Padawan (federal constituency)

Padawan
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1999
First contested	1969
Last contested	1995

LegislatureDewan Rakyat

Constituency created1968

Constituency abolished1999

First contested1969

Padawan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1999.

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.

Members of Parliament for Padawan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P125	1971-1973	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze (杨国斯)	SUPP	5,583 50.45%
3rd	P125	1973-1974		BN (SUPP)	5,583 50.45%
4th	P135	1974-1978			7,072 58.43%
5th		1978-1982			Uncontested
6th		1982-1986			11,640 64.11%
7th	P158	1986-1990			14,750 68.31%
8th	P158	1990-1995	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng (杨昆贤)		16,362 62.66%
9th	P170	1995-1999	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng (杨昆贤)		19.259 72.33%
Constituency abolished, split to Mambong and Stampin

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Padawan	Batu Kawah
Padawan	Bengoh

State Constituency	Area
State Constituency	1968	1977	1987
Batu Kawah	Batu Kawah Batu Kitang Kota Sentosa Stampin Semenggoh		Malihah Matang Moyan Jaya Batu Kawah Batu Kitang
Bengoh	Beratok Bengoh Mambong Siburan Teng Bukap		Beratok Bengoh Kampung Bawang Siburan Teng Bukap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng	19,258	72.33	9.67
	Independent	Akaw Nonjep	7,368	27.67	27.67
Total valid votes			26,626	100.00
Total rejected ballots			849
Unreturned ballots			392
Turnout			27,867	88.09	20.10
Registered electors			44,363
Majority			11,890	44.66	19.34
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng	16,362	62.66	5.65
	DAP	Cheng Hui Hong	9,751	37.34	37.34
Total valid votes			26,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots			579
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,692	67.99	2.21
Registered electors			39,260
Majority			6,611	25.32	11.30
	BN hold		Swing

Padawan (federal constituency)

Representation history

State constituency

Historical boundaries

Election results

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	14,750	68.31	4.20
	Independent	Bernabas Kaos	6,842	31.69	31.69
Total valid votes			21,592	100.00
Total rejected ballots			557
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,149	70.20	1.36
Registered electors			31,553
Majority			7,908	36.62	8.40
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	11,640	64.11	64.11
	Independent	George Siricord	6,517	35.89	35.89
Total valid votes			18,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots			774
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,931	71.56
Registered electors			26,453
Majority			5,123	28.22
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Stephen Yong Kuet Tze won uncontested.
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			21,748
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	7,072	58.43	58.43
	SNAP	Michael Bong Thiam Jun	5,032	41.57	13.23
Total valid votes			12,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			611
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,715	83.01	2.35
Registered electors			15,318
Majority			2,040	16.86	5.25
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SUPP	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	5,583	50.45
	SNAP	Cyril Nichols	3,136	28.34
	PESAKA	Minah Ranggok	1,203	10.87
	Independent	John Turing	1,145	10.35
Total valid votes			11,067	100.00
Total rejected ballots			806
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,873	85.36
Registered electors			13,909
Majority			2,447	22.11
This was a new constituency created.