Sejingkat (state constituency)

Sejingkat
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created 1987
Constituency abolished 1996
First contested 1991
Last contested 1991

Sejingkat was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1996.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 1996 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sejingkat
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
13th 1991-1996 Abang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen BN
Constituency abolished, renamed to Demak Laut

Election results

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNAbang Draup Zamahari Abang Zen 4,381 77.46
IndependentSuhaili Hamid 1,035 18.30
IndependentJemi Aleh 192 3.39
NEGARASaidan @ Nassuin Sahini 48 0.85
Total valid votes 5,656 100.00
Total rejected ballots 85
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 5,74174.10
Registered electors 7,74874.10
Majority 3,346
This was a new constituency created.

References

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