Rajang (federal constituency)

Rajang

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1969
Last contested	1986

Rajang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.

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 1990 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Rajang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Tibuoh Rantai	SUPP
	1974	Jawan Empaling
4th	1974-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Nicholas Munong Ipau	Independent
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Nicholas Munong Ipau	6,113
	BN	Jawan Empaling	5,960
	Independent	Siew Chee Kiong @ Shaw Chee Kiong	634
Total valid votes			12,707	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,027	64.05
Registered electors			20,338
Majority			153
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawan Empaling
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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	Jawan Empaling
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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	Jawan Empaling
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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 by-election, 12 January 1974 Upon the death of incumbent, Tibuoh Rantai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Jawan Empaling
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SUPP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Tibuoh Rantai
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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.