAPO | |
| 6th | 1982-1986 | George Chan Hong Nam | BN | |
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Peter Chin Fah Kui | ||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Malaysian general election, 1986 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| BN | Peter Chin Fah Kui | 15,933 | 55.01 | |||||
| DAP | Wong Ho Leng | 10,380 | 35.84 | |||||
| Independent | Abang Ismail Abang Peel | 2,651 | 9.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 28,964 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 522 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 29,486 | 60.06 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 49,095 | |||||||
| Majority | 5,553 | |||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||||
| Malaysian general election, 1982 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| BN | George Chan Hong Nam | 17,898 | 71.00 | |||||
| DAP | Peter Hwang Teck Nai | 4,685 | 18.58 | |||||
| Independent | Hussein Abdul Rahim | 1,794 | 7.12 | |||||
| Independent | Richard Frederick | 503 | 2.00 | |||||
| Independent | Jonathan Saong | 329 | 1.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,209 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 561 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 25,770 | 65.46 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 39,370 | |||||||
| Majority | 13,213 | |||||||
| BN gain from SAPO | Swing | ? | ||||||
| Malaysian general election, 1978 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| SAPO | Raymond Szetu Mei Thong | 10,150 | 52.24 | |||||
| BN | Chia Chin Shin | 9,278 | 47.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 19,428 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | 30,026 | |||||||
| Majority | 872 | |||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
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