Sarikei (federal constituency)

Sarikei

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wong Ling Biu DAP
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

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

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.

History

2008–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bulat, Pantak, Repok, Sarikei, Merudu, Peninjau, Paoh, Nyelong Park, Narasit, Tulai, Kertong, Kelepu, Bandar, Meradong, Kemantan, Mador, Lemayong, Selemas, Selidap, Nyelong.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sarikei
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Chen Ko Ming	SCA
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Chieng Tiong Kai
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Law Hieng Ding
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Ding Kuong Hiing
13th	2013-present	Wong Ling Biu	DAP

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Ling Biu	14,263	50.90
	BN	Ding Kuong Hiing	13,758	49.10
Total valid votes			28,021	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			555
Turnout			28,353	77.58
Registered electors			36,550
Majority			505
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ding Kuong Hiing	10,588	48.37
	DAP	Wong Hua Seh	10,537	48.13
	Independent	Kung Chin Chin	545	2.49
	Independent	Lau Kieng Chai	116	0.53
	Independent	Ngu Tieng Hai	105	0.48
Total valid votes			21,891	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			179
Turnout			22,246	70.23
Registered electors			31,675
Majority			51
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Law Hieng Ding	15,485	70.70
	Independent	Ngu Tieng Hai	3,886	17.74
	Independent	Ling Bit Tiing	1,667	7.61
	Independent	Junak Jawek	864	3.94
Total valid votes			21,902	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			22,173	61.80
Registered electors
Majority			11,599
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Law Hieng Ding	15,212	65.41
	DAP	Michael Tiang Ming Tee	7,849	33.75
	Independent	Yii Chu Lik	197	0.85
Total valid votes			23,258	100.00
Total rejected ballots			241
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			23,568	70.32
Registered electors
Majority			7,363
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Law Hieng Ding won uncontested.
	BN	Law Hieng Ding
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	Law Hieng Ding	12,584	61.22
	DAP	Chian Pao Koh	7,972	38.78
Total valid votes			20,556	100.00
Total rejected ballots			243
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,799	73.45
Registered electors
Majority			4,612
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Law Hieng Ding	10,589	51.26
	DAP	Chong Siew Chang	10,070	48.74
Total valid votes			20,659	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,873	76.17
Registered electors			27,403
Majority			519
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Law Hieng Ding
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chieng Tiong Kai
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chieng Tiong Kai
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SCA	Chen Ko Ming
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.