Lawas (federal constituency) explained

Lawas (P222)
State:	Sarawak
Fed-Rep:	Henry Sum Agong
Fed-Rep-Party:	Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	2005
Fed-Election-First:	2008
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	36604
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	33,655
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	3889

Lawas is a federal constituency in Limbang Division (Lawas District), Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2008.

The federal constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

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History

Polling districts

According to the Official Gazette dated 31 October 2022, the Lawas constituency has a total of 42 polling districts.^{[3] [4]}

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Ba'kelalan（N81）	Semadoh	222/81/01	SK Lg. Semadoh
	Beriwan	222/81/02	Dewan Kpg. Puru Sia SK Puru Sia
	Maligan	222/81/03	SK Lg. Sebangan
	Trusan	222/81/04	Dewan Masyarakat Trusan
	Sukang	222/81/05	SK Lg. Sukang
	Lupeng	222/81/06	SK Lg. Lupeng
	Ba'kelalan	222/81/07	SK Ba'kelalan
	Temarop	222/81/08	Dewan Masyarakat Lg. Temarop
	Suang	222/81/09	Balai Raya Long Kachu
	Talis	222/81/10	Pusat Kebudayaan Lun Bawang Kpg. Lg. Tuan
	Lapadan	222/81/11	SK Tang Lapadan
	Tengoa	222/81/12	SK Lg. Tengoa
	Tuma	222/81/13	SK Lg. Tuma Lawas
	Pengaleh	222/81/14	Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Lg. Pengaleh
	Siang	222/81/15	SK Siang-Siang Lawas
	Pangi	222/81/16	SK Batu Lima
	Batu Tiga	222/81/17	Institut Latihan Islam Malaysia (ILIM), Kampus Lawas JAKIM
	Lampaki	222/81/18	Balai Raya Kpg. Undop
	Muncu	222/81/19	Balai Raya Kpg. Muncu Merapok
	Ranchangan	222/81/20	SK Kpg. Lintang Trusan
Bukit Sari (N82)	Sundar	222/82/01	SK Sundar
	Bukit Sari	222/82/02	SK Kuala Lawas
	Merapok	222/82/03	SK Merapok
	Lawas	222/82/04	SJK (C) Chung Hua Lawas
	Gelapas	222/82/05	SK Trusan
	Awat	222/82/06	SK Awat-Awat Sundar
	Baru	222/82/07	SMK Sundar
	Luagan	222/82/08	SK Luagan Sundar
	Aru	222/82/09	SK Aru Baru Sundar
	Pagar	222/82/10	Dewan Masyarakat Sundar
	Katong	222/82/11	Dewan Kpg.Tanjong Katong
	Pemukat	222/82/12	Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Pemukat
	Dato	222/82/13	SK Kpg. Seberang Kuala Lawas
	Belipat	222/82/14	SK Belipat Lawas
	Sualai	222/82/15	Dewan Kpg. Sualai Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Siang-Siang Laut
	Punang	222/82/16	SK Puang Lawas
	Sibagol	222/82/17	Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Ulu Merapok
	Melusok	222/82/18	SRA MIS Lawas
	Temangis	222/82/19	SK Pusat Lawas
	Mission	222/82/20	Dewan Kpg. Baru Mission
	Ladang Baru	222/82/21	SK Ladang Baru Lawas
	Silat	222/82/22	Dewan Kpg. Berjumpa

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lawas
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bukit Mas
	P222	2008-2013
		2013-2018
		2018
		2018-2022
		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Lawas					Ba'kelalan
					Bukit Sari

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N81	Ba'kelalan	Baru Bian
N82	Bukit Sari	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan

Local governments

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government

N81	Bukit Sari	Lawas District Council
N82	Ba'kelalan

References

• Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2018-08-12.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kawasanku. Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. 2023-09-24. en.
2. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. 2020-01-29. 49. ms.
3. Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
4. https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1750694/PUB%20567.pdf Notice of contested election