Bau-Lundu
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Bau-Lundu was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 1978 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
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 1978 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Bau-Lundu | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | |||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P121 | 1971 | Sinyium Mutit | SUPP | 4,539 34.67% |
| 1971-1973 | Joseph Valentine Cotter | 4,651 52.93% | |||
| 1973-1974 | BN (SUPP) | ||||
| 4th | P131 | 1974-1978 | Patrick Uren | SNAP | 6,949 50.67% |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Mas Gading | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Bau-Lundu | Bau | |||||
| Lundu | ||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1968 | |
| Bau |
|
| Lundu |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNAP | Patrick Uren | 6,949 | 50.67 |  8.43 | |
| BN | Joseph Valentine Cotter | 6,766 | 49.33 | 49.33 | |
| Total valid votes | 13,715 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 624 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 14,339 | 81.94 |  20.98 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,500 | ||||
| Majority | 183 | 1.34 | 9.35 | ||
| SNAP gain from SUPP | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUPP | Joseph Valentine Cotter | 4,651 | 52.93 | 18.26 | |
| SNAP | Lee Ngan Chooi | 3,712 | 42.24 | 13.72 | |
| Independent | Robert Jacob Ridu | 424 | 4.83 | 4.83 | |
| Total valid votes | 8,787 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 610 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 9,397 | 60.96 | 28.81 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,414 | ||||
| Majority | 939 | 10.69 | 4.54 | ||
| SUPP hold | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUPP | Sinyium Mutit | 4,539 | 34.67 | |||
| SNAP | Lee Nyen Choi | 3,733 | 28.52 | |||
| PBB | John Loyar Nyibai | 2,655 | 20.28 | |||
| PESAKA | Lawrence Kureng Nasif | 2,164 | 16.53 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,091 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 753 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,844 | 89.77 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,424 | |||||
| Majority | 806 | 6.15 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||