Samalaju

Samalaju
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Majang Renggi; GPS
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Constituency created	2015
First contested	2016
Last contested	2021

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

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 Samalaju constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Samalaju (N70)	Sibiew Similaju	217/70/01	SK Kem Batu 18 Blok A & B SJK (C) Sebiew Chinese
	Tanjung Kidurong	217/70/02	SMK Asyakirin
	Suai	217/70/03	RH Galau Ak Sawing, Sg. Telong SK Kpg. Tegaging SK Kpg. Iran SK Sg. Sebatu SK Kuala Nyalau
	Melor	217/70/04	SMK Kidurong
	Mawar	217/70/05	SK Kidurong
	RPR Kidurong	217/70/06	SK Kidurong II
	LKTS Suai	217/70/07	SK Suai Satu Niah

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Samalaju
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kidurong
18th	2016-2018	Majang Renggi	BN (PRS)
18th	2018-2021		GPS (PRS)
19th	2021–present		GPS (PRS)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Samalaju
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Majang Renggi	7,547	67.05	67.05
	DAP	Tony Ung	1,504	13.36	-20.28
	PSB	Reggie Suel	1,496	13.29	13.29
	PBK	Leighton Manjah	509	4.52	4.52
	PBDS Baru	Baba Emperan	199	1.77	1.77
Total valid votes			11,255	100.00
Total rejected ballots			171
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			11,451	63.68
Registered electors			17,981
Majority			6,042
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Samalaju
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Majang Renggi	5,456	61.34
	DAP	Baba Emperan	2,992	33.64
	PAS	Zharudin Narudin	447	5.03
Total valid votes			8,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			9,026	68.12
Registered electors			13,251
Majority			2,464
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 2016-04-28. "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 2016-04-28.

References

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

^ "Portal Akta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-04.

[1] "Portal Akta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-04.

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