Ngemah (state constituency)

Ngemah

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Alexander Vincent BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Ngemah 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 Kajah, Bat, Sengayan, Mapai, Bawan, Pidai.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ngemah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Lias Kana	Independent
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Joseph Kudi	PBDS
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996	Gabriel Adit Demong
14th	1996-2001		BN
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011	Adeh Denong	Independent
17th	2011-2016	Alexander Vincent	BN
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alexander Vincent	2,888	46.13
	Independent	Joseph Jawa Kendawang	2,734	43.67
	PKR	Thomas Laja Besi	396	6.32
	DAP	Richard Lias	243	3.88
Total valid votes			6,261	100.00
Total rejected ballots			114
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			6,396	71.87
Registered electors			8,899
Majority			154
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alexander Vincent	2,378	45.00
	PCM	Adeh Denong	1,388	26.27
	PKR	Aris Alap	658	12.45
	SNAP	Michael Lias	581	11.00
	Independent	Yakup Khalid	279	5.28
Total valid votes			5,284	100.00
Total rejected ballots			95
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			5,384	66.82
Registered electors			8,058
Majority			990
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Adeh Denong	2,582	52.10
	BN	Alexander Vincent	2,033	41.02
	SNAP	Richard Lias	341	6.88
Total valid votes			4,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			48
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			5,009	63.81
Registered electors			7,849
Majority			549
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gabriel Adit Demong	3,037	59.43
	Independent	Michael Lias	2,073	40.57
Total valid votes			5,110	100.00
Total rejected ballots			70
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,180	67.19
Registered electors			7,709
Majority			964
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gabriel Adit Demong	3,178	68.36
	Independent	Peter Telajan Sabai	1,471	31.64
Total valid votes			4,649	100.00
Total rejected ballots			111
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			4,768	62.89
Registered electors			7,581
Majority			1,707
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Gabriel Adit Demong	2,913	54.51
	BN	Robert Menua Saleh	2,431	45.49
Total valid votes			5,344	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			5,436	73.28
Registered electors			7,418
Majority			482
	PBDS hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Joseph Kudi
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Total valid votes				100.00
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	PBDS hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Joseph Kudi
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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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	%	∆%
	Independent	Lias Kana
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Total valid votes				100.00
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This was a new constituency created.