Federal constituency of Sarawak, Malaysia
Malaysian electoral constituency
Lawas (P222) Sarawakconstituency Federal constituency Legislature Dewan Rakyat MP Constituency created 2005 First contested 2008 Last contested 2022 Demographics Population (2020)[ 1] 36,604 Electors (2022)[ 2] 33,655 Area (km²) 3,889 Pop. density (per km²) 9.4
Lawas is a federal constituency inLimbang Division (Lawas District ),Sarawak ,Malaysia , that has been represented in theDewan Rakyat since 2008.
The federal constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
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Ethnic breakdown of Lawas's electorate as of 2022
Sarawak bumiputera (43.9%) Malay-Muslim bumiputera (42.7%) Chinese (11.9%)Other ethnicities (1.50%) As of 2020, Lawas has a population of 36,604 people.[ 3]
Age breakdown of Lawas's electorate as of 2022
18-20 (7.08%) 21-29 (22.2%) 30-39 (21.7%) 40-49 (16.9%) 50-59 (14.7%) 60-69 (10.9%) 70-79 (4.34%) 80-89 (1.57%) above 90 (0.60%) Gender breakdown of Lawas's electorate as of 2022
Male (51.8%) Female (48.2%) According to theOfficial Gazette dated 31 October 2022, the Lawas constituency has a total of 42 polling districts.[ 4] [ 5]
State constituency Polling Districts Code Location Ba'kelalan(N81) Semadoh 222/81/01 SK Lg. Semadoh Beriwan 222/81/02 Dewan Kpg. Puru Sia SK Puru Sia Maligan 222/81/03 SK Lg. Sebangan Trusan 222/81/04 Dewan Masyarakat Trusan Sukang 222/81/05 SK Lg. Sukang Lupeng 222/81/06 SK Lg. Lupeng Ba'kelalan 222/81/07 SK Ba'kelalan Temarop 222/81/08 Dewan Masyarakat Lg. Temarop Suang 222/81/09 Balai Raya Long Kachu Talis 222/81/10 Pusat Kebudayaan Lun Bawang Kpg. Lg. Tuan Lapadan 222/81/11 SK Tang Lapadan Tengoa 222/81/12 SK Lg. Tengoa Tuma 222/81/13 SK Lg. Tuma Lawas Pengaleh 222/81/14 Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Lg. Pengaleh Siang 222/81/15 SK Siang-Siang Lawas Pangi 222/81/16 SK Batu Lima Batu Tiga 222/81/17 Institut Latihan Islam Malaysia (ILIM), Kampus Lawas JAKIM Lampaki 222/81/18 Balai Raya Kpg. Undop Muncu 222/81/19 Balai Raya Kpg. Muncu Merapok Ranchangan 222/81/20 SK Kpg. Lintang Trusan Bukit Sari (N82) Sundar 222/82/01 SK Sundar Bukit Sari 222/82/02 SK Kuala Lawas Merapok 222/82/03 SK Merapok Lawas 222/82/04 SJK (C) Chung Hua Lawas Gelapas 222/82/05 SK Trusan Awat 222/82/06 SK Awat-Awat Sundar Baru 222/82/07 SMK Sundar Luagan 222/82/08 SK Luagan Sundar Aru 222/82/09 SK Aru Baru Sundar Pagar 222/82/10 Dewan Masyarakat Sundar Katong 222/82/11 Dewan Kpg.Tanjong Katong Pemukat 222/82/12 Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Pemukat Dato 222/82/13 SK Kpg. Seberang Kuala Lawas Belipat 222/82/14 SK Belipat Lawas Sualai 222/82/15 Dewan Kpg. Sualai Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Siang-Siang Laut Punang 222/82/16 SK Puang Lawas Sibagol 222/82/17 Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Ulu Merapok Melusok 222/82/18 SRA MIS Lawas Temangis 222/82/19 SK Pusat Lawas Mission 222/82/20 Dewan Kpg. Baru Mission Ladang Baru 222/82/21 SK Ladang Baru Lawas Silat 222/82/22 Dewan Kpg. Berjumpa
Representation history [ edit ] Parliamentaryconstituency
State constituency 1969–1978 1978–1990 1990–1999 1999–2008 2008–2016 2016−present Lawas Ba'kelalan Bukit Sari
Current state assembly members [ edit ] Local governments & postcodes[ edit ] No. State Constituency Local Government Postcode N81 Bukit Sari Lawas District Council N82 Ba'kelalan
Malaysian general election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % BN Henry Sum Agong 8,526 92.07 PKR Japar Suyut 734 7.93 Total valid votes 9,260 100.00 Total rejected ballots 82 Unreturned ballots 0 Turnout 9,342 59.44 Registered electors 15,717 Majority 7,792 84.14 This was a new constituency created.