Kapit (federal constituency)

Kapit

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Alexander Nanta Linggi BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Kapit 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 Merit, Pelagus, Kapit, Menuan, Ibau, Kampung Baru, Selirik, Sibau, Sungai Amang, Sungai Kapit, Entangai, Manap, Temelat, Song, Katibas, Tapang, Bangkit, Tekalit.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kapit
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Abit Angkin	SNAP
4th	1974-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982	Leonard Linggi Jugah
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	James Jimbun Pungga
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Alexander Nanta Linggi
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi	13,446	78.35
	DAP	Ramli Malaka	3,715	21.65
Total valid votes			17,161	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			17,474	66.71
Registered electors			26,195
Majority			9,731
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alexander Nanta Linggi won uncontested.
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alexander Nanta Linggi won uncontested.
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alexander Nanta Linggi	12,157	85.97
	Independent	Richard Nujong Abit	1,141	8.07
	KEADILAN	Nor Azman Abdullah @ Baginda Minda	843	5.96
Total valid votes			14,141	100.00
Total rejected ballots			227
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			14,422	65.75
Registered electors
Majority			11,016
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jimbun Pungga	7,917	58.84
	Independent	Lau Ung Hai	5,539	41.16
Total valid votes			13,456	100.00
Total rejected ballots			435
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			13,943	66.84
Registered electors
Majority			2,378
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jimbun Pungga	7,403	53.93
	Independent	Sng Chee Hua	6,162	44.89
	Independent	Ahmad Salleh	163	1.19
Total valid votes			13,728	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,914	77.93
Registered electors
Majority			1,241
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	James Jimbun Pungga	5,034	62.38
	Independent	Ahmad Salleh	3,036	37.62
Total valid votes			8,070	100.00
Total rejected ballots			409
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,479	54.95
Registered electors			15,431
Majority			1,998
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leonard Linggi Jugah
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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	Leonard Linggi Jugah
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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	Abit Angkin
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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, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SNAP	Abit Angkin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.