Kanowit (federal constituency)

Kanowit

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Aaron Ago Dagang BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Kanowit 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 Kajah, Bat, Sengayan, Mapai, Bawan, Pidai, Lukut, Kanowit, Majau, Peranan, Poi, Bukong, Latong.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kanowit
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Joseph Unting Umang	Independent
4th	1974-1976	Leo Moggie Irok	SNAP
	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Aaron Ago Dagang
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Aaron Ago Dagang	8,046	59.75
	PKR	Thomas Laja Besi	5,004	37.16
	SWP	Ellison Ludan	417	3.10
Total valid votes			13,467	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			13,759	70.80
Registered electors			19,433
Majority			3,042
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Aaron Ago Dagang won uncontested.
	BN	Aaron Ago Dagang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Aaron Ago Dagang	6,438	59.51
	Independent	Frederick Bunsu Janton	4,381	40.49
Total valid votes			10,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			185
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			11,022	60.62
Registered electors
Majority			2,057
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leo Moggie Irok	7,782	75.22
	KEADILAN	Tadong Tambi	2,564	24.78
Total valid votes			10,346	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			90
Turnout			10,710	58.94
Registered electors
Majority			5,218
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Leo Moggie Irok won uncontested.
	BN	Leo Moggie Irok
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leo Moggie Irok	6,964	60.34
	Independent	Nicholas Ngalang	4,578	39.66
Total valid votes			11,542	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,724	72.58
Registered electors
Majority			2,386
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leo Moggie Irok	6,732	72.98
	Independent	James Undau	2,492	27.02
Total valid votes			9,224	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,406	67.58
Registered electors			13,919
Majority			4,240
	BN hold		Swing

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

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