Krian (state constituency)

Krian

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ali Biju PKR
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Krian 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 Mudong, Brayang, Batu Anam, Diso, Awik, Melupa, Kabo, Gerenjang, Bajau, Krangan.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Krian
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Dunstan Endawie Enchana	SNAP
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Edmund Langgu Saga	PBDS
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996	Peter Nyarok Entrie	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Ali Biju	PKR
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Ali Biju	5,388	58.98
	BN	Kilat Beriak	3,748	41.02
Total valid votes			9,136	100.00
Total rejected ballots			58
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			9,247	77.32
Registered electors			11,959
Majority			1,640
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Ali Biju	5,178	60.16
	BN	Peter Nyarok Entrie	3,088	35.88
	SNAP	Liman Sujang	216	2.51
	Independent	Banyi Beriak	125	1.45
Total valid votes			8,607	100.00
Total rejected ballots			67
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			8,688	78.87
Registered electors			11,016
Majority			2,090
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Nyarok Entrie	4,784	63.97
	SNAP	Edmund Stanley Jugol Benedict Sandin	2,695	36.03
Total valid votes			7,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			7,559	72.48
Registered electors			10,429
Majority			2,089
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Nyarok Entrie	5,010	66.35
	Independent	Musa Dinggat	2,120	28.08
	KEADILAN	Julin Batamin	211	2.79
	Independent	John Mols @ Watt Kudit	152	2.01
	STAR	Bayang Sungkey	58	0.77
Total valid votes			7,551	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			7,630	72.30
Registered electors			10,553
Majority			2,890
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Nyarok Entrie	3,818	53.33
	Independent	Musa Dinggat	3,341	46.67
Total valid votes			7,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			60
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			7,234	72.84
Registered electors			9,931
Majority			477
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Nyarok Entrie	3,898	56.31
	PBDS	Edmund Langgu Saga	2,866	41.40
	NEGARA	Jonathan Mawar Endek	159	2.30
Total valid votes			6,923	100.00
Total rejected ballots			57
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			6,993	78.98
Registered electors			8,854
Majority			1,032
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Edmund Langgu Saga
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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	PBDS hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Edmund Langgu Saga
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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	hold		Swing

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

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

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Dunstan Endawie Enchana
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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This was a new constituency created.