Tamin (state constituency)

Tamin

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Christopher Gira @ Gira Sambang GPS
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Tamin is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 Siong, Tamin, Sekuau, Selangau, Lemai.

2016–present: ^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Siong, Tamin, Sekuau, Selangau, Lemai.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tamin
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tatau
13th	1991-1996	Joseph Entulu Belaun	PBDS
14th	1996-2001		BN
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011	Joseph Mauh Ikeh
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-2018	Christopher Gira @ Gira Sambang
	2018-2021		GPS
19th	2021–present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Christopher Gira @ Gira Sambang	7,778	64.99	+64.99
	PSB	Joseph Entulu Belaun	4,190	35.01	+35.01
Total valid votes			11,968	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			12,144	72.80
Registered electors			16,681
Majority			3,588
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Christopher Gira @ Gira Sambang	6,230	54.99	- 2.43
	Independent	Ali Puji	4,145	36.59	+ 36.59
	PKR	Simon Joseph	954	8.42	- 34.16
Total valid votes			11,329	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			11,508	76.99
Registered electors			14,948
Majority			2,085
	BN 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. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "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 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Mauh Ikeh	4,998	57.42	- 9.80
	PKR	Mengga Mikui	3,706	42.58	+ 42.58
Total valid votes			8,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			181
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			8,895	72.65
Registered electors			12,244
Majority			1,292
	BN hold		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 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Mauh Ikeh	4,639	67.22	- 20.71
	SNAP	Augustine Liom @ August Liom	2,262	32.78	+ 32.78
Total valid votes			6,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			7,023	64.43
Registered electors			10,900
Majority			2,377
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Entulu Belaun	6,310	87.93	+ 14.55
	Independent	Ricky Bernard Betti	866	12.07	+ 12.07
Total valid votes			7,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			7,307	67.89
Registered electors			10,763
Majority			5,444
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Entulu Belaun	4,612	73.38	+ 20.41
	Independent	Munan John Andrew	1,589	25.28	+ 25.28
	Independent	Munan Jeti	84	1.34	+ 1.34
Total valid votes			6,285	100.00
Total rejected ballots			121
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			6,410	63.64
Registered electors			10,072
Majority			3,023
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Joseph Entulu Belaun	3,455	52.97
	BN	Jawan Empaling	2,943	45.12
	Independent	Emat Lidy Elaun	124	1.90
Total valid votes			6,522	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,589	72.79
Registered electors			9,052
Majority			512
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 2016-04-30.

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. Retrieved 2016-07-12.