Limbang (state constituency)

Limbang

Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

Limbang was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Limbang
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	N47	1970-1974	James Wong Kim Min (黃金明)	SNAP
9th		1974-1979
10th		1979-1983		BN (SNAP)
11th		1983-1987		SNAP
12th		1987-1991		BN (SNAP)
13th	N55	1991-1996
14th	N60	1996-2001
15th		2001-2006	Richard Wong Shoon Fook (黃順福)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Kota

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Wong Shoon Fook	5,668	52.02
	Independent	Said Mohidin	5,109	46.89
	PKR	Amran @ Hamdan Maidin	118	1.08
Total valid votes			10,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			113
Turnout			11,094	65.63	65.63
Registered electors			16,904
Majority			559	5.13	5.13
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, James Wong Kim Min won uncontested.
	BN	James Wong Kim Min
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,704
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	5,813	52.99	2.84
	PBDS	Edward Guatee Sundai	2,819	25.70	25.70
	PERMAS	Munir Karim	2,160	19.69	26.20
	DAP	Kong Sieng Kee	179	1.63	1.63
Total valid votes			10,971	100.00
Total rejected ballots			114
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			11,138	69.57	2.51
Registered electors			16,009
Majority			2,994	27.29	23.03
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	4,555	50.15	9.25
	PERMAS	Munir Karim	4,168	45.89	45.89
	Independent	Thianeng Chuanteck	271	2.98	1.76
	Independent	Ali Abdullah	89	0.98	0.25
Total valid votes			9,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,213	67.06	7.19
Registered electors			13,738
Majority			387	4.26	1.20
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min	3,399	40.90	32.63
	Independent	Mohamed Abu Bakar	2,945	35.43	28.96
	Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak	Christopher Sawan Jiram	1,865	22.44	22.44
	Independent	Ang Ek Meng	102	1.23	5.25
Total valid votes			8,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,414	74.26	0.15
Registered electors			11,331
Majority			454	5.46	57.18
	SNAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	5,021	73.52	16.00
	Independent	Lim Cheong Heng	743	10.88	8.08
	Independent	Hasbollah Majid	623	9.12	6.32
	Independent	Francis Mabong Jeruka	442	6.47	3.67
Total valid votes			6,829	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,034	74.10	7.67
Registered electors			9,492
Majority			4,278	62.64	44.80
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min	3,224	57.52	6.17
	BN	Mustapha Besar	2,224	39.68	39.68
	Independent	Lim Cho Seng	157	2.80	2.80
Total valid votes			5,605	100.00
Total rejected ballots			310
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,915	81.78	1.93
Registered electors			7,233
Majority			1,000	17.84	22.68
	SNAP hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNAP	James Wong Kim Min	2,935	63.69
	PBB	Bakar Abdullah	1,068	23.18
	Independent	Pugi Yabai	385	8.36
	Independent	Tahir Hassan	220	4.77
Total valid votes			4,608	100.00
Total rejected ballots			330
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,938	79.85
Registered electors			6,184
Majority			867	40.52
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 2016-05-05.