Tanjong Datu (state constituency)

Tanjong Datu

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Adenan Satem BN
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2016

Tanjong Datu is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 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 Telok Melano, Pueh, Sebat, Sematan, Seling, Stunggang, Lundu, Perigi, Sekambal, Bajo, Kampung Sebemban, Temelan, Sampadi, Stoh, Rambungan.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tanjong Datu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Ramsay Noel Jitam	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006	Ranum Mina
16th	2006-2011	Adenan Satem
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem	6,360	93.15
	PKR	Jazolkipli Numan	468	6.85
Total valid votes			6,828	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			6,936	70.07
Registered electors			9,899
Majority			5,892
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem	4,218	77.61
	PAS	Nani Sahari	1,002	18.44
	Independent	Gilbert Asson Kulong	215	3.96
Total valid votes			5,435	100.00
Total rejected ballots			62
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			5,517	69.52
Registered electors			7,936
Majority			3,216
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adenan Satem	4,545	85.58
	KEADILAN	Sobey Daud	409	7.70
	Independent	Larry Dominic Linang	357	6.72
Total valid votes			5,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			5,381	67.49
Registered electors			7,973
Majority			4,136
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ranum Mina	5,606	76.50
	Independent	Chin Yoo Ngim	552	7.53
	Independent	Sulaiman Aban	508	6.93
	DAP	Teo Chung Chai	394	5.38
	KEADILAN	Awang Asmadi Awang Ahmad	268	3.66
Total valid votes			7,328	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			7,452	71.05
Registered electors			10,488
Majority			5,053
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramsay Noel Jitam	5,268	68.53
	Independent	Chen Yiew Zean	1,851	24.08
	Independent	Jehim Milos	568	7.39
Total valid votes			7,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			268
Turnout			8,047	72.37
Registered electors			11,120
Majority			3,417
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramsay Noel Jitam	5,088	52.01
	PBDS	Sidi Munan	4,294	43.89
	Independent	Ahmed Abg Ali	268	2.74
	NEGARA	Aton Kajit	133	1.36
Total valid votes			9,783	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots			353
Turnout			10,233	77.72
Registered electors			13,167
Majority			794
This was a new constituency created.