Telang Usan (state constituency)

Telang Usan

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

Telang Usan 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 Long Miri, Pana, Akahpatah, San, Long Lama, Apoh.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Telang Usan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Joseph Balan Seling	SNAP
9th	1974-1976
	1976-1979		BN
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Joseph Balan Seling	SNAP
12th	1987-1991		PBDS
13th	1991-1996		BN
14th	1996-2001	Kebing Wan	Independent
15th	2001-2006	Lihan Jok	BN
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Dennis Ngau
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Dennis Ngau	3,231	51.33
	PKR	Roland Engan	3,064	48.67
Total valid votes			6,295	100.00
Total rejected ballots			82
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			6,388	63.88
Registered electors			10,000
Majority			167
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Dennis Ngau	3,597	46.85
	PKR	Harrison Ngau Laing	2,752	35.85
	SNAP	Kebing Wan	705	9.18
	Independent	Jok Ding	623	8.12
Total valid votes			7,677	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			7,785	57.15
Registered electors			13,623
Majority			845
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lihan Jok	4,593	70.03
	SNAP	Kebing Wan	1,822	27.78
	Independent	Lidam Janang	144	2.20
Total valid votes			6,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			6,645	51.94
Registered electors			12,793
Majority			2,771
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lihan Jok	3,621	58.28
	Independent	Kebing Wan	2,592	41.72
Total valid votes			6,213	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			6,328	50.26
Registered electors			12,591
Majority			1,029
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Kebing Wan	3,554	53.92
	BN	Robert Laing Anyie	3,037	46.08
Total valid votes			6,591	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			6,752	53.47
Registered electors			12,628
Majority			517
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Joseph Balan Seling	3,252	56.97
	PBDS	Harrison Ngau Laing	2,019	35.37
	Independent	Steward Ngau Ding	342	5.99
	Independent	John Kalang Urang	95	1.66
Total valid votes			5,708	100.00
Total rejected ballots			57
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			5,774	57.33
Registered electors			10,071
Majority			1,233
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Joseph Balan Seling
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PBDS gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Joseph Balan Seling
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Joseph Balan Seling
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Majority
	SNAP hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Joseph Balan Seling
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
This was a new constituency created.