Bawang Assan (state constituency)

Bawang Assan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wong Soon Koh BN
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2016

Bawang Assan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 Rassau, Penasu, Bawang Assan, Kunyit, Ma'aw, Selalo, Dassan, Ensurai, Lan, Engkilo, Lower Island, Upper Island, Tanah Mas.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bawang Assan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Wong Soon Koh	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2014
	2014		TERAS
	2014-2016		UPP
18th	2016-present		BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	9,015	61.62
	DAP	Stanley Chiew Sung Ngie	4,884	33.38
	Independent	Watson Bangau Johnathan Renang	569	3.89
	STAR	Wong Sing Wei	100	0.68
	Independent	Yeu Bang Keng	63	0.43
Total valid votes			14,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			14,801	80.70
Registered electors			18,340
Majority			4,131
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	7,316	57.05
	DAP	Alice Lau Kiong Yieng	5,508	42.95
Total valid votes			12,824	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			12,936	77.26
Registered electors			16,743
Majority			1,808
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	6,804	61.28
	DAP	Wong Kee Woan	4,300	38.72
Total valid votes			11,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			68
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,172	66.32
Registered electors			16,844
Majority			2,504
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	9,465	79.98
	DAP	Michael Tiang Ming Tee	2,369	20.02
Total valid votes			11,834	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			11,920	68.85
Registered electors			17,314
Majority			7,096
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	6,953	62.10
	DAP	Chian Pao Koh	4,244	37.90
Total valid votes			11,197	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			11,300	61.45
Registered electors			18,388
Majority			2,709
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Soon Koh	6,112	65.50
	DAP	Ling Sie Ming	3,220	34.50
Total valid votes			9,332	100.00
Total rejected ballots			61
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			9,401	68.45
Registered electors			13,734
Majority			2,892
This was a new constituency created.