Bintulu (federal constituency)

Bintulu

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Tiong King Sing BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Bintulu 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 Kuala Tatau, Sri Dagang, Jepak, Segan, Sungai Nyigu, RPR Sebiew, Bintulu Town, Sibiew Similajau, Bukit Orang, Tanjung Batu, Tanjung Kidurong, Suai, Li Hua, Melor, Mawar, RPR Kidurong, Sebauh, Labang, Hulu Suai, Sekaloh, Sungai Sebauh, Sebungan, Pandan, Tubau, Goyang, LKTS Suai, Subis Satu.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bintulu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Ting Ming Kiong	SCA
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1976	Ting Ling Kiew	SNAP
	1976-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	James Wong Kim Min
9th	1995-1999	Chiew Chiu Sing	DAP
10th	1999-2004	Tiong King Sing	BN
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tiong King Sing	26,458	58.17
	DAP	John Brian Anthony	19,025	41.83
Total valid votes			45,483	100.00
Total rejected ballots			458
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			45,968	76.75
Registered electors			59,893
Majority			7,433
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tiong King Sing	23,628	73.17
	DAP	Lim Su Kien	8,663	26.83
Total valid votes			32,291	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			32,629	64.73
Registered electors			50,404
Majority			14,965
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tiong King Sing	20,225	63.67
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	8,958	28.20
	SNAP	Lau Hieng Kii	2,583	8.13
Total valid votes			31,766	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			32,067	64.95
Registered electors
Majority			11,267
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tiong King Sing	15,681	52.34
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	14,281	47.66
Total valid votes			29,962	100.00
Total rejected ballots			422
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			30,437	66.28
Registered electors
Majority			1,400
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	12,164	53.54
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	10,370	45.64
	Independent	Johnny Walker Tinggang	185	0.81
Total valid votes			22,719	100.00
Total rejected ballots			389
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			23,157	63.72
Registered electors
Majority			1,794
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Wong Kim Min	6,337	34.71
	DAP	Chiew Chiu Sing	6,050	33.14
	PERMAS	Salleh Jafaruddin	3,227	17.68
	Independent	Francis Lutau Jilan	2,118	11.60
	Independent	Daniel Sigah Limbai	523	2.86
Total valid votes			18,255	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,547	62.50
Registered electors
Majority			287
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ting Ling Kiew	7,602	47.47
	Independent	Victor Temenggong Angang	5,429	33.90
	DAP	Goh Ngiap Joon	2,984	18.63
Total valid votes			16,015	100.00
Total rejected ballots			383
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,398	60.87
Registered electors			26,938
Majority			2,173
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ting Ling Kiew
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ting Ling Kiew
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SNAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Ting Ling Kiew
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	SNAP gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SCA	Ting Ming Kiong
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.