Tupong (state constituency)

Tupong

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman GPS
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Tupong 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. It has amongst the highest concentrations of Malay-Muslim middle-class voters in Sarawak, and consists largely of low-density residential areas with emerging commercial zones. It comprises part of a ring of the most affluent Malay-majority areas in Sarawak, which are representative of Malay, middle-class, urban settings.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tupong constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tupong（N06）	Tupong	194/06/01	SK Rakyat Tupong Tabika Kemas Kpg. Tupong Tengah
	Gita	194/06/02	SMK Tuanku Abdul Rahman Jln. Matang Dewan Serbaguna Kpg. Pinang Jawa
	Sungai Tengah	194/06/03	SJK (C) Sungai Tengah Jln. Sungei Tengah Matang Dewan Serbaguna Kpg. Sagah Dewan Serbaguna Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud Kpg. Kolong Dua SK Tan Sri Datuk Haji Mohamed Taman Malihah Dewan Serbaguna Taman Malihah
	Rahmat	194/06/04	SK Gita Perkarangan Tempat Kereta Taman Hussein / Rahmat
	Sinjan	194/06/05	Dewan Sri Tanjong Kpg. Tanjong
	Sejoli	194/06/06	SK Tan Sri Dr Hj Sulaiman Daud SMK Petra Jaya
	Paroh	194/06/07	Dewan Serbaguna Kpg Paroh
	Matang	194/06/08	SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu 7 Jln. Matang SMK Matang SK Matang Dewan Pendidikan dan Sosial Kpg. Matang Batu 10 Jln. Matang SK Matang Jaya SK Petra Jaya Dewan Serbaguna Taman Heng Guan
	Sri Wangi	194/06/09	Pusat Latihan ABIM Taman Sri Wangi Petra Jaya

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tupong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Petra Jaya and Satok
13th	1991-1996	Daud Abdul Rahman	BN (PBB)
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-2018	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman
	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021–present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman	12,544	85.25	85.25
	PKR	Ahmad Nazib Johari	1,335	9.07	11.81
	PBK	Chan Haong Yen	836	5.68	5.68
Total valid votes			14,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			125
Unreturned ballots			131
Turnout			14,971	57.57
Registered electors			26,004
Majority			11,209
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman	10,942	79.12	10.25
	PKR	Nurhanim Hanna Mokhsen	2,887	20.88	10.25
Total valid votes			13,829	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153
Unreturned ballots			79
Turnout			14,061	65.40
Registered electors			21,499
Majority			8,055
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke- 11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Abdul Rahman	8,304	68.87	5.98
	PKR	Baharuddin @ Din Shah Mokhsen	3,753	31.13	5.98
Total valid votes			12,057	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,192	68.51
Registered electors			17,796
Majority			4,551
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Abdul Rahman	6,885	74.85	0.6
	PKR	Ramlee Mahtar	2,313	25.15	1.90
Total valid votes			9,198	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			9,328	63.08
Registered electors			14,787
Majority			4,572
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Abdul Rahman	7,037	74.25	16.20
	PKR	Ismadi Abdul Wahed	2,203	23.25	23.25
	Independent	Mustafa Jinal Abidin Mohamed	237	2.50	2.50
Total valid votes			9,477	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			9,590	71.91
Registered electors			13,336
Majority			4,834
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Abdul Rahman	6,264	90.45	12.25
	Independent	Abang Ariffin Abang Sebli	661	9.55	9.55
Total valid votes			6,925	100.00
Total rejected ballots			142
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			7,136	64.18
Registered electors			11,119
Majority			5,603
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Abdul Rahman	7,806	78.20
	PERMAS	Baharuddin @ Din Shah Mokhsen	2,045	20.49
	NEGARA	Suhaili Mumin	131	1.31
Total valid votes			9,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots			137
Turnout			10,275	69.76
Registered electors			14,730
Majority			5,761
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 2016-04-27.