Baram (federal constituency)

Baram is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

Baram (P220)

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Anyi Ngau GPS
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	35,685

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Baram's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Non-muslim bumiputera (86%)

  Chinese (8%)

  Muslim bumiputera (5%)

  Other ethnicities (1%)

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Nabor, Pengalayan, Marudi, Beluru, Jegan, Teruking, Lubok Nibong, Puyut, Tutoh, Long Lama, Apoh, Long Miri, Pana, Akahpatah, San, Liomatu.

2016–present:[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Nabor, Pengalayan, Marudi, Beluru, Teruking, Long Teru, Jegan, Long Miri, Pana, Akapatah, San, Long Lama, Apoh, Lubok Nibong, Puyut, Liomatu, Tutoh, Long Peluan, Bario, Pa' Lungan, Dano, Remudu, Lellang.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Baram
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[4][5]
3rd	1971-1974	Luhat Wan	SNAP
4th	1974-1976
	1976-1978		BN (SNAP)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Harrison Ngau Laing	Independent
9th	1995-1999	Jacob Dungau Sagan	BN (PDP)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Anyi Ngau
14th	2018
	2018-present		GPS(PDP)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Baram	Marudi
						Mulu
	Telang Usan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anyi Ngau	12,171	54.45	+ 4.91
	PH	Roland Engan	10,181	45.55	+45.55
Total valid votes			22,352	100.00
Total rejected ballots			399
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			22,806	63.91
Registered electors			35,685
Majority			1,990	8.90
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 247/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 321/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anyi Ngau	9,182	49.54
	PKR	Roland Engan	8,988	48.50
	Independent	Patrick Sibat	363	1.96
Total valid votes			18,533	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			18,796	63.96
Registered electors			29,385
Majority			194
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-06. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	7,996	66.92
	Independent	Kebing Wan	3,952	33.08
Total valid votes			11,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			12,126	49.65
Registered electors			24,425
Majority			4,044
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	7,551	64.03
	SNAP	Kebing Wan	4,241	35.97
Total valid votes			11,792	100.00
Total rejected ballots			165
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			11,973	47.21
Registered electors
Majority			3,310
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	8,609	83.21
	Independent	Sedi Li	1,737	16.79
Total valid votes			10,346	100.00
Total rejected ballots			259
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			10,619	42.74
Registered electors
Majority			6,872
	BN gain		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	8,829	68.20
	PBS	Harrison Ngau Laing	3,106	23.99
	Independent	Luhat Wan	1,010	7.80
Total valid votes			12,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,158	50.09
Registered electors
Majority			5,723
	BN gain		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Harrison Ngau Laing	5,581	45.69
	BN	Luhat Wan	4,742	38.82
	Independent	Jok Ding	1,892	15.49
Total valid votes			12,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,417	54.65
Registered electors
Majority			839
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Luhat Wan	5,813	53.01
	Independent	Jok Ding	3,439	31.36
	Independent	Joshua Lawai	1,325	12.08
	Independent	Wong Ah Siew	389	3.55
Total valid votes			10,966	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,272	52.47
Registered electors			21,482
Majority			2,374
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Luhat Wan	5,905	59.29
	Independent	Gabriel Yuking	2,833	28.44
	Independent	Kho Thiang Seng	1,222	12.27
Total valid votes			9,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			397
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,357	54.74
Registered electors			18,921
Majority			3,072
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Luhat Wan won uncontested.
	BN	Luhat Wan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Luhat Wan	6,050	58.87
	BN	Joseph Wan Tingang	4,227	41.13
Total valid votes			10,277	100.00
Total rejected ballots			590
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,867	71.41
Registered electors			15,218
Majority			1,823
	SNAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Luhat Wan	5,100	58.23
	SUPP	Tama Weng Tinggang Wan	1,863	21.27
	PESAKA	Gau Jau	1,795	20.50
Total valid votes			8,758	100.00
Total rejected ballots			550
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,308	71.32
Registered electors			13,051
Majority			3,237
This was a new constituency created.

References

Bibliography

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

Citations

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 49. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
3. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
4. 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 2016-05-05.
5. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.