Tarat (state constituency)

Tarat

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Roland Sagah Wee Inn GPS
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Tarat is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tarat constituency has a total of 33 polling districts. ^[1]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tarat（N20）	Tijirak	198/20/01	SK St. Elizabeth Tijirak
	Petung	198/20/02	SK Patung
	Tabuan Rabak	198/20/03	Balai Raya Tabuan Rabak
	Simpuk	198/20/04	SK St. Peter Simpuk
	Sekuduk	198/20/05	SK Swithun Payang
	Panchor	198/20/06	SK St. Ambrose Kpg. Panchor
	Pekan Tarat	198/20/07	SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu 35
	Baki	198/20/08	SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu 32
	Ampungan	198/20/09	SK St. Alban Ampungan
	Tapah	198/20/10	SJK (C) Tapah
	Mundai	198/20/11	SK St. Mathew Mundai
	Beratok	198/20/12	SJK (C) Beratok
	Pesang	198/20/13	SK Pesang Begu Dewan Serbaguna Kpg. Serumah
	Gayu	198/20/14	SK Kpg. Gayu
	Sarig	198/20/15	Balai Raya Kpg. Sarig
	Sira	198/20/16	Balai Raya Kpg. Sira
	Teng Bungkap	198/20/17	Balai Raya Kpg. Krian
	Subang	198/20/18	Balai Raya Kpg. Subang
	Stabut	199/20/19	Balai Raya Kpg. Stabut
	Peraya	198/20/20	Balai Raya Kpg. Peraya
	Maang	198/20/21	SK St. Dunstan
	Merakep	198/20/22	SK St. James Rayang
	Bisira	198/20/23	Balai Raya Kpg. Bisira
	Dunuk	198/20/24	SK Pelaman Sindunuk
	Semaru	198/20/25	Dewan Serbaguna Kpg. Semaru
	Belimbing	198/20/26	SK St. Edward Belimbing
	Retoh	198/20/27	SK Rituh
	Sungai Barie	198/20/28	Balai Raya Kpg. Entawa Sg. Barie SK Sg. Kenyah
	Tarat Baru	198/20/29	SK Tarat
	Munggu Lalang	198/20/30	SK St. Bernabas Baru
	Rayang	198/20/31	SK Rayang
	Sebemban	198/20/32	SK Sebemban
	Tanah Puteh	198/20/33	SK Tanah Puteh RH Panjang, Kpg. Munggu Kopi

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tarat
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1974	Nelson Kundai Ngareng	SNAP
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983	Robert Jacob Ridu	BN (PBB)
11th	1983-1987
12th	1987-1991	Frederick Bayoi Manggie
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001	Roland Sagah Wee Inn
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-2018
	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021–present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Roland Sagah Wee Inn	6,500	60.25	60.25
	PSB	Dadi Tiap Juul	1,492	13.83	13.83
	PKR	Christo Michael	1,445	13.39	13.00
	PBK	Edison Jamang	1,183	10.96	10.96
	Independent	Bai Udin Dungak	169	1.57	1.57
Total valid votes			10,788	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			11,014	62.67
Registered electors			17,717
Majority			5,008
	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	Roland Sagah Wee Inn	8,450	73.61	17.20
	PKR	Musa Ngog	3,029	26.39	12.12
Total valid votes			11,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			11,748	71.67
Registered electors			16,391
Majority			5,421
	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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-12. 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	Roland Sagah Wee Inn	6,287	56.41	12.85
	PKR	Peter Ato Ana Mayau	4,292	38.51	38.51
	SNAP	Ateng Jeros	567	5.08	25.66
Total valid votes			11,146	100.00
Total rejected ballots			209
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			11,382	69.61
Registered electors			16,352
Majority			1,995
	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	Roland Sagah Wee Inn	5,854	69.26	10.37
	SNAP	Alex Saben Nipong @ Nyipong	2,598	30.74	30.74
Total valid votes			8,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			8,678	57.20
Registered electors			15,171
Majority			3,256
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Roland Sagah Wee Inn	7,555	79.63	79.63
	Independent	Tusa Lo Tai Chai	1,268	13.36	13.36
	Independent	Jeffrey Gugui Jiwan	665	7.01	7.01
Total valid votes			9,488	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,661	64.54
Registered electors			14,968
Majority			6,297
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Roland Sagah Wee Inn won uncontested.
	BN	Roland Sagah Wee Inn
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,855
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Frederick Bayoi Manggie	4,615	50.63
	PBDS	Peter Runin	3,969	43.54
	NEGARA	Bujang Ngadan	532	5.84
Total valid votes			9,116	100.00
Total rejected ballots			178
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,294	72.25
Registered electors			12,864
Majority			646
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Frederick Bayoi Manggie
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Robert Jacob Ridu
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Robert Jacob Ridu
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arthur Madeng
	SNAP	Robert Bangkik Kandong
	Parti Bisamah Sarawak	Lawrence Pohan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			9,812
Majority
	SNAP gain		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Nelson Kundai Ngareng	3,160	43.21
	SCA	Teo Kui Seng	2,091	28.59
	SUPP	Nyadang Nador	2,062	28.20
Total valid votes			7,313	100.00
Total rejected ballots			392
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,705	89.54
Registered electors			8,605
Majority			1,069
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 Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.