Samarahan (federal constituency)

Samarahan

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1969
Last contested	1986

Samarahan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Samarahan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Abdul Taib Mahmud	BUMIPUTERA
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	9,814	77.88
	Independent	Wan Mohd Zain Mohdzar @ W Zain Mahmud	2,788	22.12
Total valid votes			12,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,778	76.88
Registered electors			16,620
Majority			7,026
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Taib Mahmud won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from BUMIPUTERA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BUMIPUTERA	Abdul Taib Mahmud
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.