Miri-Subis

Miri-Subis

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1978
First contested	1969
Last contested	1974

Miri-Subis 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 Miri-Subis
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P142	1971-1974	James Wong Kim Min (黄金明)	SNAP
4th	P152	1974-1978	Yang Siew Siang (杨寿祥)	BN (SUPP)
Constituency abolished, split into Baram and Lambir

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Miri-Subis	Miri
	Subis

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974 : Miri-Subis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yang Siew Siang	8,949	54.96	54.96
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min	7,334	45.04	1.32
Total valid votes			16,283	100.00
Total rejected ballots			822
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,105	71.10	2.57
Registered electors			24,058
Majority			1,615	9.92	4.65
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Miri-Subis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min	4,391	46.36
	SUPP	Ekoon Bantar	3,892	41.09
	Independent	Guyang Nisau	1,189	12.55
Total valid votes			9,472	100.00
Total rejected ballots			3,684
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,156	73.67
Registered electors			17,859
Majority			499	5.27
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.