Federal constituency of Sarawak, Malaysia
Lawas (P222) Sarawak constituency Legislature Dewan Rakyat MP Constituency created 2005 First contested 2008 Last contested 2022 Population (2020)[1] 36,604 Electors (2022)[2] 33,655 Area (km²) 3,889 Pop. density (per km²) 9.4
Lawas is a federal constituency in Limbang Division (Lawas District ), Sarawak , Malaysia , that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2008.
The federal constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics [ edit ] 第15届全国大选-东方日报-2022
Ethnic breakdown of Lawas's electorate as of 2022
Sarawak bumiputera (43.9%)
Malay-Muslim bumiputera (42.7%)
Other ethnicities (1.5%)
History [ edit ] Polling districts [ edit ] According to the Official Gazette dated 31 October 2022, the Lawas constituency has a total of 42 polling districts.[3] [4]
State constituency Polling Districts Code Location Ba'kelalan(N81) Semadoh 222/81/01 SK Lg. Semadoh Beriwan 222/81/02 Dewan Kpg. Puru Sia SK Puru Sia Maligan 222/81/03 SK Lg. Sebangan Trusan 222/81/04 Dewan Masyarakat Trusan Sukang 222/81/05 SK Lg. Sukang Lupeng 222/81/06 SK Lg. Lupeng Ba'kelalan 222/81/07 SK Ba'kelalan Temarop 222/81/08 Dewan Masyarakat Lg. Temarop Suang 222/81/09 Balai Raya Long Kachu Talis 222/81/10 Pusat Kebudayaan Lun Bawang Kpg. Lg. Tuan Lapadan 222/81/11 SK Tang Lapadan Tengoa 222/81/12 SK Lg. Tengoa Tuma 222/81/13 SK Lg. Tuma Lawas Pengaleh 222/81/14 Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Lg. Pengaleh Siang 222/81/15 SK Siang-Siang Lawas Pangi 222/81/16 SK Batu Lima Batu Tiga 222/81/17 Institut Latihan Islam Malaysia (ILIM), Kampus Lawas JAKIM Lampaki 222/81/18 Balai Raya Kpg. Undop Muncu 222/81/19 Balai Raya Kpg. Muncu Merapok Ranchangan 222/81/20 SK Kpg. Lintang Trusan Bukit Sari (N82) Sundar 222/82/01 SK Sundar Bukit Sari 222/82/02 SK Kuala Lawas Merapok 222/82/03 SK Merapok Lawas 222/82/04 SJK (C) Chung Hua Lawas Gelapas 222/82/05 SK Trusan Awat 222/82/06 SK Awat-Awat Sundar Baru 222/82/07 SMK Sundar Luagan 222/82/08 SK Luagan Sundar Aru 222/82/09 SK Aru Baru Sundar Pagar 222/82/10 Dewan Masyarakat Sundar Katong 222/82/11 Dewan Kpg.Tanjong Katong Pemukat 222/82/12 Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Pemukat Dato 222/82/13 SK Kpg. Seberang Kuala Lawas Belipat 222/82/14 SK Belipat Lawas Sualai 222/82/15 Dewan Kpg. Sualai Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Siang-Siang Laut Punang 222/82/16 SK Puang Lawas Sibagol 222/82/17 Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Ulu Merapok Melusok 222/82/18 SRA MIS Lawas Temangis 222/82/19 SK Pusat Lawas Mission 222/82/20 Dewan Kpg. Baru Mission Ladang Baru 222/82/21 SK Ladang Baru Lawas Silat 222/82/22 Dewan Kpg. Berjumpa
Representation history [ edit ] Members of Parliament for Lawas Parliament No Years Member Party Constituency created from Bukit Mas 12th P222 2008-2013 Henry Sum Agong BN (PBB ) 13th 2013-2018 14th 2018 2018-2022 GPS (PBB ) 15th 2022–present
State constituency [ edit ] Parliamentary constituency
State constituency 1969–1978 1978–1990 1990–1999 1999–2008 2008–2016 2016−present Lawas Ba'kelalan Bukit Sari
Current state assembly members [ edit ] Local governments [ edit ] No. State Constituency Local Government N81 Bukit Sari Lawas District Council N82 Ba'kelalan
Election results [ edit ] Malaysian general election, 2013 Party Candidate Votes % ∆% BN Henry Sum Agong 9,928 71.45 20.62 DAP Bob Baru Langub 3,898 28.05 28.05 STAR Alirahman Kamseh 69 0.50 0.50 Total valid votes 13,895 100.00 Total rejected ballots 177 Unreturned ballots 41 Turnout 14,113 74.89 15.45 Registered electors 18,845 Majority 6,030 43.40 40.74 BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % BN Henry Sum Agong 8,526 92.07 PKR Japar Suyut 734 7.93 Total valid votes 9,260 100.00 Total rejected ballots 82 Unreturned ballots 0 Turnout 9,342 59.44 Registered electors 15,717 Majority 7,792 84.14 This was a new constituency created.
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