Pelawan Explained

Pelawan
State:Sarawak
State-Rep:Michael Tiang
State-Rep-Party:Gabungan Parti Sarawak
State-Status:active
State-Created:1996
State-Election-First:1996
State-Election-Last:2021

Pelawan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.

The state constituency was created in the 1996 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

According to the gazette issued on 30 December 2015, the Pelawan constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.[1]

State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Pelawan (N54)Rajang Park212/54/01Tadika Taman Rajang
Pelawan212/54/02SJK (C) Tung Hua Jln. Tun Openg Sibu
Sungai Merah212/54/03SMJK Tiong Hin Sg. Merah
Disa212/54/04SJK (C) Tiong Hin Sg. Merah
Sungai Antu212/54/05SM Teknik Sibu, Jln Deshon
Gambir212/54/06SJK (C) Guong Ann
Camar212/54/07SJK (C) Su Lai
Merdeka212/54/08SJK (C) Taman Rajang
Oya Lane212/54/09SMK Deshon Jln. Sena
Indah212/54/10SMK Agama Sibu Jln Teng Chin Hua
Nibong212/54/11SMK Kpg. Nangka Jln. Tun Abang Haji Openg

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pelawan
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Seduan
1996-2001 bgcolor= DAP
2001-2006
2006-2011
2011-2016
2016-2021 bgcolor=
19th2021–presentMichael Tiang Ming Teebgcolor=

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 Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]]. 29 April 2016. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2016-07-08.