Pujut (state constituency)

Pujut

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ting Tiong Choon DAP
Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2016

Pujut is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Pujut, Krokop.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pujut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
16th	2006-2011	Chia Chu Fatt	BN
17th	2011-2016	Fong Pau Teck	DAP
18th	2016-present	Ting Tiong Choon

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ting Tiong Choon	8,899	52.57
	BN	Hii King Chiong	7,140	42.18
	PAS	Jofri Jaraiee	513	3.03
	Independent	Fong Pau Teck	375	2.22
Total valid votes			16,927	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			17,098	65.25
Registered electors			26,202
Majority			1,759
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Pau Teck	9,453	63.86
	BN	Chia Chu Fatt	5,350	36.14
Total valid votes			14,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			67
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			14,900	66.00
Registered electors			22,577
Majority			4,103
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chia Chu Fatt	6,493	55.90
	DAP	Fong Pau Teck	5,123	44.10
Total valid votes			11,616	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			11,789	58.65
Registered electors			20,098
Majority			1,370
This was a new constituency created.