Baram (federal constituency)

Baram

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Anyi Ngau BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Baram is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

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

History

2008–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Nabor, Pengalayan, Marudi, Beluru, Jegan, Teruking, Lubok Nibong, Puyut, Tutoh, Long Lama, Apoh, Long Miri, Pana, Akahpatah, San, Liomatu.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Baram
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Luhat Wan	SNAP
4th	1974-1976
	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Harrison Ngau Laing	Independent
9th	1995-1999	Jacob Dungau Sagan
10th	1999-2004		BN
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	Anyi Ngau

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anyi Ngau	9,182	49.54
	PKR	Roland Engan	8,988	48.50
	Independent	Patrick Sibat	363	1.96
Total valid votes			18,533	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			18,796	63.96
Registered electors			29,385
Majority			194
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	7,996	66.92
	Independent	Kebing Wan	3,952	33.08
Total valid votes			11,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			12,126	49.65
Registered electors			24,425
Majority			4,044
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	7,551	64.03
	SNAP	Kebing Wan	4,241	35.97
Total valid votes			11,792	100.00
Total rejected ballots			165
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			11,973	47.21
Registered electors
Majority			3,310
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jacob Dungau Sagan	8,609	83.21
	Independent	Sedi Li	1,737	16.79
Total valid votes			10,346	100.00
Total rejected ballots			259
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			10,619	42.74
Registered electors
Majority			6,872
	BN gain		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Jacob Dungau Sagan	8,829	68.20
	PBS	Harrison Ngau Laing	3,106	23.99
	Independent	Luhat Wan	1,010	7.80
Total valid votes			12,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,158	50.09
Registered electors
Majority			5,723
	Independent hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Harrison Ngau Laing	5,581	45.69
	BN	Luhat Wan	4,742	38.82
	Independent	Jok Ding	1,892	15.49
Total valid votes			12,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,417	54.65
Registered electors
Majority			839
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Luhat Wan	5,813	53.01
	Independent	Jok Ding	3,439	31.36
	Independent	Joshua Lawai	1,325	12.08
	Independent	Wong Ah Siew	389	3.55
Total valid votes			10,966	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,272	52.47
Registered electors			21,482
Majority			2,374
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Luhat Wan
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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	Luhat Wan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Luhat Wan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing

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