Pending (state constituency)

Pending

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Violet Yong Wui Wui DAP
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2016

Pending is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 Pending, Foochow, Kenyalang, Supreme, Chong Kiun Kong, Chawan, Simpang Tiga.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pending
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Sim Kheng Hui	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011	Violet Yong Wui Wui	DAP
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Violet Yong Wui Wui	12,454	62.60
	BN	Milton Foo Tiang Wee	7,442	37.40
Total valid votes			19,896	100.00
Total rejected ballots			125
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			20,038	65.72
Registered electors			30,488
Majority			5,012
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Violet Yong Wui Wui	14,375	67.95
	BN	Sim Kui Hian	6,780	32.05
Total valid votes			21,155	100.00
Total rejected ballots			119
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			21,310	72.27
Registered electors			29,488
Majority			7,595
	DAP hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Violet Yong Wui Wui	11,632	61.57
	BN	Sim Kheng Hui	7,260	38.43
Total valid votes			18,892	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94
Unreturned ballots			217
Turnout			19,203	65.08
Registered electors			29,503
Majority			4,372
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sim Kheng Hui	11,918	62.71
	DAP	Voon Lee Shan	3,937	20.72
	KEADILAN	Ng Kim Ho	3,150	16.57
Total valid votes			19,005	100.00
Total rejected ballots			141
Unreturned ballots			149
Turnout			19,295	66.31
Registered electors			29,097
Majority			7,981
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sim Kheng Hui	11,494	70.29
	Independent	Ting Kee Kai	4,858	29.71
Total valid votes			16,352	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			16,541	61.23
Registered electors			27,016
Majority			6,636
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sim Kheng Hui	11,170	66.48
	DAP	Cheng Hui Hong	5,633	33.52
Total valid votes			16,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			90
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			16,939	70.95
Registered electors			23,873
Majority			5,537
This was a new constituency created.