Lingga (state constituency)

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Lingga
Flag of Sarawak.svg Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Dayang Noorazah Awang Sohor
GPS
Constituency created1977
First contested 1979
Last contested 2021

Lingga is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1979.

Contents

The state constituency was created in the 1977 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 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2005.

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.

2016–present: [1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Lingga, Meludam, Seduku, Stumbin, Ladong, Lamanak.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lingga
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
10th 1979–1983 Daniel Tajem Miri BN (SNAP)
11th 1983–1987 PBDS
12th 1987–1991 Donald Lawan BN (PBDS)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sebuyau
Constituency re-created from Sebuyau
16th 2006–2011 Simoi Peri BN (PBB)
17th 2011–2016
18th 2016–2018
2018–2021GPS (PBB)
19th 2021–presentDayang Noorazah Awang Sohor

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
GPS Dayang Noorazah Awang Sohor3,70058.10Increase2.svg 58.10
PSB Wan Abdillah Edruce Wan Abdul Rahman1,42722.41Increase2.svg 22.41
Independent Mohd Sepian Abang Daud88013.82Increase2.svg 13.82
PBK Baha Imam1392.19Increase2.svg 2.18
PKR Abang Kassim Abg Bujang1302.040Decrease2.svg 17.62
Parti Sabah Demokratik Rakyat Abang Ahmad Abang Suni921.44Increase2.svg 1.44
Total valid votes6,368 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout6,36866.51
Registered electors9,578
Majority2,273
GPS gain from BN Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Simoi Peri4,16966.84Decrease2.svg 3.98
PKR Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh1,22619.66Decrease2.svg 2.56
Independent Wan Abdillah Edruce Wan Abdul Rahman84213.50Increase2.svg 13.50
Total valid votes6,237 100.00
Total rejected ballots113
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout6,35070.65
Registered electors8,988
Majority2,943
BN hold Swing
Source(s)

"Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Federal Government Gazette. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

"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 2016-04-30.
Sarawak state election, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Simoi Peri3,65270.82Increase2.svg 0.58
PKR Abang Ahmad Arabi Abang Bolhassan1,14622.22Decrease2.svg 7.54
SNAP Abang Othman Abang Gom3596.96Increase2.svg 6.96
Total valid votes5,157 100.00
Total rejected ballots83
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout5,24067.66
Registered electors7,745
Majority2,506
BN hold Swing
Sarawak state election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Simoi Peri3,24570.24
PKR Abang Othman Abang Gom1,37529.76
Total valid votes4,620 100.00
Total rejected ballots52
Unreturned ballots12
Turnout4,68462.08
Registered electors7,545
Majority1,870
BN hold Swing
Sarawak state election, 1987
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Donald Lawan
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN gain from PBDS Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PBDS Daniel Tajem Miri
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
PBDS gain from BN Swing ?
Sarawak state election, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Daniel Tajem Miri
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

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