Stakan

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

Stakan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hamzah Brahim GPS
Constituency created	2015
First contested	2016
Last contested	2021

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

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Stakan constituency has a total of 5 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Stakan (N17)	Merdang	197/17/01	SK Binyu Dewan Kpg. Merdang Gayam SMK Muara Tuang Balairaya Sg. Empit SK Merdang SJK (C) Chung Hua Sg. Jernang
	Quop	197/17/02	SK St. James Quop
	Sidanu	197/17/03	SMK Penrissen Dewan Sri Lestari Kpg. Sri Arjuna
	Pengkalan Kuap	197/17/04	SK Jalan Muara Tuang
	Stakan	197/17/05	SMK Wira Penrissen Dewan Kpg. Stakan

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Stakan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Muara Tuang
18th	2016-2018	Mohamad Ali Mahmud	BN (PBB)
	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021–present	Hamzah Brahim

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Stakan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Hamzah Brahim	7,854	72.45	72.45
	PSB	George Young Si Ricord Junior	2,047	18.88	18.88
	DAP	Leslie Ting Xiang Zhi	524	4.83	11.95
	PBK	Atet Dego	415	3.83	3.83
Total valid votes			10,840	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			11,070	65.15
Registered electors			16,992
Majority			5,807
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Stakan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Ali Mahmud	8,820	83.22
	DAP	Leslie Ting Xiang Zhi	1,778	16.78
Total valid votes			10,598	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			10,839	73.01
Registered electors			14,846
Majority			7,042
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 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

1. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.