Bukit Sari (state constituency)

Bukit Sari

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan GPS
Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2021

Bukit Sari is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Sundar, Bukit Sari, Merapok, Lawas, Gelapas, Awat, Baru, Luagan, Aru, Pagar, Katong, Pemukat, Dato, Belipat, Sualai, Punang, Lampaki, Sibagol, Muncu, Melusok, Temangis, Mission, Ladang Baru, Ranchangan, Silat.

2016–present: ^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Sundar, Bukit Sari, Merapok, Lawas, Gelapas, Awat, Baru, Luagan, Aru, Pagar, Katong, Pemukat, Dato, Belipat, Sualai, Punang, Sibagol, Melusok, Temangis, Mission, Ladang Baru, Silat.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Sari
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Lawas
16th	2006–2011	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan	BN (PBB)
17th	2011–2016
18th	2016–2018
	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tengah Ali Hassin won uncontested.
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,418
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. 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 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak Corrigendum [P.U. (B) 192/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

Sarawak state election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,018	86.30	- 6.73
	PKR	Japar Suyut	955	13.70	+ 12.07
Total valid votes			6,973	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,067	70.79
Registered electors			9,983
Majority			5,063
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
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.[ permanent dead link ]

Sarawak state election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	5,596	93.03
	Independent	Japar Suyut	321	5.34
	PKR	Mohamad Brahim	98	1.63
Total valid votes			6,015	100.00
Total rejected ballots			44
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			6,086	64.93
Registered electors			9,373
Majority			5,275
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 2016-04-28.

1. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.