Gedong Explained

Gedong
State:Sarawak
State-Rep:Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
State-Rep-Party:Gabungan Parti Sarawak
State-Status:active
State-Created:1968
State-Election-First:1969
State-Election-Last:2021

Gedong is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991, from 2016 to present.

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

It was abolished in 1991 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2015.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kepayang, Ensengai, Sateman, Pangkor, Gedong, Tegelam, Keniong.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gedong
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
1970-1973 BUMIPUTERA
1973-1974
1974-1979 Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan
1979-1983
1983-1987
1987-1991 PERMAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Simunjan
Constituency re-created from Simunjan
2016–2018 Mohd. Naroden Majais
2018–2021
19th2021–presentAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]]. 30 December 2015. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2016-07-12. 2017-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170612225453/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20151230_P.U.%20(B)%20502%20-%20NOTIS%20DPI%20SARAWAK%20-%20Disemak%20(Un).pdf. dead.