Samarahan (federal constituency)

Samarahan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.

Samarahan

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1969
Last contested	1986

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

History

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Samarahan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P124	1971-1973	Abdul Taib Mahmud (عبدالطيب محمود‎)	BUMIPUTERA
		1973-1974		BN (PBB)
4th	P134	1974-1978
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986
7th	P157	1986-1990
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Samarahan

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Samarahan	Muara Tuang
	Sebandi

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	9,814	77.88	77.88
	Independent	Wan Mohd Zain Mohdzar @ W Zain Mahmud	2,788	22.12	22.12
Total valid votes			12,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,778	76.88
Registered electors			16,620
Majority			7,026	55.76
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Taib Mahmud won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,847
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	6,522	74.08	1.56
	Parti Anak Jati Sarawak	Razali Sapang	2,282	25.92	25.92
Total valid votes			8,804	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,493	76.10	2.76
Registered electors			12,475
Majority			4,240	48.16	3.12
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	7,517	72.52	72.52
	SNAP	Wazir Mohamed Khan	2,849	27.48	10.04
Total valid votes			10,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			349
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,715	78.86
Registered electors			13,588
Majority			4,668	45.04	16.55
	BN gain from PBB		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PBB	Abdul Taib Mahmud	5,842	55.47
	SUPP	Wazir Mohamed Khan	2,852	27.08
	SNAP	Abang Anwar Abang Junaidi	1,837	17.44
Total valid votes			10,531	100.00
Total rejected ballots			525
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,056	86.24
Registered electors			12,820
Majority			2,990	28.39
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.