Lawas (federal constituency)

Federal constituency of Sarawak, Malaysia

Malaysian electoral constituency

Lawas is a federal constituency in Limbang Division (Lawas District), Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2008.

The federal constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

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Ethnic breakdown of Lawas's electorate as of 2022

  Sarawak bumiputera (43.9%)

  Malay-Muslim bumiputera (42.7%)

  Chinese (11.9%)

  Other ethnicities (1.5%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Official Gazette dated 31 October 2022, the Lawas constituency has a total of 42 polling districts.^[3][4]

Representation history

State constituency

Current state assembly members

Local governments

Election results

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

1. "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
2. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 49. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
3. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
4. Notice of contested election Retrieved 9 March 2023