Samariang
State constituency | |||
---|---|---|---|
Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
GPS | ||
Constituency created | 1968 | ||
First contested | 1969 | ||
Last contested | 2016 |
Samariang is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1979, from 1996 to present.
The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 1979 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1996.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Samariang, Lintang, Kandis, Semerah Padi, Sukma, Sri Wangi, Kampong Tunku, Bedil, Astana Lot.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Samariang, Lintang, Kandis, Semerah Padi, Sukma, Kampong Tunku, Bedil, Astana Lot.
Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Samariang | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created | ||||
Semariang | ||||
8th | 1970-1973 | Ajibah Abol | BUMIPUTERA | |
1973-1974 | BN | |||
9th | 1974-1976 | |||
1976-1979 | Hafsah Harun | |||
Constituency abolished | ||||
Constituency re-created | ||||
Samariang | ||||
14th | 1996-2001 | Dona Babel | BN | |
15th | 2001-2006 | Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi | ||
16th | 2006-2011 | Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali | ||
17th | 2011-2016 | |||
18th | 2016-2018 | |||
2018-present | GPS |
Election results
Sarawak state election, 2016: Samariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali | 9,795 | 80.16 | + 4.51 | ||||
PAS | Yusof Assidiqqi Ahmad Sharkawi | 2,035 | 16.65 | + 16.65 | ||||
Amanah | Nani Sahari | 389 | 3.19 | + 3.19 | ||||
Total valid votes | 12,219 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 108 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 70 | |||||||
Turnout | 12,397 | 67.93 | ||||||
Registered electors | 18,250 | |||||||
Majority | 7,760 | |||||||
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 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27. |
Sarawak state election, 2011: Samariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali | 8,008 | 75.65 | + 10.56 | ||||
PKR | Zulrusdi Mohamad Hol | 2,577 | 24.35 | - 10.56 | ||||
Total valid votes | 10,585 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 144 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 40 | |||||||
Turnout | 10,769 | 67.55 | ||||||
Registered electors | 15,942 | |||||||
Majority | 5,431 | |||||||
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 2016-04-27.
|
Sarawak state election, 2006: Samariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali | 5,365 | 65.09 | + 0.38 | ||||
KEADILAN | Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi | 2,877 | 34.91 | + 9.28 | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,242 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 88 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 92 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,422 | 62.39 | ||||||
Registered electors | 13,498 | |||||||
Majority | 2,488 | |||||||
BN hold | Swing |
Sarawak state election, 2001: Samariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi | 5,460 | 64.71 | - 6.22 | ||||
KEADILAN | Wan Ariffin Wan Senusi | 2,163 | 25.63 | + 25.63 | ||||
PAS | Mohamad Shokri Ahmad Fauzi | 468 | 5.55 | + 5.55 | ||||
Independent | Arifin Abang Anuar @ Arifin Annuar | 347 | 4.11 | + 4.11 | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,438 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 93 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 78 | |||||||
Turnout | 8,609 | 69.55 | ||||||
Registered electors | 12,378 | |||||||
Majority | 3,297 | |||||||
BN hold | Swing |
Sarawak state election, 1996: Samariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Dona Babel | 4,170 | 70.93 | |||||
Independent | Mariam Musa | 1,709 | 29.07 | |||||
Total valid votes | 5,879 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 134 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 131 | |||||||
Turnout | 6,144 | 61.21 | ||||||
Registered electors | 10,037 | |||||||
Majority | 2,461 | |||||||
BN hold | Swing |
Sarawak state by-election, July 1976: Samariang Upon the death of incumbent, Ajibah Abol | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Hafsah Harun | |||||||
style="width: 180px; text-align:left;" | {{{3}}} | |||||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Registered electors | ||||||||
Majority | ||||||||
BN hold | Swing | {{{3}}} |
Sarawak state election, 1974: Semariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Ajibah Abol | 4,921 | 78.82 | |||||
SNAP | Abang Abdul Rahin Openg | 1,147 | 18.37 | |||||
Independent | Awang Wain Awang Abu | 175 | 2.80 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,243 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 462 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 6,705 | 78.35 | ||||||
Registered electors | 8,558 | |||||||
Majority | 3,774 | |||||||
BN gain from BUMIPUTERA | Swing | ? |
Sarawak state election, 1969: Semariang | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BUMIPUTERA | Ajibah Abol | 3,233 | 54.48 | |||||
SUPP | Abdul Kadir Merican | 971 | 16.36 | |||||
Independent | Shukri Mahidi | 954 | 16.08 | |||||
SNAP | Abang Bueng Abang Amin | 526 | 8.86 | |||||
Independent | Ben Jomel | 250 | 4.21 | |||||
Total valid votes | 5,934 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 401 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 6,335 | 84.73 | ||||||
Registered electors | 7,477 | |||||||
Majority | 2,262 | |||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ↑ "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.