Dalat (state constituency)

Dalat (N56)
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming; GPS
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Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Dalat 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.

History

As of 2020, Dalat has a population of 72,954 people.^[1]

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Dalat constituency has a total of 16 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Dalat（N56）	Tanam	213/56/01	SK Kpg. Tanam Dalat
	Dalat	213/56/02	SJK (C) Chin Hua Dalat
	Kut	213/56/03	SK Kut Tengah
	Balan	213/56/04	SK Kpg. Balan
	Ud	213/56/05	SK Kpg. Sg. Ud
	Baru Dalat	213/56/06	Balai Raya Kpg. Baru Dalat
	Sungai Dalam	213/56/07	Balai Raya Sg. Dalam Dalat
	Klid	213/56/08	SK Kpg. Klid/ Plajau
	Kekan	213/56/09	Balai Raya Kpg. Kekan Dalat
	Medong	213/56/10	SK St. John Medong
	Kut Muara	213/56/11	SK St. Kevin Sg. Kut
	Narub	213/56/12	SJK (C) San San
	Oya	213/56/13	SK Datu Pengiran Mohamad
	Terus	213/56/14	SK Kpg. Bakong/Terus
	Teh Oya	213/56/15	SK Kpg. Teh Dalat
	Senau	213/56/16	SK Kpg. Senau

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Dalat
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Oya, Igan and Balingian
13th	N41	1991-1996	Mohd Effendi Norwawi	BN (PBB)
14th	N44	1996–2001	Mohd Effendi Norwawi
15th	N44	2001-2006	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming (陳賽明)
16th	N50	2006–2011
17th	N50	2011–2016
18th	N56	2016–2018
18th		2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th		2021–present		GPS (PBB)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming	7,085	93.90	3.76
	PBK	Salleh Mahali	460	6.10	6.10
Total valid votes			7,545	100.00
Total rejected ballots			85
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			7,657	61.24	9.39
Registered electors			12,503
Majority			6,625	87.81	7.48
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming	7,107	90.14	9.97
	PKR	Sim Eng Hua	777	9.86	6.69
Total valid votes			7,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			150
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			8,080	70.63	2.58
Registered electors			11,440
Majority			6,330	80.29	17.22
	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 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming	6,288	80.17	80.17
	PKR	Sylvester Ajah Subah @ Ajah Subah	1,298	16.55	16.55
	Independent	Salleh Mahali	257	3.28	3.28
Total valid votes			7,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			8,069	68.05	5.23
Registered electors			11,857
Majority			4,990	63.62	63.62
	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.

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
On nomination day, Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming won uncontested.
	BN	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,423
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming	7,497	88.51	16.24
	Independent	Peter Nari Dina	973	11.49	11.49
Total valid votes			8,470	100.00
Total rejected ballots			177
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			8,660	62.82	0.80
Registered electors			13,786
Majority			6,524	77.02	32.49
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Effendi Norwawi	6,339	72.27	5.53
	Independent	Sim Eng Hua	2,432	27.73	27.73
Total valid votes			8,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			8,979	63.62	5.83
Registered electors			14,113
Majority			3,907	44.54	12.09
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd Effendi Norwawi	7,719	77.80
	PBDS	Peter Nari Dina	2,104	21.21
	Independent	Edmund Dingun Tandok	98	0.99
Total valid votes			9,921	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			10,066	69.45
Registered electors			14,494
Majority			5,615	56.63
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 2016-04-30.

↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.56 Dalat Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

[1] Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.56 Dalat Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-18.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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