Padungan (state constituency)

Padungan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Chong Chieng Jen PH
Constituency created	1977
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021

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

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

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Market, Bazaar, Padungan, Abell, Deshon, Sekama, Bukit Tuan, Kinyang, Ellis, Ban Hock, Lumba Kuda, Central, Petanak.

2016–present: ^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Market, Bazaar, Padungan, Abell, Deshon, Sekama, Bukit Tuan, Kinyang, Ellis, Ban Hock, Lumba Kuda, Central, Petanak.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Padungan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuching Barat
10th	1979-1983	Tan Meng Chong	Independent
11th	1983-1987	Song Swee Guan	BN (SUPP)
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006	Lily Yong Lee Lee
16th	2006-2011	Dominique Ng Kim Ho	PR (PKR)
17th	2011-2016	Wong King Wei	PR (DAP)
18th	2016-2020		PH (DAP)
	2020-2021		Independent
19th	2021–present	Chong Chieng Jen	PH (DAP)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	4,686	50.40	- 13.91
	GPS	Wee Hong Seng	3,488	37.52	+ 37.52
	PBK	Raymond Thong Ee Yu	930	10.00	+ 10.00
	ASPIRASI	Soo Lina	193	2.08	+ 1.28
Total valid votes			9,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			53
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			9,297	44.76
Registered electors			20,687
Majority			1,198
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong King Wei	9,332	64.31	- 8.29
	BN	Pau Kiu Sung	5,062	34.89	+ 10.16
	STAR	Teo Kuang Kim	116	0.80	+ 0.80
Total valid votes			14,510	100.00
Total rejected ballots			78
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			14,602	65.48
Registered electors			22,301
Majority			4,270
	DAP hold		Swing
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 2016-04-27. "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 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong King Wei	11,957	72.60	+ 72.60
	BN	Sim Kiang Chiok	4,073	24.73	- 20.41
	Independent	Dominique Ng Kim Ho	439	2.67	+ 2.67
Total valid votes			16,469	100.00
Total rejected ballots			69
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			16,558	70.23
Registered electors			23,576
Majority			7,884
	DAP gain from PKR		Swing		?
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	%	∆%
	PKR	Ng Kim Ho	8,002	54.86	+ 54.86
	BN	Lily Yong Lee Lee	6,585	45.14	- 8.13
Total valid votes			14,587	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			14,755	60.19
Registered electors			24,512
Majority			1,417
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lily Yong Lee Lee	8,402	53.27	- 2.99
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	7,369	46.73	+ 4.89
Total valid votes			15,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			280
Unreturned ballots			208
Turnout			16,259	65.10
Registered electors			24,977
Majority			1,033
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan	8,319	56.26	- 9.28
	DAP	Ng Kim Ho	6,187	41.84	+ 7.38
	Independent	Eric Lee Hie Kui	282	1.91	+ 1.91
Total valid votes			14,788	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			14,915	61.35
Registered electors			24,310
Majority			2,132
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan	8,836	65.54
	DAP	Ng Kim Ho	4,646	34.46
Total valid votes			13,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			67
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			13,574	71.06
Registered electors			19,101
Majority			4,190
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
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Majority
	BN gain from Independent politician politician		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Tan Meng Chong
	BN	Sim Kheng Hong
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
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 2016-04-27.

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.