Limbang-Lawas (federal constituency)

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

Limbang-Lawas

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

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 Limbang-Lawas
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Awang Bungsu Abdullah	SNAP
4th	1974-1978	Racha Umong	BN (PBB)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Mas

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Racha Umong	5,875	54.87
	SNAP	Awang Bungsu Abdullah	4,669	43.60
	Independent	Hasbollah Majid	164	1.53
Total valid votes			10,708	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			1,206
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Awang Bungsu Abdullah	4,744	53.52
	BUMIPUTERA	Awang Baja Awang Besar	2,772	31.27
	Independent	Ngang Bundan	1,348	15.21
Total valid votes			8,864	100.00
Total rejected ballots			630
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,494	82.10
Registered electors			11,564
Majority			1,972
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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.