Batu Danau (state constituency)

Batu Danau

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Paulus Palu Gumbang BN
Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2016

Batu Danau is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Danau, Lubai, Ukong, Medihit, Medamit.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Danau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
16th	2006-2011	Paulus Palu Gumbang	BN
17th	2011-2014
	2014-2016		TERAS
18th	2016-present		BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Palu @ Paulus Palu Gumbang	4,366	75.37
	Independent	Ali Adap	1,427	24.63
Total valid votes			5,793	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			5,909	68.26
Registered electors			8,657
Majority			2,939
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Palu @ Paulus Palu Gumbang	3,667	71.13
	PKR	Lau Liak Koi	1,348	26.15
	SNAP	Lawrence Cosmas Sunang Simpang	140	2.72
Total valid votes			5,155	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,227	68.45
Registered electors			7,636
Majority			2,319
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Palu @ Paulus Palu Gumbang	2,961	63.54
	SNAP	Christopher Sawan Jiram	1,699	36.46
Total valid votes			4,660	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			4,745	68.87
Registered electors			6,889
Majority			1,262
This was a new constituency created.