Ba'kelalan (state constituency)

Ba'kelalan
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Baru Bian; GPS
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Constituency created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2021

Ba'kelalan 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

Polling districts

According to the Official Gazette dated 31 October 2022, the Ba'kelalan constituency has a total of 22 polling districts.^[1]^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Sari (N82)	Sundar	222/82/01	SK Sundar
	Bukit Sari	222/82/02	SK Kuala Lawas
	Merapok	222/82/03	SK Merapok
	Lawas	222/82/04	SJK (C) Chung Hua Lawas
	Gelapas	222/82/05	SK Trusan
	Awat	222/82/06	SK Awat-Awat Sundar
	Baru	222/82/07	SMK Sundar
	Luagan	222/82/08	SK Luagan Sundar
	Aru	222/82/09	SK Aru Baru Sundar
	Pagar	222/82/10	Dewan Masyarakat Sundar
	Katong	222/82/11	Dewan Kpg.Tanjong Katong
	Pemukat	222/82/12	Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Pemukat
	Dato	222/82/13	SK Kpg. Seberang Kuala Lawas
	Belipat	222/82/14	SK Belipat Lawas
	Sualai	222/82/15	Dewan Kpg. Sualai Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Siang-Siang Laut
	Punang	222/82/16	SK Puang Lawas
	Sibagol	222/82/17	Dewan Masyarakat Kpg. Ulu Merapok
	Melusok	222/82/18	SRA MIS Lawas
	Temangis	222/82/19	SK Pusat Lawas
	Mission	222/82/20	Dewan Kpg. Baru Mission
	Ladang Baru	222/82/21	SK Ladang Baru Lawas
	Silat	222/82/22	Dewan Kpg. Berjumpa

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ba'kelalan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Lawas
14th	1996-2001	Judson Sakai Tagal	BN (SNAP)
15th	2001-2004	Judson Sakai Tagal	BN (SNAP)
15th	2004-2006	Nelson Balang Rining	BN (SPDP)
16th	2006-2011	Nelson Balang Rining	BN (SPDP)
17th	2011-2016	Baru Bian	PR (PKR)
18th	2016-2020		PH (PKR)
	2020		Independent
	2020-2021		PSB
19th	2021-2024		PSB
19th	2024 - present		GPS (PDP)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PSB	Baru Bian	2,687	54.66	54.66
	GPS	Sam Laya	2,007	40.83	40.83
	PBK	Peter Asut	110	2.24	2.24
	PKR	Martin Samuel Labo	57	1.16	54.04
	Independent	Agnes Padan	55	1.12	1.12
Total valid votes			4,916	100.00
Total rejected ballots			62
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			5,054	58.85%
Registered electors			8,503
Majority			680
	PKR gain		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Baru Bian	2,858	55.20	0.01
	BN	Willie Liau	2,320	44.80	0.01
Total valid votes			5,178	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			5,229	70.90
Registered electors			7,375
Majority			538
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Baru Bian	2,505	55.21	55.21
	BN	Willie Liau	2,032	44.79	11.71
Total valid votes			4,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			37
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			4,585	65.90
Registered electors			6,958
Majority			473
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nelson Balang Rining	2,064	56.50
	SNAP	Baru Bian	1,589	43.50
Total valid votes			3,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			26
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			3,680	58.56
Registered electors			6,284
Majority			475
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state by-election, 18 September 2004
By-election was called upon the death of incumbent, Judson Sakai Tagal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nelson Balang Rining	2,843	67.15
	Independent	Baru Bian	1,391	32.85
Total valid votes			4,234	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,313	56.04
Registered electors			7,696
Majority			1,452
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Judson Sakai Tagal won uncontested.
	BN	Judson Sakai Tagal
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,787
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Judson Sakai Tagal won uncontested.
	BN	Judson Sakai Tagal
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,172
Majority
This was a new constituency created.