Baram (federal constituency)

Baram

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Anyi Ngau BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Baram is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2008–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Nabor, Pengalayan, Marudi, Beluru, Jegan, Teruking, Lubok Nibong, Puyut, Tutoh, Long Lama, Apoh, Long Miri, Pana, Akahpatah, San, Liomatu.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Baram
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Luhat Wan	SNAP
4th	1974-1976
	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Harrison Ngau Laing	Independent
9th	1995-1999	Jacob Dungau Sagan
10th	1999-2004		BN
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	Anyi Ngau

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anyi Ngau	9,182
	PKR	Roland Engan	8,988
	Independent	Patrick Sibat	363
Total valid votes			18,533	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			18,796	63.96
Registered electors			29,385
Majority			194
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)  "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	7,996
	Independent	Kebing Wan	3,952
Total valid votes			11,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			12,126	49.65
Registered electors			24,425
Majority			4,044
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	7,551
	SNAP	Kebing Wan	4,241
Total valid votes			11,792	100.00
Total rejected ballots			165
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			11,973	47.21
Registered electors
Majority			3,310
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	8,609
	Independent	Sedi Li	1,737
Total valid votes			10,346	100.00
Total rejected ballots			259
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			10,619	42.74
Registered electors
Majority			6,872
	BN gain		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Jacob Dungau Sagan	8,829
	PBS	Harrison Ngau Laing	3,106
	Independent	Luhat Wan	1,010
Total valid votes			12,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,158	50.09
Registered electors
Majority			5,723
	Independent hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Harrison Ngau Laing	5,581
	BN	Luhat Wan	4,742
	Independent	Jok Ding	1,892
Total valid votes			12,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,417	54.65
Registered electors
Majority			839
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Luhat Wan	5,813
	Independent	Jok Ding	3,439
	Independent	Joshua Lawai	1,325
	Independent	Wong Ah Siew	389
Total valid votes			10,966	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,272	52.47
Registered electors			21,482
Majority			2,374
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Luhat Wan
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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	Luhat Wan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Luhat Wan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Luhat Wan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

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.