 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1977 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1978 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
Paloh was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 1990.
The federal constituency was created in the 1977 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.
| Members of Parliament for Paloh | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Payang | ||||
| 5th | P142 | 1978-1981 | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (عبدالرحمن يعقوب) | BN (PBB) |
| 1981-1982 | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha (ابڠ ابو بكر ابڠ مصطفى) | |||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | |||
| 7th | P165 | 1986-1990 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Rajang | ||||
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Paloh | Kuala Rajang | |||||
| Matu-Daro | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | 9,512 | 77.50 |  77.50 | |
| Independent | Udie Salleh | 2,761 | 22.50 | 22.50 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,273 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 283 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 12,556 | 73.03 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,193 | ||||
| Majority | 6,751 | 55.00 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | 8,581 | 77.85 | |||
| Parti Anak Jati Sarawak | Lona Osman | 2,441 | 22.15 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,022 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 15,105 | |||||
| Majority | 6,140 | 55.70 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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