Payang (federal constituency)

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

Payang

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 Payang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN (PBB)
4th	1974-1978
Constituency abolished, renamed to Paloh

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	9,246	74.44
	SNAP	Joseph Salang	3,175	25.56
Total valid votes			12,421	100.00
Total rejected ballots			480
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,901	76.62
Registered electors			16,837
Majority			6,071
	BN gain from BUMIPUTERA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BUMIPUTERA	Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	5,839	48.09
	SUPP	Nyandang Linang	4,025	33.15
	PESAKA	Abu Seman Merais	1,394	11.48
	SNAP	Charlie Yu Chee Cheong	884	7.28
Total valid votes			12,142	100.00
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,740	83.47
Registered electors			15,263
Majority			1,814
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.