Dudong (state constituency)

Dudong

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Tiong Thai King BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Dudong 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 Assan, Naman, Pak, Dudong, Salim, Lanang, Aik Dee, Menyan, Sibu Jaya, Lada, Usaha Jaya, Mantis.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Dudong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Kong Chung Siew	SUPP
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Wilfred Kiroh Jeram	Independent
12th	1987-1991	Jawan Empaling	BN
13th	1991-1996	Soon Choon Teck
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Yap Hoi Liong	DAP
18th	2016-present	Tiong Thai King	BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tiong Thai King	9,700	46.36
	DAP	Yap Hoi Liong	7,554	36.11
	Independent	Benny Lee Chung Fatt	3,288	15.72
	Independent	Casper Kayong Umping	228	1.09
	STAR	Ting Yiik Hong	152	0.73
Total valid votes			20,922	100.00
Total rejected ballots			219
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			21,183	72.97
Registered electors			29,028
Majority			2,146
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yap Hoi Liong	9,649	50.37
	BN	Tiong Thai King	9,332	48.72
	Independent	Apandi Abdul Rani	174	0.91
Total valid votes			19,155	100.00
Total rejected ballots			211
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			19,470	74.17
Registered electors			26,251
Majority			317
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Soon Choon Teck	7,359	51.43
	DAP	Stephen Lu Cheng Kuok	6,951	48.57
Total valid votes			14,310	100.00
Total rejected ballots			210
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			14,579	66.81
Registered electors			21,819
Majority			408
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Soon Choon Teck	9,679	68.24
	DAP	Wong Kee Woan	3,364	23.72
	Independent	Lubau Genam	1,001	7.06
	Independent	Yek Tiew Loeng	140	0.99
Total valid votes			14,184	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			14,405	69.50
Registered electors			20,726
Majority			6,315
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Soon Choon Teck won uncontested.
	BN	Soon Choon Teck
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			18,353
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Soon Choon Teck	8,580	65.98
	DAP	Joseph Tang	2,549	19.60
	PBDS	Kong Pak Nam	1,874	14.41
Total valid votes			13,003	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206
Unreturned ballots			95
Turnout			13,304	71.45
Registered electors			18,619
Majority			6,031
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jawan Empaling
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Wilfred Kiroh Jeram
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Kong Chung Siew
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.