Belawai

Belawai was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia,^[1] that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2016.

Belawai

Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1987
Constituency abolished	2016
First contested	1991
Last contested	2011

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 2016 after it was redistributed.

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Belawai, Rajang, Selalang, Sari, Seberang.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Belawai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Hamden Ahmad	BN (PBB)
14th	1996-1997
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Talif @ Len Salleh
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Rajang

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2011: Belawai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talif @ Len Salleh	5,164	87.30
	PKR	Abdul Wahab Abdullah	618	10.45
	Independent	Kiprawi Suhaili	133	2.25
Total valid votes			5,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			91
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			6,049	70.15
Registered electors			8,623
Majority			4,546
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-27.[permanent dead link]

Sarawak state election, 2006: Belawai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamden Ahmad	4,102	83.92
	PKR	Abang Sarbini Abang Ojek	786	16.08
Total valid votes			4,888	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,985	62.28
Registered electors			8,004
Majority			3,316
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001: Belawai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamden Ahmad	3,509	58.52
	Independent	Sharifah Hajijah Syed Jamil	2,136	35.62
	Independent	Osman Ossen	351	5.85
Total valid votes			5,996	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			6,091	65.89
Registered electors			9,244
Majority			1,373
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996: Belawai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Hamden Ahmad won uncontested.
	BN	Hamden Ahmad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			9,172
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991: Belawai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamden Ahmad	3,151	52.93
	PERMAS	Salleh Jafaruddin	2,802	47.07
Total valid votes			5,953	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			6,024	77.45
Registered electors			7,778
Majority			349
This was a new constituency created.