Bandar Kuching (federal constituency)

Bandar Kuching

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Chong Chieng Jen DAP
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Bandar Kuching is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2008–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Market, Bazaar, Padungan, Abell, Deshon, Sekama, Bukit Tuan, Kinyang, Ellis, Ban Hock, Lumba Kuda, Central, Petanak, Pending, Foochow, Kenyalang, Supreme, Chong Kiun Kong, Chawan, Simpang Tiga.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bandar Kuching
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Ong Kee Hui	SUPP
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Sim Kuang Yang	DAP
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Song Swee Guan	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Chong Chieng Jen	DAP
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	30,133	74.18
	BN	Tan Kai	10,491	25.82
Total valid votes			40,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			40,879	76.64
Registered electors			53,336
Majority			19,642
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	22,901	63.88
	BN	Sim Yaw Yen	12,949	36.12
Total valid votes			35,850	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			165
Turnout			36,257	68.13
Registered electors			53,216
Majority			9,952
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	17,914	53.02
	BN	Wee Kok Tiong	15,873	46.98
Total valid votes			33,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			577
Unreturned ballots			329
Turnout			34,693	63.06
Registered electors
Majority			2,041
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan	18,239	53.64
	Independent	Dominique Ng Kim Ho	9,850	28.97
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	5,913	17.39
Total valid votes			34,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			238
Unreturned ballots			1,078
Turnout			35,318	64.68
Registered electors
Majority			8,389
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Song Swee Guan	27,514	53.07
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	24,330	46.93
Total valid votes			51,844	100.00
Total rejected ballots			379
Unreturned ballots			277
Turnout			52,500	70.04
Registered electors
Majority			3,184
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	25,573	56.85
	BN	Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	19,409	43.15
Total valid votes			44,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,277	70.45
Registered electors
Majority			6,164
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang	26,468	58.87
	BN	Chan Seng Kai	18,494	41.13
Total valid votes			44,962	100.00
Total rejected ballots			582
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			45,544	72.81
Registered electors			62,550
Majority			7,974
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sim Keng Soon @ Sim Kuang Yang
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Kee Hui
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Kee Hui
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SUPP	Ong Kee Hui
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.