Muara Tuang (state constituency)

Muara Tuang

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

Muara Tuang 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 Empila, Tanju, Batu Blat, Tuang, Semaran, Ladang Samarahan, Melaban.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Muara Tuang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1973	Mohamad Musa	Sarawak Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1979
	1979	Adenan Satem
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011	Mohamad Ali Mahmud
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present	Idris Buang

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idris Buang	10,086	81.61
	PAS	Zulkipli Ramzi	1,508	12.20
	Amanah	Abang Abdul Halil Abang Naili	765	6.19
Total valid votes			12,359	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			12,688	78.39
Registered electors			16,186
Majority			8,578
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Ali Mahmud	11,039	77.55
	PAS	Noraini Hamzah	3,196	22.45
Total valid votes			14,235	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			14,570	77.42
Registered electors			18,820
Majority			7,843
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Ali Mahmud	7,863	80.12
	KEADILAN	Abang Ibrahim Abang Othman	1,536	15.65
	Independent	Jong Nyuk Chan	415	4.23
Total valid votes			9,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots			362
Turnout			10,371	72.50
Registered electors			14,303
Majority			6,327
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem	11,017	89.38
	Independent	Suhaili Hamid	1,309	10.62
Total valid votes			12,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			593
Turnout			13,217	77.68
Registered electors			17,015
Majority			9,708
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Adenan Satem won uncontested.
	BN	Adenan Satem
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,231
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem	9,566	88.08
	NEGARA	Mohd. Tahir Sham	1,294	11.92
Total valid votes			10,860	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			785
Turnout			11,850	79.35
Registered electors			14,933
Majority			8,272
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state by-election, 20 January 1979 Upon the death of incumbent, Mohamad Musa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Musa
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Sarawak Alliance		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sarawak Alliance	Mohamad Musa
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.