Padawan (federal constituency)

Padawan

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1999
First contested	1969
Last contested	1995

Padawan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1999.

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

History

It was abolished in 1999 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Padawan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	SUPP
4th	1974-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng
9th	1995-1999
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng	19,258
	Independent	Akaw Nonjep	7,368
Total valid votes			26,626	100.00
Total rejected ballots			849
Unreturned ballots			392
Turnout			27,867	88.09
Registered electors
Majority			11,890
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng	16,362
	DAP	Cheng Hui Hong	9,751
Total valid votes			26,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots			579
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,692	67.99
Registered electors
Majority			6,611
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	14,750
	Independent	Bernabas Kaos	6,842
Total valid votes			21,592	100.00
Total rejected ballots			557
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,149	70.20
Registered electors			31,553
Majority			7,908
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
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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	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
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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.

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.