Bawang Assan

Bawang Assan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wong Soon Koh GPS
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Bawang Assan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bawang Assan constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[1]

Sarawak state election, 2021: Bawang Assan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PSB	Wong Soon Koh	5,952	43.25	43.25
	GPS	Robert Lau	5,039	36.61	36.61
	DAP	Amy Lau	1,173	8.52	24.86
	[[PBK|PBK]]	Michelle Ling Shyan Mih	954	6.93	6.93
	Independent	Ricky Enteri	645	4.69	4.69
Total valid votes			13,763	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,952	71.00
Registered electors			19,650
Majority			913
	PSB gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Bawang Assan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	9,015	61.62	4.57
	DAP	Stanley Chiew Sung Ngie	4,884	33.38	9.57
	Independent	Watson Bangau Johnathan Renang	569	3.89	3.89
	STAR	Wong Sing Wei	100	0.68	0.68
	Independent	Yeu Bang Keng	63	0.43	0.43
Total valid votes			14,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			14,801	80.70
Registered electors			18,340
Majority			4,131
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011: Bawang Assan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	7,316	57.05	4.23
	DAP	Alice Lau Kiong Yieng	5,508	42.95	4.23
Total valid votes			12,824	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			12,936	77.26
Registered electors			16,743
Majority			1,808
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30.[permanent dead link]

Sarawak state election, 2006: Bawang Assan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	6,804	61.28	18.70
	DAP	Wong Kee Woan	4,300	38.72	18.70
Total valid votes			11,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			68
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,172	66.32
Registered electors			16,844
Majority			2,504
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001: Bawang Assan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	9,465	79.98	17.88
	DAP	Michael Tiang Ming Tee	2,369	20.02	17.88
Total valid votes			11,834	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			11,920	68.85
Registered electors			17,314
Majority			7,096
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996: Bawang Assan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	6,953	62.10	3.4
	DAP	Chian Pao Koh	4,244	37.90	3.4
Total valid votes			11,197	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			11,300	61.45
Registered electors			18,388
Majority			2,709
	BN hold		Swing

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-30.