Gedong (state constituency)

Gedong

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Gedong is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991, from 2016 to present.

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

It was abolished in 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2015.

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kepayang, Ensengai, Sateman, Pangkor, Gedong, Tegelam, Keniong.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gedong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1973	Abang Abdul Rahim	Sarawak Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1979	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987
12th	1987-1991
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
The 2016election will be held on May 7.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Naroden Majais
	AMANAH	Rapelson Richard Hamit
	BEBAS-Simbol Kunci	Uja Bansi
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, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Registered electors
Majority
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Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sarawak Alliance	Abang Abdul Rahim
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Total valid votes				100.00
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This was a new constituency created.

References

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