 Sarawakconstituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2005 | ||
| First contested | 2006 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Bekenu is a state constituency inSarawak,Malaysia, that has been represented in theSarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.
The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
As of 2020, Bekenu has a population of 22,108 people.[1]
According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bekenu constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bekenu（N71） | Batu Niah | 218/71/01 | SJK (C) Chee Mung Niah |
| Niah | 218/47/02 |
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| Saeh | 218/71/03 |
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| Kelulit | 218/71/04 |
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| Tiris | 218/71/05 |
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| Bungai | 218/71/06 |
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| Bekanu | 218/71/07 |
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| Bakas | 218/71/08 |
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| Hulu Sibuti | 218/71/09 | SK RH Barat |
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bekenu | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Lambir and Marudi | |||
| 16th | 2006-2011 | Rosey Yunus | BN (PDP) |
| 17th | 2011-2014 | ||
| 2014-2016 | TERAS | ||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | BN (PBB) | |
| 2018-2021 | GPS (PBB) | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Rosey Yunus | 6,354 | 79.58 |  79.58 | ||
| PKR | Norhafizah Mohammad Joharie | 957 | 11.99 |  2.56 | ||
| PSB | Abu Bakar Amit | 377 | 4.72 | 4.72 | ||
| PBK | Desmond Gani Pengiran | 296 | 3.71 | 3.71 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,984 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 140 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 48 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,172 | 64.48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,674 | |||||
| Majority | 5,397 | |||||
| GPSgain fromBN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Rosey Yunus | 6,009 | 71.68 | 1.34 | ||
| PKR | Bill Kayong | 1,220 | 14.55 | 2.97 | ||
| Independent | Austin Sigi Melu | 589 | 7.03 | 7.03 | ||
| Independent | Joe @ Peter Jelin | 565 | 6.74 | 6.74 | ||
| Total valid votes | 8,383 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 32 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,540 | 69.71 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,250 | |||||
| Majority | 4,789 | |||||
| BNhold | 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 fromthe original(PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived fromthe original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved2016-04-30. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Rosey Yunus | 4,946 | 70.34 | 6.88 | ||
| PKR | Ishak Mahwi | 1,232 | 17.52 | 5.26 | ||
| SNAP | Thony Badak | 570 | 8.10 | 8.10 | ||
| Love Malaysia Party | Dyg Juliana Awg Tambi | 284 | 4.04 | 4.04 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,032 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,135 | 66.86 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,672 | |||||
| Majority | 3,714 | |||||
| BNhold | Swing | |||||
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. Retrieved2016-04-30.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Rosey Yunus | 4,357 | 77.22 | |||
| PKR | Mohdak Ismail | 1,285 | 22.78 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,642 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 112 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 3 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,757 | 57.02 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,095 | |||||
| Majority | 3,072 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
