Bandar Sibu

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Bandar Sibu
Flag of Sarawak.svg Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1968
Constituency abolished1978
First contested 1969
Last contested 1974

Bandar Sibu was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.

Contents

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 Bandar Sibu
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P1341971-1973 Khoo Peng Loong
(邱炳农)
SUPP
1973-1974BN (SUPP)
4th P1441974-1978 Wee Ho Soon
(黄和顺)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sibu

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1969–19781978–19901990–19991999–20082008–20162016−present
Bandar SibuSibu Luar
Sibu Tengah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974 : Bandar Sibu
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Wee Ho Soon6,86154.49Increase2.svg 54.49
SNAP Joseph Tang Cheok Chung5,73045.51Increase2.svg 36.43
Total valid votes12,591 100.00
Total rejected ballots564
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout13,15567.11Decrease2.svg 8.62
Registered electors19,601
Majority1,1318.98Decrease2.svg 21.71
BN gain from SUPP Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1969 : Bandar Sibu
PartyCandidateVotes %
SUPP Khoo Peng Loong7,65557.37
SCA Ting Tieng Tong3,56026.68
SNAP Joseph Tang Cheok Chung1,2129.08
Independent Lim Ung Chiew5193.89
Independent Peter Hwang3982.98
Total valid votes13,344 100.00
Total rejected ballots877
Unreturned ballots
Turnout14,22175.73
Registered electors18,779
Majority4,09530.69
This was a new constituency created.

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References

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