Kapit (federal constituency)

Kapit

Sarawak constituency

Federal constituency

Legislature

Dewan Rakyat

Alexander Nanta Linggi
BN

Constituency created

1968

First contested

1969

Last contested

2013

Kapit is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Merit, Pelagus, Kapit, Menuan, Ibau, Kampung Baru, Selirik, Sibau, Sungai Amang, Sungai Kapit, Entangai, Manap, Temelat, Song, Katibas, Tapang, Bangkit, Tekalit.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Pelagus, Sungai Amang, Nanga Peraran, Sut, Manap, Temelat, Song, Katibas, Tapang, Bangkit, Tekalit, Sungai Kapit, Kapit, Menuan, Ibau, Kampung Baru, Selirik, Sibau, Entangai.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kapit
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[2]^[3]
3rd	1971-1974	Abit Angkin	SNAP
4th	1974-1978	Abit Angkin	BN
5th	1978-1982	Leonard Linggi Jugah
6th	1982-1986	Leonard Linggi Jugah
7th	1986-1990	James Jimbun Pungga
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Alexander Nanta Linggi
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi	13,446	78.35
	DAP	Ramli Malaka	3,715	21.65
Total valid votes			17,161	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			17,474	66.71
Registered electors			26,195
Majority			9,731
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alexander Nanta Linggi won uncontested.
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alexander Nanta Linggi won uncontested.
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi	12,157	85.97
	Independent	Richard Nujong Abit	1,141	8.07
	KEADILAN	Nor Azman Abdullah @ Baginda Minda	843	5.96
Total valid votes			14,141	100.00
Total rejected ballots			227
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			14,422	65.75
Registered electors
Majority			11,016
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jimbun Pungga	7,917	58.84
	Independent	Lau Ung Hai	5,539	41.16
Total valid votes			13,456	100.00
Total rejected ballots			435
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			13,943	66.84
Registered electors
Majority			2,378
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jimbun Pungga	7,403	53.93
	Independent	Sng Chee Hua	6,162	44.89
	Independent	Ahmad Salleh	163	1.19
Total valid votes			13,728	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,914	77.93
Registered electors
Majority			1,241
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jimbun Pungga	5,034	62.38
	Independent	Ahmad Salleh	3,036	37.62
Total valid votes			8,070	100.00
Total rejected ballots			409
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,479	54.95
Registered electors			15,431
Majority			1,998
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Leonard Linggi Jugah won uncontested.
	BN	Leonard Linggi Jugah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,555
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leonard Linggi Jugah
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,359
Majority			2,655
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abit Angkin
	SNAP	Nuing
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,262
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Abit Angkin
	SUPP	Nuawi Daud
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,521
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

↑ "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]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.

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See also: List of former Malaysian federal electoral districts

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