Limbang (state constituency)

Limbang

Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

Limbang was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was 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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Limbang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	James Wong Kim Min	SNAP
9th	1974-1976
	1976-1979		BN
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	James Wong Kim Min	SNAP
12th	1987-1991		BN
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006	Richard Wong Shoon Fook
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Kota

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Wong Shoon Fook	5,668
	Independent	Said Mohidin	5,109
	KEADILAN	Amran @ Hamdan Maidin	118
Total valid votes			10,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			10,982	64.97
Registered electors			16,904
Majority			559
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, James Wong Kim Min won uncontested.
	BN	James Wong Kim Min
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,704
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	5,813
	PBDS	Edward Guatee Sundai	2,819
	PERMAS	Munir Karim	2,160
	DAP	Kong Sieng Kee	179
Total valid votes			10,971	100.00
Total rejected ballots			114
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			11,138	69.57
Registered electors			16,009
Majority			2,994
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min
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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 2016-05-05.