Serian (federal constituency)

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

Serian (P199)

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Richard Riot Jaem GPS
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	37,629

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 Serian's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Non-muslim bumiputera (81%)

  Chinese (10%)

  Muslim bumiputera (8%)

  Other ethnicities (1%)

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bentang, Lanchang, Tebedu, Amo, Mengarat, Sedihan, Antayan, Triboh, Selabi, Pasar Serian, Sibauh, Mongkos, Kedup, Kakai, Serian Hulu.

2016–present:[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Bentang, Lanchang, Tebedu, Amo, Mengarat, Sibauh, Mongkos, Kedup, Antayan, Sedihan, Triboh, Selabi, Pasar Serian, Kakai, Serian Hulu.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Serian
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[4][5]
3rd	1971-1974	Rahun Debak	SNAP
4th	1974-1978	Richard Damping Laki	BN (SUPP)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Lainus Andrew Luwak	Independent
8th	1990-1995	Richard Riot Jaem
9th	1995-1999		BN (SUPP)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018
	2018- present		GPS (SUPP)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Serian						Bukit Semuja
				Kedup
	Tarat
	Tebakang
			Tebedu

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	17,545	63.99	- 10.34
	DAP	Edward Andrew Luwak	7,640	27.86	+ 3.67
	Independent	Senior William Rade	2,234	8.15	+ 8.15
Total valid votes			27,419	100.00
Total rejected ballots			385
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			27,880	74.09
Registered electors			37,629
Majority			9,905	36.12
	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. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	19,494	74.33	- 12.64
	DAP	Edward Andrew Luwak	6,343	24.19	+ 24.19
	STAR	Johnny Bob Aput	390	1.49	+ 1.49
Total valid votes			26,227	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			26,562	78.79
Registered electors			33,713
Majority			13,151	50.14
	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. Retrieved 2016-05-05. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	15,793	86.97	+ 10.37
	SNAP	Belayong Jayang	2,366	13.03	+ 13.03
Total valid votes			18,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			332
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			18,516	66.36
Registered electors			27,901
Majority			13,427	73.94
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	13,960	76.60	+ 4.83
	Independent	Henry Ginai Langgie	4,265	23.40	+ 23.40
Total valid votes			18,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			18,686	59.13
Registered electors			31,601
Majority			9,695	53.20
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	12,491	71.77	11.51
	STAR	Anthony Polycarp Munjan	4,040	23.21	+ 23.21
	Independent	Shamsuddin Abdullah @ Pok Ungkut	872	5.01	+ 5.01
Total valid votes			17,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			451
Unreturned ballots			120
Turnout			17,974	59.76
Registered electors			30,076
Majority			8,451	48.56
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	12,116	60.26	+ 17.71
	Independent	Marcellus Munjan @ Eric Marcel Munjan	4,562	22.69	+ 22.69
	PBS	Michael Runin	1,753	8.72	+ 8.72
	Independent	Andrew Nyabe	959	4.77	+ 4.77
	Independent	Betram Sading Jihok	716	3.56	+ 3.56
Total valid votes			20,106	100.00
Total rejected ballots			468
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			20,690	65.40
Registered electors			31,636
Majority			7,554	37.57
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Richard Riot Jaem	10,349	57.45	+ 57.45
	BN	William Aham	7,664	42.55	- 3.57
Total valid votes			18,013	100.00
Total rejected ballots			503
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,516	66.93
Registered electors			27,664
Majority			2,685	14.90
	Independent hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Lainus Andrew Luwak	9,871	53.88
	BN	Richard Damping Laki	8,451	46.12
Total valid votes			18,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			653
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,975	65.29
Registered electors			29,063
Majority			1,420	7.76
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Damping Laki	8,419	52.40
	Independent	Nelson Kundai	5,555	34.57
	Independent	Venom Nyana Juram	1,360	8.46
	Independent	Tan Yam Hui	734	4.57
Total valid votes			16,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			772
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,840	66.08
Registered electors			25,483
Majority			2,864
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Damping Laki	7,050	60.65
	UMAT	Nelson Kundai Ngareng	4,574	39.35
Total valid votes			11,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			22,052
Majority			2,476
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Damping Laki	6,716	47.59
	SNAP	Rahun Debak	6,503	46.08
	Independent	Bong Kim Yuh	892	6.32
Total valid votes			14,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			18,905
Majority			213
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Rahun Debak	6,001	43.70
	SUPP	Peter Ng Eng Lim	3,993	29.08
	BUMIPUTERA	Dominic Andrew Dago Randan	3,737	27.22
Total valid votes			13,731	100.00
Total rejected ballots			835
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,566	89.04
Registered electors			16,359
Majority			2,008
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

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