Serian (federal constituency)

Serian

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Richard Riot Jaem BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Serian 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 Bentang, Lanchang, Tebedu, Amo, Mengarat, Sedihan, Antayan, Triboh, Selabi, Pasar Serian, Sibauh, Mongkos, Kedup, Kakai, Serian Hulu.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Serian
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Rahun Debak	SNAP
4th	1974-1978	Richard Damping Laki	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Lainus Andrew Luwak	Independent
8th	1990-1995	Richard Riot Jaem
9th	1995-1999		BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	19,494	74.33
	DAP	Edward Andrew Luwak	6,343	24.19
	STAR	Johnny Bob Aput	390	1.49
Total valid votes			26,227	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			26,562	78.79
Registered electors			33,713
Majority			13,151
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	15,793	86.97
	SNAP	Belayong Jayang	2,366	13.03
Total valid votes			18,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			332
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			18,516	66.36
Registered electors			27,901
Majority			13,427
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	13,960	76.60
	Independent	Henry Ginai Langgie	4,265	23.40
Total valid votes			18,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			18,686	59.13
Registered electors
Majority			9,695
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	12,491	71.77
	STAR	Anthony Polycarp Munjan	4,040	23.21
	Independent	Shamsuddin Abdullah @ Pok Ungkut	872	5.01
Total valid votes			17,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			451
Unreturned ballots			120
Turnout			17,974	59.76
Registered electors
Majority			8,451
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	12,116	60.26
	Independent	Marcellus Munjan @ Eric Marcel Munjan	4,562	22.69
	PBS	Michael Runin	1,753	8.72
	Independent	Andrew Nyabe	959	4.77
	Independent	Betram Sading Jihok	716	3.56
Total valid votes			20,106	100.00
Total rejected ballots			468
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			20,690	65.40
Registered electors
Majority			7,554
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Richard Riot Jaem	10,349	57.45
	BN	William Aham	7,664	42.55
Total valid votes			18,013	100.00
Total rejected ballots			503
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,516	66.93
Registered electors
Majority			2,685
	Independent hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Lainus Andrew Luwak	9,871	53.88
	BN	Richard Damping Laki	8,451	46.12
Total valid votes			18,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			653
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,975	65.29
Registered electors			29,063
Majority			1,420
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Damping Laki
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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	Richard Damping Laki
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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	Richard Damping Laki
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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, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Rahun Debak
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.