Lawas (state constituency) explained

Lawas
State:Sarawak
State-Status:defunct
State-Created:1968
State-Abolished:2006
State-Election-First:1969
State-Election-Last:2001

Lawas was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was 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 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lawas
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
1970-1973 BUMIPUTERA
1973-1974 BN (PBB)
1974-1979
1979-1983
1983-1987
1987-1991 Tengah Ali Hassin
1991-1996
1996-2001
2001-2006
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sari

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