Bengoh

Bengoh
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2016
First contested	1969
Last contested	2011

Bengoh was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2016.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2016 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bengoh
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	N10	1970-1973	Segus Ginyai	SUPP
8th		1973-1974		BN (SUPP)
9th		1974–1979
10th		1979-1982	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze (杨国斯)
10th		1982-1983	William Tanyuh Nub
11th		1983-1987	Wilfred Rata Nissom	Independent
12th		1987-1991	Sora Rusah	PBDS
13th	N11	1991-1996	William Tanyuh Nub	BN (SUPP)
14th	N14	1996–2001	William Tanyuh Nub
15th	N14	2001-2006	Jerip Susil
16th	N16	2006–2011
17th		2011–2014
		2014		TERAS
		2014-2016		UPP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Mambong

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2011: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jerip Susil	8,093	55.91	12.07
	PKR	Willie Mongin	4,447	30.72	30.72
	Independent	Wejok Tomik	1,007	6.96	6.96
	SNAP	Richard @ Peter Margaret	928	6.41	25.61
Total valid votes			14,475	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots			80
Turnout			14,830	67.55	10.65
Registered electors			21,955
Majority			3,646	25.19	10.77
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}
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 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2006: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jerip Susil	7,540	67.98	4.45
	SNAP	Mangan Ngandok	3,552	32.02	32.02
Total valid votes			11,092	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots			134
Turnout			11,424	56.90	10.90
Registered electors			20,077
Majority			3,988	35.95	8.89
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jerip Susil	8,027	63.53	9.61
	STAR	Patau Rubis	4,608	36.47	36.47
Total valid votes			12,635	100.00
Total rejected ballots			183
Unreturned ballots			245
Turnout			13,063	67.80	0.43
Registered electors			19,266
Majority			3,419	27.06	14.70
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Tanyuh Nub	6,312	53.92	5.05
	Independent	Jerip Susil	4,865	41.56	39.48
	Independent	Wilfred Ahmin Gumung	348	2.97	0.90
	BEBAS	Akaw anak Nonjep	181	1.55	0.53
Total valid votes			11,706	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			11,969	68.24	4.44
Registered electors			17,540
Majority			1,447	12.36	10.76
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Tanyuh Nub	6,477	48.87	0.86
	PBDS	Wilfred Rata Nissom	6,265	47.27	2.68
	Independent	Johnie Chai @ Sasim	275	2.08	0.04
	NEGARA	George Si Rocord	236	1.78	1.78
Total valid votes			13,253	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			13,503	72.68	3.70
Registered electors			18,578
Majority			212	1.60	0.34
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1987: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Sora Rusah	5,648	49.95	49.95
	BN	Louis Gines	5,429	48.01	3.88
	Independent	Robert Abui	230	2.03	1.11
Total valid votes			11,307	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,473	76.38	4.05
Registered electors			15,021
Majority			219	1.94	8.88
	PBDS gain from Independent		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Wilfred Rata Nissom	5,720	54.95	7.95
	BN	William Tanyuh Nub	4,594	44.13	8.88
	Independent	George Siricord	96	0.92	46.07
Total valid votes			10,410	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,543	80.43	13.18
Registered electors			13,108
Majority			1,126	10.82	4.80
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state by-election, 14 August 1982: Bengoh
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Tanyuh Nub	4,195	53.01	2.63
	Independent	Chong Kuet Bui @ Robert Abui	3,719	46.99	0.68
Total valid votes			7,914	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,113	67.26	17.79
Registered electors			12,063
Majority			476	6.01	3.31
	BN hold		Swing		?
Source(s) "Barisan retains Bengoh seat". New Straits Times. 15 August 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

Sarawak state election, 1979: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	4,115	50.38	2.08
	Independent	Wilfred Rata Nissom	3,894	47.67	43.02
	DAP	Shyu Li Hua	159	1.95	1.95
Total valid votes			8,168	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,283	85.04	2.10
Registered electors			9,740
Majority			221	2.71	6.86
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1974: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Segus Ginyai	2,286	52.46	10.56
	SNAP	Bernabas Kulur Kaos	1,869	42.89	7.15
	Parti Bisamah Sarawak	William Nais	203	4.66	0.71
Total valid votes			4,358	100.00
Total rejected ballots			503
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,861	87.15	0.97
Registered electors			5,578
Majority			417	9.57	3.41
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Sarawak state by-election, 30 July 1970: Bengoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SUPP	Segus Ginyai	1,796	41.89
	SNAP	Akui Asu	1,532	35.74
	PESAKA	George Siricord	498	11.62
	PBB	Mohamed Bakeri	231	5.39
	Independent	William Nais	230	5.37
Total valid votes			4,287	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,403	88.11
Registered electors			4,997
Majority			264	6.16
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-29.