Rajang (federal constituency)

Rajang

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1969
Last contested	1986

Rajang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.

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 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Rajang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P135	1971-1973	Tibuoh Rantai	SUPP
		1973-1974		BN (SUPP)
		1974	Jawan Empaling
4th	P145	1974-1978
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986
7th	P168	1986-1990	Nicholas Munong Ipau	Independent
Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Rajang, Lanang and Sibu

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Rajang	Dudong
	Igan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Nicholas Munong Ipau	6,113	48.11	48.11
	BN	Jawan Empaling	5,960	46.90	11.76
	Independent	Siew Chee Kiong @ Shaw Chee Kiong	634	4.99	4,99
Total valid votes			12,707	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,027	64.05
Registered electors			20,338
Majority			153	1.21	16.11
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawan Empaling	5,733	58.66	3.54
	Independent	Tony Poh	4,041	41.34	41.34
Total valid votes			9,774	100.00
Total rejected ballots			460
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,234	53.96
Registered electors			18,967
Majority			1,692	17.32	0.74
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawan Empaling	6,584	55.12	1.93
	Independent	Yong Ping Kuai	4,427	37.06	37.06
	Independent	Juga Buan	933	7.81	7.81
Total valid votes			11,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,968
Majority			2,157	18.06	3.96
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawan Empaling	5,690	57.05	2.31
	SNAP	Daro Paran	4,284	42.95	2.31
Total valid votes			9,974	100.00
Total rejected ballots			494
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,468	71.37
Registered electors			14,667
Majority			1,406	14.10	4.62
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 7–12 January 1974
Upon the death of incumbent, Tibuoh Rantai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawan Empaling	3,951	54.74	54.74
	SNAP	Sandah Jarau	3,267	45.26	30.38
Total valid votes			7,218	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			684	9.48	6.19
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SUPP	Tibuoh Rantai	4,217	40.75
	PESAKA	Poh Kaya	2,596	25.08
	SNAP	Alexander Seli	1,540	14.88
	Independent	Anyau Bakit	1,423	13.75
	Independent	Salleh Garasi	573	5.54
Total valid votes			10,349	100.00
Total rejected ballots			909
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,258	83.32
Registered electors			13,511
Majority			1,621	15.67
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.

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.