Batu Danau (state constituency)

Batu Danau

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Paulus Palu Gumbang TERAS
Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2016

Batu Danau is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 2005 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: The constituency contains the polling districts of Danau, Lubai, Ukong, Medihit, Medamit.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Danau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
16th	2006-2011	Paulus Palu Gumbang	BN
17th	2011-2014
	2014-2016		TERAS
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
The 2016election will be held on May 7.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Palu @ Paulus Palu Gumbang
	BEBAS-Simbol Bunga	Ali Adap
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
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. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Palu @ Paulus Palu Gumbang	3,667
	PKR	Lau Liak Koi	1,348
	SNAP	Lawrence Cosmas Sunang Simpang	140
Total valid votes			5,155	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,227	68.45
Registered electors			7,636
Majority			2,319
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
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 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Palu @ Paulus Palu Gumbang	2,961
	SNAP	Christopher Sawan Jiram	1,699
Total valid votes			4,660	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			4,745	68.87
Registered electors			6,889
Majority			1,262
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-28.