Tanjong Batu (Sarawak state constituency)
Tanjong Batu is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.
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| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PH | ||
| Constituency created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2016 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 | ||
The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Bintulu Town, Bukit Orang, Tanjung Batu, Li Hua, Desa Damai, Batu Lima.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tanjong Batu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created, renamed from Kidurong | ||||
| 18th | 2016-present | Chiew Chiu Sing | DAP | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chiew Chiu Sing | 7,984 | 59.10 | |||
| BN | Pau Chiong Ung | 5,436 | 40.24 | |||
| STAR | Chieng Lea Phing | 89 | 0.66 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,509 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 96 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 14 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,619 | 69.22 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,674 | |||||
| Majority | 2,548 | |||||
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 2016-04-28. "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 2016-04-28. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- "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.
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