Saratok (federal constituency)

Saratok

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	William Mawan Ikom BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Saratok is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2008–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Nyabor, Roban, Pelunga, Kabong, Perpat, Kaba, Saratok, Mudong, Brayang, Batu Anam, Diso, Awik, Tengalat, Melupa, Kabo, Gerenjang.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Saratok
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Edmund Langgu Saga	SNAP
4th	1974-1976
	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986		Independent
7th	1986-1990	Peter Tinggom Kamarau	BN
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Jelaing Mersat
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	William Mawan Ikom

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	11,600	53.21
	PKR	Ali Biju	9,519	43.67
	Independent	Roseli Paleng	681	3.12
Total valid votes			21,800	100.00
Total rejected ballots			258
Unreturned ballots			78
Turnout			22,136	80.31
Registered electors			27,562
Majority			2,081
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jelaing Mersat	12,470	76.81
	PKR	Mohd Yahya Abdullah	3,764	23.19
Total valid votes			16,234	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			16,467	68.66
Registered electors			23,982
Majority			8,706
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jelaing Mersat	11,995	72.94
	SNAP	Edmund Stanley Jugol Benedict Sandin	4,450	27.06
Total valid votes			16,445	100.00
Total rejected ballots			229
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			16,684	67.80
Registered electors
Majority			7,545
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Tinggom Kamarau	10,545	67.65
	KEADILAN	Idris Bohari	5,042	32.35
Total valid votes			15,587	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,858	67.16
Registered electors
Majority			5,503
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Tinggom Kamarau	10,115	64.69
	Independent	Lempeng @ Patrick Manka Laman	3,462	22.14
	Independent	Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi	1,381	8.83
	PBS	Barudi @ Berendam Linggong	677	4.33
Total valid votes			15,635	100.00
Total rejected ballots			265
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			15,970	69.17
Registered electors
Majority			6,653
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Tinggom Kamarau	9,551	60.16
	Independent	Banyi Beriak	5,394	33.97
	Independent	Barudi @ Berendam Linggong	639	4.02
	Independent	Gerijih Tabor	293	1.85
Total valid votes			15,877	100.00
Total rejected ballots			297
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,174	75.97
Registered electors
Majority			4,157
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Tinggom Kamarau	6,367	50.27
	Independent	John Antau Linggang	5,639	44.52
	PLUS	Jahiri Jais	659	5.20
Total valid votes			12,665	100.00
Total rejected ballots			174
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,839	72.15
Registered electors			17,795
Majority			728
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Edmund Langgu Saga
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Edmund Langgu Saga
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Edmund Langgu Saga
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Edmund Langgu Saga
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.