Tanjong Batu (Sarawak state constituency)
Tanjong Batu is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PH | ||
| Constituency created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2016 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 | ||
The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
According to the gazette issued on 30 December 2015, the Tanjong Batu constituency has a total of 6 polling districts.[1]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanjong Batu (N68) | Bintulu Town | 217/68/01 |
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| Bukit Orang | 217/68/08 | SK St. Anthony Bintulu | |
| Tanjung Batu | 217/68/03 | SJK (C) Chung Hua Tanjung Batu | |
| Li Hua | 217/68/10 | SMK Bintulu | |
| Desa Damai | 217/68/05 | SJK (C) Siong Boon | |
| Batu Lima | 217/68/06 | SJK (C) Sibiew Chinese Batu 5 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSB | Tang Eng Hui | ||||
| GPS | Pang Leong Ming | ||||
| PBK | Yek Hock Siang | ||||
| Independent | Wong Hau Ming | ||||
| DAP | Chiew Chan Yew | ||||
| ASPIRASI | Chieng Lea Phing | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chiew Chiu Sing | 7,984 | 59.10 | |||
| BN | Pau Chiong Ung | 5,436 | 40.24 | |||
| STAR | Chieng Lea Phing | 89 | 0.66 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,509 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 96 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 14 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,619 | 69.22 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,674 | |||||
| Majority | 2,548 | |||||
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. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-28. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
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