Payang
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Payang 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 Payang | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | |||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P133 | 1971-1973 | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (عبدالرحمن يعقوب) | BUMIPUTERA | 5,839 48.09% |
| 1973-1974 | BN (PBB) | ||||
| 4th | P143 | 1974-1978 | 9,246 74.44% | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Sarikei and Paloh | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Payang | Binatang | |||||
| Matu-Daro | ||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1968 | |
| Binatang |
|
| Matu-Daro |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | 9,246 | 74.44 |  74.44 | |
| SNAP | Joseph Salang Gandum | 3,175 | 25.56 | 18.28 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,421 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 480 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,901 | 76.62 |  6.85 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,837 | ||||
| Majority | 6,071 | 48.88 | 33.94 | ||
| BN gain from PBB | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBB | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub | 5,839 | 48.09 | |||
| SUPP | Nyandang Linang | 4,025 | 33.15 | |||
| PESAKA | Abu Seman Merais | 1,394 | 11.48 | |||
| SNAP | Charlie Yu Chee Cheong | 884 | 7.28 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,142 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 598 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,740 | 83.47 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,263 | |||||
| Majority | 1,814 | 14.94 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||