Petra Jaya (federal constituency)

Petra Jaya is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1990.

Petra Jaya (P194)

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Fadillah Yusof GPS
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1990
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	57,925

The federal constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Petra Jaya's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Muslim bumiputera (74%)

  Chinese (13%)

  Non-muslim bumiputera (12%)

  Other ethnicities (1%)

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tupong, Gita, Segedup, Sungai Tengah, Rahmat, Sinjan, Sejoli, Paroh, Matang, Samariang, Lintang, Kandis, Semerah Padi, Sukma, Sri Wangi, Kampong Tunku, Bedil, Astana Lot, Patingan, Satok, Masjid, Maderasah, Reservoir, Nanas, Patinggi Ali.

2016–present:[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Tupong, Gita, Sungai Tengah, Rahmat, Sinjan, Sejoli, Paroh, Matang, Sri Wangi, Samariang, Lintang, Kandis, Semerah Padi, Sukma, Kampong Tunku, Bedil, Astana Lot, Segedup, Patingan, Satok, Masjid, Maderasah, Reservoir, Nanas, Patinggi Ali.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petra Jaya
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Santubong
8th	1990-1995	Sulaiman Daud	BN (PBB)
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Fadillah Yusof
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018
	2018-present		GPS (PBB)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Petra Jaya				Samariang
			Satok
			Tupong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	28,306	65.91	- 12.55
	PH	Nor Irwan Ahmat Nor	13,289	30.94	+30.94
	PAS	Hamdan Sani	1,350	3.14	+ 3.14
Total valid votes			42,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			354
Unreturned ballots			214
Turnout			43,513	75.12
Registered electors			57,925
Majority			15,017	34.97
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 247/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 321/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	29,559	78.46	- 0.76
	PKR	Ahmad Nazib Johari	8,116	21.54	+ 0.76
Total valid votes			37,675	100.00
Total rejected ballots			321
Unreturned ballots			174
Turnout			38,170	76.72
Registered electors			49,750
Majority			21,443	56.92
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-05. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	19,515	79.22	+ 2.13
	PKR	Mohamad Jolhi	5,118	20.78	- 2.13
Total valid votes			24,633	100.00
Total rejected ballots			263
Unreturned ballots			131
Turnout			25,027	61.74
Registered electors			40,533
Majority			14,397	58.44
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	18,236	77.09	+ 20.22
	KEADILAN	Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi	5,420	22.91	- 20.22
Total valid votes			23,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots			247
Turnout			24,195	61.46
Registered electors			39,367
Majority			12,816	54.18
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Daud	11,878	56.87	+ 56.87
	KEADILAN	Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi	9,008	43.13	+ 43.13
Total valid votes			20,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			312
Unreturned ballots			474
Turnout			21,672	61.60
Registered electors			35,181
Majority			2,870	13.74
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Sulaiman Daud won uncontested.
	BN	Sulaiman Daud
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Daud	12,686	80.46
	PERMAS	Mustapha Ismail	3,080	19.54
Total valid votes			15,766	100.00
Total rejected ballots			287
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,053	62.41
Registered electors			25,721
Majority			9,606	60.92
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 44. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
3. "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.