Piasau (state constituency)

Piasau (N73)
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew; GPS
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Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Piasau is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

LegislatureSarawak State Legislative Assembly

MLA

Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew
GPS

Constituency created1987

First contested1991

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The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Piasau (N73)	Kubu	219/73/01	SMK Saint Columbia
	Bazzar	219/73/02	SJK (C) Chung Hua Miri SK Saint Joseph Miri
	Merbau	219/73/03	SK Jln. Bintang
	Merpati	219/73/04	SRA Rakyat Miri (Madrasah As-Syibyan)
	Permaisuri	219/73/05	SK South SK Pulau Melayu
	Bintang	219/73/06	SJK (C) North
	Lutong	219/73/07	SJK (C) Chung Hua Lutong SMK Lutong SK Lutong
	Tanjong	219/73/08	SMJK Chung Hua
	Luak	219/73/09	SK Kpg. Luak

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Piasau
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Miri
13th	N52	1991–1996	George Chan Hong Nam (陈康南)	BN (SUPP)
14th	N56	1996–2001
15th	N56	2001–2006
16th	N63	2006–2011
17th	N63	2011–2016	Alan Ling Sie Kiong (林思健)	PR (DAP)
18th	N73	2016–2018	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (陈超耀)	BN (SUPP)
18th		2018–2021		GPS (SUPP)
19th		2021–present		GPS (SUPP)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew	6,790	66.61	66.61
	DAP	Peter Hee	1,802	17.68	24.49
	PSB	Teo Jia Jun	816	8.00	8.00
	PBK	Devora Chung Shiew Yen	665	6.52	6.52
	ASPIRASI	Hani Jaraee	121	1.19	1.19
Total valid votes			10,194	100.00
Total rejected ballots			59
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			10,276	48.07	16.48
Registered electors			21,377
Majority			4,988	48.93	33.27
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew	7,799	57.83	15.47
	DAP	Alan Ling Sie Kiong	5,687	42.17	15.47
Total valid votes			13,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			13,634	64.55	1.42
Registered electors			21,120
Majority			2,112	15.66	0.38
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Alan Ling Sie Kiong	5,998	57.64	57.64
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	4,408	42.36	28.87
Total valid votes			10,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			73
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,479	63.13	9.04
Registered electors			16,600
Majority			1,590	15.28	27.18
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	6,573	71.23	8.74
	PKR	Ngu Hee Hieng	2,655	28.77	28.77
Total valid votes			9,228	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			9,334	54.09	6.57
Registered electors			17,256
Majority			3,918	42.46	17.48
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	10,237	79.97	8.84
	DAP	John Law Ching Sing	2,564	20.03	8.84
Total valid votes			12,801	100.00
Total rejected ballots			89
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			12,921	60.66	1.76
Registered electors			21,301
Majority			7,673	59.94	17.68
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	8,737	71.13	3.76
	DAP	John Law Ching Sing	3,546	28.87	3.76
Total valid votes			12,283	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			12,435	58.90	1.57
Registered electors			21,111
Majority			5,191	42.26	7.52
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	13,634	74.89
	DAP	Chong Kon Fatt	4,571	25.11
Total valid votes			18,205	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			18,477	60.47
Registered electors			30,557
Majority			9,063	49.78
This was a new constituency created.