Bukit Mas (federal constituency)

Bukit Mas
Sarawak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1977
Constituency abolished	2008
First contested	1978
Last contested	2004

Bukit Mas was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 2008.

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 2008 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bukit Mas
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Limbang-Lawas
5th	1978-1982	Racha Umong	BN (PBB)
6th	1982-1986	Mutang Tagal
7th	1986-1990	Mutang Tagal
8th	1990-1995	Michael Lisa Kaya
9th	1995-1999	Michael Lisa Kaya
10th	1999-2004	Henry Sum Agong
11th	2004-2008	Henry Sum Agong
Constituency abolished, split into Limbang and Lawas

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Bukit Mas				Ba'kelalan
		Lawas
		Limbang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Henry Sum Agong won uncontested.
	BN	Henry Sum Agong
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Henry Sum Agong	13,642	79.24
	PKR	Charlee Soh Cheng Hiong	3,116	18.10
	Independent	Mohamad Brahim	459	2.67
Total valid votes			17,217	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			184
Turnout			17,638	51.53
Registered electors
Majority			10,526
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Michael Lisa Kaya	12,891	70.01
	Independent	Baru Sigar	5,522	29.99
Total valid votes			18,413	100.00
Total rejected ballots			344
Unreturned ballots			146
Turnout			18,903	59.89
Registered electors
Majority			7,369
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Michael Lisa Kaya	10,057	57.35
	Independent	Munir Karim	7,185	40.97
	Independent	Ibrahim Abdullah	294	1.68
Total valid votes			17,536	100.00
Total rejected ballots			281
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,817	64.46
Registered electors
Majority			2,872
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mutang Tagal	9,470	72.42
	Independent	Mohd Bujang Mohd Yassin	3,607	27.58
Total valid votes			13,077	100.00
Total rejected ballots			411
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,488	57.78
Registered electors			23,345
Majority			5,863
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Mutang Tagal won uncontested.
	BN	Mutang Tagal
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			18,356
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	%
On the nomination day, Racha Umong won uncontested.
	BN	Racha Umong
Total valid votes			100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

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