Pujut (state constituency)

Pujut

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Fong Pau Teck DAP
Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2016

Pujut 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 Pujut, Krokop.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pujut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
16th	2006-2011	Chia Chu Fatt	BN
17th	2011-2016	Fong Pau Teck	DAP
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
The 2016election will be held on May 7.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Jofri Jaraiee
	BN	Hii King Chiong
	BEBAS-Simbol Kunci	Fong Pau Teck
	DAP	Ting Tiong Choon
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	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Pau Teck	9,453
	BN	Chia Chu Fatt	5,350
Total valid votes			14,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			67
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			14,900	66.00
Registered electors			22,577
Majority			4,103
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
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	Chia Chu Fatt	6,493
	DAP	Fong Pau Teck	5,123
Total valid votes			11,616	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			11,789	58.65
Registered electors			20,098
Majority			1,370
This was a new constituency created.

References

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