Lawas (state constituency)

Lawas was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

Lawas

Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lawas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1973	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin	BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN (PBB)
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983	Noor Tahir
11th	1983-1987
12th	1987-1991	Tengah Ali Hassin
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sari

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,299	95.61
	PKR	Japar Suyut	289	4.39
Total valid votes			6,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			64
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,666	67.18
Registered electors			9,922
Majority			6,010
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tengah Ali Hassin won uncontested.
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,121
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin	6,076	71.41
	PBDS	Baru Bian	2,433	28.59
Total valid votes			8,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			8,619	74.10
Registered electors			11,632
Majority			3,643
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengah Ali Hassin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Noor Tahir
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Noor Tahir
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin	3,461	70.19
	SNAP	Balang Itai @ Leo Balang	1,470	29.81
Total valid votes			4,931	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,315
Majority			1,991
	BN gain from PBB		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBB	Awang Daud Pengiran Matusin	1,698	39.01
	SNAP	Pudun Rangat	1,472	33.82
	PESAKA	Racha Umong	1,053	24.19
	Independent	Ling Tung Kien	82	1.88
	Independent	Mah Chuan Sin	48	1.10
Total valid votes			4,353	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,543	84.44
Registered electors			5,380
Majority			226
This was a new constituency created.