Lambir (federal constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Lambir was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 1990.
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1977 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1978 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1977 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 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Lambir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Bintulu and Miri-Subis | |||||
| 5th | P152 | 1978-1982 | Raymond Szetu Mei Thong (司徒美堂) | SAPO | 10,150 52.24% |
| 6th | 1982-1986 | George Chan Hong Nam (陈康南) | BN (SUPP) | 17,898 71.00% | |
| 7th | P175 | 1986-1990 | Peter Chin Fah Kui (陈华贵) |
15,933 55.01% | |
| Constituency abolished, split into Baram, Bintulu and Miri | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Lambir | Miri | |||||
| Subis | ||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1977 | |
| Miri |
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| Subis |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Peter Chin Fah Kui | 15,933 | 55.01 |  15.99 | |
| DAP | Wong Ho Leng | 10,380 | 35.84 |  17.26 | |
| Independent | Abang Ismail Abang Peel | 2,651 | 9.15 | 9.15 | |
| Total valid votes | 28,964 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 522 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 29,486 | 60.06 | 5.40 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,095 | ||||
| Majority | 5,553 | 19.17 | 33.25 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | George Chan Hong Nam | 17,898 | 71.00 | 23.24 | |
| DAP | Peter Hwang Teck Nai | 4,685 | 18.58 | 18.58 | |
| Independent | Hussein Abdul Rahim | 1,794 | 7.12 | 7.12 | |
| Independent | Richard Frederick | 503 | 2.00 | 2.00 | |
| Independent | Jonathan Saong | 329 | 1.31 | 1.31 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,209 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 561 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,770 | 65.46 | 1.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,370 | ||||
| Majority | 13,213 | 52.42 | 47.94 | ||
| BN gain from Sarawak People's Organization | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarawak People's Organization | Raymond Szetu Mei Thong | 10,150 | 52.24 | |||
| BN | Chia Chin Shin | 9,278 | 47.76 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,428 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 680 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,108 | 66.97 | ||||
| Registered electors | 30,026 | |||||
| Majority | 872 | 4.48 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.