Bandar Sibu

Bandar Sibu

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1978
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.

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
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P134	1971-1973	Khoo Peng Loong (邱炳农)	SUPP
		1973-1974		BN (SUPP)
4th	P144	1974-1978	Wee Ho Soon (黄和顺)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sibu

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Bandar Sibu	Sibu Luar
	Sibu Tengah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974 : Bandar Sibu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wee Ho Soon	6,861	54.49	54.49
	SNAP	Joseph Tang Cheok Chung	5,730	45.51	36.43
Total valid votes			12,591	100.00
Total rejected ballots			564
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,155	67.11	8.62
Registered electors			19,601
Majority			1,131	8.98	21.71
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Bandar Sibu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SUPP	Khoo Peng Loong	7,655	57.37
	SCA	Ting Tieng Tong	3,560	26.68
	SNAP	Joseph Tang Cheok Chung	1,212	9.08
	Independent	Lim Ung Chiew	519	3.89
	Independent	Peter Hwang	398	2.98
Total valid votes			13,344	100.00
Total rejected ballots			877
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,221	75.73
Registered electors			18,779
Majority			4,095	30.69
This was a new constituency created.

References

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.