Paloh (federal constituency)

Paloh

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.

History

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Paloh		Kuala Rajang
		Matu-Daro

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986

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

Malaysian general election, 1982

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			0
Turnout			12,556	73.03
Registered electors			17,193
Majority			6,751	55.00
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 4 May 1981
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Abdul Rahman Ya'kub

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

Malaysian general election, 1978

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			324
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,346	75.11
Registered electors			15,105
Majority			6,140	55.70
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 2016-05-05.