Bekenu (state constituency)
 Sarawak constituency | |||
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| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2005 | ||
| First contested | 2006 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Bekenu is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.
The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
[edit]2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Batu Niah, Niah, Saeh, Kelulit, Tiris, Bungai, Bekanu, Bakas, Hulu Sibuti.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Batu Niah, Niah, Saeh, Kelulit, Tiris, Bungai, Bekanu, Bakas, Hulu Sibuti.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bekenu | |||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Lambir | |||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | Rosey Yunus | BN (PDP) |
| 17th | 2011-2014 | ||
| 2014-2016 | TERAS | ||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | BN (PBB) | |
| 2018-2021 | GPS (PBB) | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Rosey Yunus | 6,354 | 79.58 |  79.58
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| PKR | Norhafizah Mohammad Joharie | 957 | 11.99 |  2.56
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| PSB | Abu Bakar Amit | 377 | 4.72 | 4.72
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| PBK | Desmond Gani Pengiran | 296 | 3.71 | 3.71
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| Total valid votes | 7,984 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 140 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 48 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,172 | 64.48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,674 | |||||
| Majority | 5,397 | |||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Rosey Yunus | 6,009 | 71.68 | 1.34
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| PKR | Bill Kayong | 1,220 | 14.55 | 2.97
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| Independent | Austin Sigi Melu | 589 | 7.03 | 7.03
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| Independent | Joe @ Peter Jelin | 565 | 6.74 | 6.74
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| Total valid votes | 8,383 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 32 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,540 | 69.71 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,250 | |||||
| Majority | 4,789 | |||||
| BN hold | 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 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-30. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Rosey Yunus | 4,946 | 70.34 | 6.88
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| PKR | Ishak Mahwi | 1,232 | 17.52 | 5.26
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| SNAP | Thony Badak | 570 | 8.10 | 8.10
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| Love Malaysia Party | Dyg Juliana Awg Tambi | 284 | 4.04 | 4.04
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| Total valid votes | 7,032 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,135 | 66.86 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,672 | |||||
| Majority | 3,714 | |||||
| BN hold | 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] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Rosey Yunus | 4,357 | 77.22 | |||
| PKR | Mohdak Ismail | 1,285 | 22.78 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,642 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 112 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 3 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,757 | 57.02 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,095 | |||||
| Majority | 3,072 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
[edit]- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
