Meluan (state constituency)

Meluan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

Meluan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rolland Duat Jubin GPS
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Balut, Julau, Rayah, Meluan, Engkamup, Entabai, Beketan.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Balut, Julau, Rayah, Meluan, Engkamup, Entabai, Beketan.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meluan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1974	Gramong Jelian	SNAP
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983		BN
11th	1983-1987	Geman Itam	SNAP
12th	1987-1991		PBDS
13th	1991-1996		BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006	Wong Judat	Independent
16th	2006-2011		BN
17th	2011-2012
	2012-2016		SWP
18th	2016-2018	Rolland Duat Jubin	BN
	2018-present		GPS

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rolland Duat Jubin	3,363	37.40	- 21.02
	Independent	Elly Lawai Ngalai	2,686	29.87	+ 29.87
	PKR	Semana Sawang	2,008	22.33	- 15.30
	Independent	Remiguis Noel @ Jerry Clement	934	10.39	+ 10.39
Total valid votes			8,991	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			9,140	69.76
Registered electors			13,103
Majority			677
	BN hold		Swing
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-29. "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 2016-04-29.

Sarawak state election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Judat	4,615	58.42	- 8.46
	PKR	John Brian Anthony Jeremy Guang	2,973	37.63	+ 37.63
	SNAP	Ambrose Labang Jamba	312	3.95	- 1.84
Total valid votes			7,900	100.00
Total rejected ballots			119
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			8,041	70.00
Registered electors			11,487
Majority			1,642
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

Sarawak state election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Judat	5,086	66.88	+ 31.61
	Independent	Jenggie Malaka	2,079	27.34	+ 27.34
	SNAP	Ambrose Labang Jamba	440	5.79	+ 5.79
Total valid votes			7,605	100.00
Total rejected ballots			91
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			7,700	68.94
Registered electors			11,169
Majority			3,007
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Wong Judat	4,742	64.73	+ 64.73
	BN	Geman Itam	2,584	35.27	- 7.18
Total valid votes			7,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			7,437	74.80
Registered electors			9,943
Majority			2,158
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Geman Itam	2,869	42.45	- 7.57
	Independent	Thomas Salang Siden	2,738	40.51	+ 40.51
	Independent	Jeffrey Geraman Nyambang	979	14.49	+ 14.49
	Independent	David Gramong	172	2.55	+ 2.55
Total valid votes			6,758	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			6,917	73.15
Registered electors			9,456
Majority			131
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Geman Itam	3,144	50.02
	PBDS	Edward Empra Kadom	2,917	46.41
	NEGARA	David Gramong	224	3.56
Total valid votes			6,285	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			6,435	78.27
Registered electors			8,222
Majority			227
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Geman Itam	3,135	59.99
	BN	Langgu Panyang	2,091	40.01
Total valid votes			5,226	100.00
Total rejected ballots			61
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,287
Registered electors
Majority			1,044
	PBDS gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Geman Itam
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gramong Jelian
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Gramong Jelian
	BN	Janggu Banyang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			4,745
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Gramong Jelian	880	38.18
	PESAKA	Philip Nyadang Janting	810	35.14
	Independent	Empaling	381	16.53
	Independent	Tedong Entalai	234	10.15
Total valid votes			2,305	100.00
Total rejected ballots			347
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,652	69.99
Registered electors			3,789
Majority			70
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

1. "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.