Simunjan (federal constituency)

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

Simunjan 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[edit]

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[edit]

Members of Parliament for Simunjan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P127	1971-1973	Bojeng Andot (بوجيڠ اندوت)	BUMIPUTERA
3rd	P127	1973-1974	Bojeng Andot (بوجيڠ اندوت)	BN (PBB)
4th	P137	1974-1978	Hadadak D. Pasauk (هاددق د. ڤاساوق)
5th		1978-1982	Bujang Ulis (بوجڠ اوليس)
6th		1982-1986
7th	P160	1986-1990		BN (PERMAS)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Batang Sadong

State constituency[edit]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Simunjan	Gedong
Simunjan	Semera

Election results[edit]

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bujang Ulis	7,382	66.36	17.57
	Independent	Wan Habib Mahmud	3,742	33.64	33.64
Total valid votes			11,124	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,329	72.96	10.22
Registered electors			15,527
Majority			3,640	32.72	35.14
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bujang Ulis	7,389	83.93	21.51
	Parti Anak Jati Sarawak	Bujang Amin	1,415	16.07	21.51
Total valid votes			8,804	100.00
Total rejected ballots			323
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,127	62.74	14.13
Registered electors			14,547
Majority			5,974	67.86	43.02
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bujang Ulis	5,738	62.42	12.68
	Parti Anak Jati Sarawak	Ambi Nen	3,454	37.58	37.58
Total valid votes			9,192	100.00
Total rejected ballots			369
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,823	76.87	8.67
Registered electors			12,779
Majority			2,284	24.84	25.36
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hadadak D. Pasauk	6,102	75.10	75.10
	SNAP	Abang Annuar Abang Junaidi	2,023	24.90	8.76
Total valid votes			8,125	100.00
Total rejected ballots			827
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,952	68.20	12.73
Registered electors			13,126
Majority			4,079	50.20	30.02
	BN gain from PPBB		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPBB	Bojeng Andot	4,920	53.84
	SNAP	Jubang Tawi	3,076	33.66
	Independent	Bujang Amin	1,142	12.50
Total valid votes			9,138	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,350	80.93
Registered electors			11,553
Majority			1,844	20.18
This was a new constituency created.

References[edit]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). 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.

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