Baleh (state constituency)

Baleh

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	James Jemut Masing BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Baleh is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 Gaat, Mujong, Melinau, Baleh, Merirai.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Baleh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Kenneth Kenyan Temenggong Koh	PESAKA
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	James Jemut Masing	PBDS
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001		BN
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,272	91.67
	DAP	Agop Linsong	479	8.33
Total valid votes			5,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			55
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			5,820	60.47
Registered electors			9,624
Majority			4,793
	BN hold		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,242	79.59
	PKR	Bendindang Manjah	1,344	20.41
Total valid votes			6,586	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,684	59.22
Registered electors			11,287
Majority			3,898
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,330	90.99
	SNAP	Lucius Jimbon	528	9.01
Total valid votes			5,858	100.00
Total rejected ballots			95
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			5,956	61.20
Registered electors			9,731
Majority			4,802
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	6,378	94.29
	Independent	Stephen Nyamok Medan	386	5.71
Total valid votes			6,764	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,861	70.02
Registered electors			9,798
Majority			5,992
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jemut Masing	5,411	87.66
	Independent	John Pungga	762	12.34
Total valid votes			6,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			154
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			6,334	65.77
Registered electors			9,631
Majority			4,649
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	James Jemut Masing	4,183	67.15
	BN	Simon Temenggong Sibat	1,858	29.83
	Independent	Ngalambong Limbing	188	3.02
Total valid votes			6,229	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,306	71.91
Registered electors			8,769
Majority			2,325
	PBDS hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	James Jemut Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Majority
	PBDS hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	James Jemut Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PBDS hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PESAKA	Kenneth Kenyan Temenggong Koh
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.