Ba'kelalan (state constituency)

Ba'kelalan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Baru Bian PKR
Constituency created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2016

Ba'kelalan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.

The state constituency was created in the 1996 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Semadoh, Beriwan, Maligan, Trusan, Sukang, Lupeng, Ba'kelalan, Temarop, Suang, Talis, Lapadan, Tengoa, Tuma, Pengaleh, Siang, Pangi, Batu Tiga, Lampaki, Muncu, Ranchangan.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ba'kelalan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
14th	1996-2001	Judson Sakai Tagal	BN
15th	2001-2004
	2004-2006	Nelson Balang Rining
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Baru Bian	PKR
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Baru Bian	2,858	55.20
	BN	Willie Liau	2,320	44.80
Total valid votes			5,178	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			5,229	70.90
Registered electors			7,375
Majority			538
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Baru Bian	2,505	55.21
	BN	Willie Liau	2,032	44.79
Total valid votes			4,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			37
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			4,585	65.90
Registered electors			6,958
Majority			473
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nelson Balang Rining	2,064	56.50
	SNAP	Baru Bian	1,589	43.50
Total valid votes			3,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			26
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			3,680	58.56
Registered electors			6,284
Majority			475
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state by-election, 18 September 2004 Upon the death of incumbent, Judson Sakai Tagal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nelson Balang Rining
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Judson Sakai Tagal won uncontested.
	BN	Judson Sakai Tagal
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,787
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Judson Sakai Tagal won uncontested.
	BN	Judson Sakai Tagal
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,172
Majority
This was a new constituency created.