Balingian (state constituency)

Balingian

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abdul Yakub Arbi BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Balingian is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Litong, Penakop, Temesu, Balingian, Tutus, Jebungan, Kenyana, Sesok, Ulu Bedengan, Bedengan, Penipah, Kuala Balingian, Suyong, Liok.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Balingian
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1973	Mohd. Pauzi Hamdani	Sarawak Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1977	Salleh Jafaruddin
	1977-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Wan Habib Syed Mahmud	BN
12th	1987-1991	Abdul Ajis Abdul Majeed
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006	Abdul Taib Mahmud
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2014
	2014-2016	Yussibnosh Balo
18th	2016-present	Abdul Yakub Arbi

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Yakub Arbi	4,208	77.18
	Amanah	Nurzaiti Hamdan	1,244	22.82
Total valid votes			5,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			90
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			5,552	69.69
Registered electors			7,967
Majority			2,964
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state by-election, 29 March 2014 Upon the resignation of incumbent, Abdul Taib Mahmud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yussibnosh Balo	8,194	86.46
	PKR	Abdul Jail Bujang	1,283	13.54
Total valid votes			9,477	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			9,624	72.00
Registered electors			13,366
Majority			6,911
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	6,210	76.32
	Independent	Salleh Jafaruddin	1,056	12.98
	PKR	Suriati Abdullah	871	10.70
Total valid votes			8,137	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			8,280	70.22
Registered electors			11,792
Majority			5,154
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	6,393	90.55
	KEADILAN	Ibrahim Bayau	667	9.45
Total valid votes			7,060	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			7,178	63.37
Registered electors			11,326
Majority			5,726
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	7,532	94.64
	Independent	Yeo Eng Choo @ Alice Alison Eng Choo	225	2.83
	Independent	Kadri Jili	141	1.77
	Independent	Alan Dunggat	61	0.77
Total valid votes			7,959	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			8,071	70.84
Registered electors			11,393
Majority			7,307
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ajis Abdul Majeed	4,622	64.08
	Independent	Yusuf Abdul Rahman	2,591	35.92
Total valid votes			7,213	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			7,437	67.79
Registered electors			10,971
Majority			2,031
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ajis Abdul Majeed	5,742	77.42
	PBDS	Hambali Annuar	1,088	14.67
	Independent	Kadir @ Abdul Kadir Yahya	418	5.64
	DAP	Wong Sing Hong @ Janggau	169	2.28
Total valid votes			7,417	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots			66
Turnout			7,598	71.27
Registered electors			10,661
Majority			4,654
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ajis Abdul Majeed
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Total valid votes				100.00
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	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Habib Syed Mahmud
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state by-election, 9-11 June 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Salleh Jafaruddin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Majority
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Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sarawak Alliance	Mohd. Pauzi Hamdani
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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This was a new constituency created.