Julau (federal constituency)

Julau

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Joseph Salang Gandum BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Julau 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 Bayong, Sungai Rusa, Babai, Lamujan, Wuak, Dayu, Balut, Julau, Rayah, Meluan, Engkamup, Entabai, Beketan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Julau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Banyang Janting	PESAKA
4th	1974-1976	Thomas Salang Siden	SNAP
	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Sng Chee Hua
10th	1999-2004	Joseph Salang Gandum
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Salang Gandum	9,891
	SWP	Wong Judat	3,936
	PKR	Andy Wong Hong Yu	2,852
Total valid votes			16,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			278
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			16,973	75.36
Registered electors			22,522
Majority			5,955
	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	Joseph Salang Gandum	10,351
	PKR	Labang Jamba	2,767
Total valid votes			13,118	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			13,313	65.56
Registered electors			20,306
Majority			7,584
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Salang Gandum	8,388
	Independent	Randan Mawat	5,700
Total valid votes			14,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			14,271	72.20
Registered electors
Majority			2,688
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Salang Gandum	9,183
	Independent	Kong Ah Huat	2,897
	Independent	Samuel Edward Chun	844
	Independent	Patrick Mit @ Dumit Tutong	483
Total valid votes			13,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			285
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			13,707	75.55
Registered electors
Majority			6,286
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sng Chee Hua	10,730
	Independent	Edward Empra Kadom	1,221
	Independent	Entalai Munan	391
Total valid votes			12,342	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			12,558	77.53
Registered electors
Majority			9,509
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Thomas Salang Siden	5,886
	Independent	William Mawan Ikom	5,421
Total valid votes			11,307	100.00
Total rejected ballots			266
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,573	79.15
Registered electors
Majority			465
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Thomas Salang Siden	4,920
	Independent	Richard Lee Ngumbang	3,150
Total valid votes			8,070	100.00
Total rejected ballots			352
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,422	69.14
Registered electors			12,181
Majority			1,770
	BN hold		Swing

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

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PESAKA	Banyang Janting
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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.