Pakan (state constituency)

Pakan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	William Mawan Ikom BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Pakan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 Bayong, Sungai Rusa, Babai, Lamujan, Wuak, Dayu.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pakan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Mandi Sanar	PESAKA
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Jawie Wilson Masing	PBDS
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996	William Mawan Ikom	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2014
	2014-2016		TERAS
18th	2016-present		BN

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	3,999	50.90
	Independent	Jawie Jingot @ Jenggot	3,573	45.48
	DAP	Rinda Juliza Alexander	285	3.63
Total valid votes			7,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			7,993	77.44
Registered electors			10,322
Majority			426
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	3,938	58.96
	SNAP	Jamal Abdullah @ Tedong Chakaw @ Gunda	2,741	41.04
Total valid votes			6,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			83
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			6,785	73.16
Registered electors			9,274
Majority			1,197
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	4,138	63.53
	SNAP	Boos Tutong @ Kirai	2,375	36.47
Total valid votes			6,513	100.00
Total rejected ballots			95
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,609	73.15
Registered electors			9,034
Majority			1,763
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	4,242	66.52
	Independent	Megong Grek	1,940	30.42
	Independent	Samuel Edward Chun	195	3.06
Total valid votes			6,377	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,453	73.35
Registered electors			8,798
Majority			2,303
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	2,903	53.01
	Independent	Samuel Edward Chun	2,573	46.99
Total valid votes			5,476	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,614	73.79
Registered electors			7,608
Majority			330
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Mawan Ikom	2,787	55.98
	PBDS	Jawie Wilson Masing	2,192	44.02
Total valid votes			4,979	100.00
Total rejected ballots			69
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			5,054	78.97
Registered electors			6,400
Majority			595
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Jawie Wilson Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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	PBDS hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Jawie Wilson Masing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PESAKA	Mandi Sanar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Turnout
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Majority
This was a new constituency created.