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Lawas was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.
 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 2006 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 2001 |
The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
It was abolished in 2006 after it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lawas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 8th | 1970-1973 | Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin | BUMIPUTERA |
| 1973-1974 | BN (PBB) | ||
| 9th | 1974-1979 | ||
| 10th | 1979-1983 | Noor Tahir | |
| 11th | 1983-1987 | ||
| 12th | 1987-1991 | Tengah Ali Hassin | |
| 13th | 1991-1996 | ||
| 14th | 1996-2001 | ||
| 15th | 2001-2006 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sari | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Tengah Ali Hassin won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Tengah Ali Hassin | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 10,121 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tengah Ali Hassin | ||||
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| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Noor Tahir | ||||
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| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Noor Tahir | ||||
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| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
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| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBB | Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin | 1,698 | 39.01 | |||
| SNAP | Pudun Rangat | 1,472 | 33.82 | |||
| PESAKA | Racha Umong | 1,053 | 24.19 | |||
| Independent | Ling Tung Kien | 82 | 1.88 | |||
| Independent | Mah Chuan Sin | 48 | 1.10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,353 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 190 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,543 | 84.44 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,380 | |||||
| Majority | 226 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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