Pujut_(state_constituency)
Pujut
State constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia
Pujut is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2005; 19 years ago (2005) | ||
| First contested | 2006 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
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. This is smallest elector district in Malaysia only just two districts.
2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Pujut, Krokop.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Pujut, Krokop.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pujut | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Piasau | |||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | Chia Chu Fatt | BN (SUPP) |
| 17th | 2011-2016 | Fong Pau Teck | DAP |
| 18th | 2016–2020 | Ting Tiong Choon | |
| 2020-2021 | Vacant[N 1] | ||
| 19th | 2021-Incumbent | Adam Yii | GPS (SUPP) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Adam Yii | 5,558 | 44.86 | +44.86 | ||
| DAP | Alan Ling Sie Kiong | 3,992 | 32.22 | -20.35 | ||
| PSB | Bruce Chai Khim Cheong | 1,667 | 13.45 | +13.45 | ||
| PBK | Leslie Ting Siong Ngiap | 1,022 | 8.25 | +8.25 | ||
| ASPIRASI | Erick Chin Fen Siong | 152 | 1.23 | +1.23 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,391 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 96 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 60 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,547 | 45.51 | ||||
| Registered electors | 27,567 | |||||
| Majority | 1,566 | |||||
| GPS gain | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Ting Tiong Choon | 8,899 | 52.57 | - 11.29 | ||
| BN | Hii King Chiong | 7,140 | 42.18 | + 6.04 | ||
| PAS | Jofri Jaraiee | 513 | 3.03 | + 3.03 | ||
| Independent | Fong Pau Teck | 375 | 2.22 | + 2.22 | ||
| Total valid votes | 16,927 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 32 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,098 | 65.25 | ||||
| Registered electors | 26,202 | |||||
| Majority | 1,759 | |||||
| DAP 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 2016-04-28. "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 2016-04-28. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Fong Pau Teck | 9,453 | 63.86 | + 19.76 | ||
| BN | Chia Chu Fatt | 5,350 | 36.14 | - 19.76 | ||
| Total valid votes | 14,803 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 67 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 30 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,900 | 66.00 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,577 | |||||
| Majority | 4,103 | |||||
| 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 2016-04-27.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Chia Chu Fatt | 6,493 | 55.90 | |||
| DAP | Fong Pau Teck | 5,123 | 44.10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,616 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 77 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 96 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,789 | 58.65 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,098 | |||||
| Majority | 1,370 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
- Vacant from 11 February 2020 until the 2021 state election due to the incumbent was disqualified for having Malaysian and Australian dual citizenship. No by-election was held due to the state assembly was to automatically dissolved in less than a year and a half.
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- "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.