Matu-Daro (state constituency)

Matu-Daro

Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	2006
First contested	1969
Last contested	2001

Matu-Daro was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2006 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Matu-Daro
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1973	Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu	Sarawak Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Abdul Wahab Dollah	BN
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
Constituency abolished, split to Jemoreng and Daro

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah	5,893	80.11
	Independent	Noh Saabi	1,463	19.89
Total valid votes			7,356	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			7,514	71.90
Registered electors			10,451
Majority			4,430
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah	5,769	82.89
	Independent	Mostapa Kusairi	1,191	17.11
Total valid votes			6,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			7,167	72.74
Registered electors			9,853
Majority			4,578
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah	4,572	74.09
	PERMAS	Yusuf Abdul Rahman	1,077	17.45
	DAP	Asbor Abdullah	437	7.08
	NEGARA	Isnawi Sirat	85	1.38
Total valid votes			6,171	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,305	75.10
Registered electors			8,396
Majority			3,495
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Wahab Dollah won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Wahab Dollah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu
	SNAP	Abang Amin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,025
Majority
	BN gain from Sarawak Alliance		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sarawak Alliance	Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu
	SUPP	George Rahman
	SNAP	Abang Abdul Razak
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,302
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-05.