Tanjong Batu (Sarawak state constituency)

Tanjong Batu

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Johny Pang Leong Ming GPS
Constituency created	2015
First contested	2016
Last contested	2021

Tanjong Batu is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.

The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present: ^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Bintulu Town, Bukit Orang, Tanjung Batu, Li Hua, Desa Damai, Batu Lima.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tanjong Batu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Kidurong
18th	2016–2021	Chiew Chiu Sing	DAP
19th	2021–present	Johnny Pang Leong Ming	GPS (SUPP)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Pang Leong Ming	4,092	35.38	+35.38
	DAP	Chiew Chan Yew	4,069	35.18	-23.92
	PBK	Yek Hock Siang	2,204	19.05	+19.05
	PSB	Tang Eng Hui	1,071	9.26	+9.26
	ASPIRASI	Chieng Lea Phing	93	0.80	+0.80
	Independent	Wong Hau Ming	38	0.33	+0.33
Total valid votes			11,567	100.00
Total rejected ballots			69
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			11,685	51.38
Registered electors			22,743
Majority			23
	GPS gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	7,984	59.10
	BN	Pau Chiong Ung	5,436	40.24
	STAR	Chieng Lea Phing	89	0.66
Total valid votes			13,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			13,619	69.22
Registered electors			19,674
Majority			2,548
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 2016-04-28. "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 2016-04-28.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

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.