Payang (federal constituency)

Payang

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1978
First contested	1969
Last contested	1974

Payang was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Payang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
	SNAP	Joseph Salang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			16,837
Majority
	BN gain from BUMIPUTERA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BUMIPUTERA	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
	PESAKA	Abu Seman Maraia
	SUPP	Grenang Ewai
	SNAP	Charlie Ee
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,263
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.