Saratok (federal constituency)

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

Saratok (P205)

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ali Biju PPBM
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	30,517

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.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Saratok's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Non-muslim bumiputera (57%)

  Muslim bumiputera (36%)

  Chinese (6%)

  Other ethnicities (1%)

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Nyabor, Roban, Pelunga, Kabong, Perpat, Kaba, Saratok, Mudong, Brayang, Batu Anam, Diso, Awik, Tengalat, Melupa, Kabo, Gerenjang.

2016–present:[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Pelunga, Perpat, Kaba, Saratok, Tengalat, Senyawan, Mudong, Brayang, Batu Anam, Diso, Awik, Melupa, Kabo, Gerenjang, Bajau, Krangan, Nyabor, Roban, Kabong.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Saratok
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[4][5]
3rd	1971-1974	Edmund Langgu Saga	SNAP
4th	1974-1976
	1976-1978		BN (SNAP)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986		Independent
7th	1986-1990	Peter Tinggom Kamarau	BN (SNAP)
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Jelaing Mersat	BN (SPDP)
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013	William Mawan Ikom
	2013-2016		TERAS
	2016-2018		Independent
	2018		BN (PBB) [6]
14th	2018-2020	Ali Biju	PH (PKR)
	2020-present		PN (BERSATU)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Saratok						Kabong
	Kalaka
	Krian

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Ali Biju	11,848	52.18	+ 8.51
	BN	Jagah @ Subeng Mula	10,859	47.82	- 5.39
Total valid votes			22,707	100.00
Total rejected ballots			257
Unreturned ballots			120
Turnout			23,084	75.64
Registered electors			30,517
Majority			989	4.36
	PH gain from BN		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. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

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) "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. Retrieved 2016-05-06. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

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	6,517	56.98
	BN	Dunstan Endawie	4,722	41.29
	Independent	Mohamed Kho Abdullah	198	1.73
Total valid votes			11,437	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,659	73.19
Registered electors			15,929
Majority			1,795
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Edmund Langgu Saga	7,260	74.18
	PAJAR	Vincent Busut Dang	2,527	25.82
Total valid votes			9,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,550
Majority			4,733
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Edmund Langgu Saga
	BN	Douglas Sullang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,163
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Edmund Langgu Saga	3,968	42.09
	PESAKA	Anthony Nibong Linggang	2,536	26.90
	BUMIPUTERA	M. Su'ut Tahir	1,792	19.01
	SUPP	Bauk Buma	1,132	12.01
Total valid votes			9,428	100.00
Total rejected ballots			483
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,911	83.34
Registered electors			11,892
Majority			1,432
This was a new constituency created.

References

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