Samarahan (federal constituency)

Samarahan

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1969
Last contested	1986

Samarahan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.

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

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	9,814	77.88	77.88
	Independent	Wan Mohd Zain Mohdzar @ W Zain Mahmud	2,788	22.12	22.12
Total valid votes			12,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,778	76.88
Registered electors			16,620
Majority			7,026	55.76
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	6,522	74.08	1.56
	Parti Anak Jati Sarawak	Razali Sapang	2,282	25.92	25.92
Total valid votes			8,804	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,493	76.10	2.76
Registered electors			12,475
Majority			4,240	48.16	3.12
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Taib Mahmud	7,517	72.52	72.52
	SNAP	Wazir Mohamed Khan	2,849	27.48	10.04
Total valid votes			10,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			349
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,715	78.86
Registered electors			13,588
Majority			4,668	45.04	16.55
	BN gain from PBB		Swing		?

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.