Limbang (state constituency)
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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=
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colspan="4" | Members of the Legislative Assembly for Limbang | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
colspan=4 align=center| Constituency created | |||
8th | 1970-1974 | rowspan=7| James Wong Kim Min | rowspan=2 bgcolor={{Sarawak National Party/meta/shading}} | SNAP |
9th | 1974-1979 | ||
10th | 1979-1983 | bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}} | {{font color|white|BN (SNAP)}} | |
11th | 1983-1987 | bgcolor={{Sarawak National Party/meta/shading}} | SNAP | |
12th | 1987-1991 | rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}} | {{font color|white|BN (SNAP)}} | |
13th | 1991-1996 | ||
14th | 1996-2001 | ||
15th | 2001-2006 | Richard Wong Shoon Fook | |
colspan=4 align=center| Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Kota |
Election results
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|2001|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Richard Wong Shoon Fook|5,668|52.02}}
{{MASelec|Independent politician|Said Mohidin|5,109|46.89}}
{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Amran @ Hamdan Maidin|118|1.08}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|10,895| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|86|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|1|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|10,982|64.97}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|16,904|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|559|}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1996|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec/note|On the nomination day, James Wong Kim Min won uncontested.}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|James Wong Kim Min}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout||}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|15,704|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority||}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1991|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|James Wong Kim Min|5,813|52.99}}
{{MASelec|Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak|Edward Guatee Sundai|2,819|25.70}}
{{MASelec|Sarawak Malaysian People's Association|Munir Karim|2,160|19.69}}
{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Kong Sieng Kee|179|1.63}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|10,971| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|114|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|53|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|11,138|69.57}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|16,009|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,994|}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional||}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1987|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|James Wong Kim Min|Acclaimed|N/A}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes||N/A}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout||}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors||}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority||}}
{{MASelec/gain|Barisan Nasional|Sarawak National Party|?}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1983|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Sarawak National Party|James Wong Kim Min|Acclamied|N/A}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes||N/A}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout||}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors||}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority||}}
{{MASelec/gain|Sarawak National Party|Barisan Nasional|?}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1979|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|James Wong Kim Min|Accliamed|N/A}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout||}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors||}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority||}}
{{MASelec/gain|Barisan Nasional|Sarawak National Party|?}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1974|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Sarawak National Party|James Wong Kim Min|3,224|57.52}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Mustapha Besa|2,224|39.68}}
{{MASelec|Independent politician|Lim Cho Seng|157|2.80}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|5,605| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout||}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors||}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|1,000|}}
{{MASelec/hold|Sarawak National Party|}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sarawak|1969|Limbang (state constituency)|Limbang|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Sarawak National Party|James Wong Kim Min|2,935|63.69}}
{{MASelec|Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu|Bakar Abdullah|1,068|23.18}}
{{MASelec|Independent politician|Pugi Yabai|385|8.36}}
{{MASelec|Independent politician|Tahir Hassan|220|4.77}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|4,608| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|330|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|4,938|79.85}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|6,184|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|867|}}
{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.}}
{{end}}
References
- {{cite web |url=http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya |format= |work=Election Commission of Malaysia |accessdate=2016-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |archive-date=2016-04-24 |url-status=dead }}
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