Samalaju (state constituency)

Samalaju

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Majang Renggi BN
Constituency created	2015
First contested	2016
Last contested	2016

Samalaju is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.

The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Sibiew Similajau, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong, LKTS Suai.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Samalaju
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
18th	2016-present	Majang Renggi	BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Majang Renggi	5,456	61.34
	DAP	Baba Emperan	2,992	33.64
	PAS	Zharudin Narudin	447	5.03
Total valid votes			8,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			9,026	68.12
Registered electors			13,251
Majority			2,464
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. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

1. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.