Belaga (state constituency) explained

Belaga
State:	Sarawak
State-Rep:	Liwan Lagang
State-Rep-Party:	Gabungan Parti Sarawak
State-Status:	active
State-Created:	1968
State-Election-First:	1969
State-Election-Last:	2021

Belaga 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

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Belaga constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Belaga (N65)	Data Kakus	216/65/01	SMK Data Kakus
	Merit	216/65/02	SK Ng. Merit RH Danggat Ng Mujan RH Berundang Ng Ensawi RH Guyang Ng Jeli RH Entili Ng, Musa RH Empang Ng Bilat Ulu Paku RH Gendang Sg. Pila RH Aji Ng. Ibun Pilla RH Mero Lubok Dabai RH Ranying Ulu Metah RH Pillai Ng Metah RH Setepan Ng Pila SK Ng, Metah RH Jamit Ng. Latap Pilla
	Ba	216/65/03	Uma Punan Biau Uma Punan Sama Uma Tanjong Lg. Pawah SK Airport Uma Sekapan Piit Uma Balo Kesing Lg. Amo
	Belaga	216/65/04	SK Abun Matu Uma Kahei Lg. Makero Uma Aging Lg. Daah Uma Lahanan Lg. Semuang Uma Kejaman Neh Lg. Liten Uma Apan Long Menjawah Uma Nyaving Long Menjawah SK. Lg. Segahan Dewan UmaAging, Naha Jalei, Long Kebuho
	Long Busang	216/65/05	SK Long Busang
	Long Bangan	216/65/06	Uma Jangan Lg. Bangan
	Long Semutut	216/65/07	SK Uma Sambop Long Nanyan

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Belaga
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1970-1974		SUPP
	1974-1979
	1979-1983		Independent
	1983-1987
	1987-1991	Nyipa Kilah @ Nyipa Bato	PERMAS
	1991-1996
	1996-2001	Stanley Ajang Batok
	2001-2006
	2004-2006
	2006-2011	Liwan Lagang
	2011-2016
	2016-2018
	2018-2021
19th	2021–present

References

• Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= . 2016-04-24 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers . 2022-10-31 . 2022-11-04 . 2022-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119123334/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf . dead .