Lambir

Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1977
Constituency abolished	1990
First contested	1978
Last contested	1986

Lambir was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 1990.

The federal constituency was created in the 1977 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1990 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

State constituency

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Chin Fah Kui	15,933	55.01	15.99
	DAP	Wong Ho Leng	10,380	35.84	17.26
	Independent	Abang Ismail Abang Peel	2,651	9.15	9.15
Total valid votes			28,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			522
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,486	60.06	5.40
Registered electors			49,095
Majority			5,553	19.17	33.25
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	George Chan Hong Nam	17,898	71.00	23.24
	DAP	Peter Hwang Teck Nai	4,685	18.58	18.58
	Independent	Hussein Abdul Rahim	1,794	7.12	7.12
	Independent	Richard Frederick	503	2.00	2.00
	Independent	Jonathan Saong	329	1.31	1.31
Total valid votes			25,209	100.00
Total rejected ballots			561
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,770	65.46
Registered electors			39,370
Majority			13,213	52.42	47.94
	BN gain from Sarawak People's Organization		Swing		?

References

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