Machan (state constituency)

Machan

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Allan Siden Gramong BN
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2016

Machan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 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 Lukut, Kanowit, Majau, Peranan, Poi, Bukong, Latong.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Machan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1969-1974	Thomas Kana	PESAKA
9th	1974-1978
	1978-1979
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Gramong Juna	PBDS
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996		BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present	Allan Siden Gramong

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Allan Siden Gramong	4,550	60.43
	Independent	Semawi Paong	1,598	21.22
	PKR	Chen Nguk Fa	1,381	18.34
Total valid votes			7,529	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			7,704	70.38
Registered electors			10,947
Majority			2,952
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gramong Juna	3,683	54.39
	PKR	Chen Nguk Fa	2,054	30.34
	PCM	Kong Tat Kim	696	10.28
	SNAP	Augustine Liom @ August Liom	338	4.99
Total valid votes			6,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			6,895	69.34
Registered electors			9,944
Majority			1,629
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gramong Juna	4,045	69.73
	SNAP	Rimong Jantan	1,756	30.27
Total valid votes			5,801	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			5,909	59.29
Registered electors			9,966
Majority			2,289
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gramong Juna	4,231	64.76
	Independent	Alphonsus Spung Antas	1,798	27.52
	Independent	Alau Tayan	504	7.71
Total valid votes			6,533	100.00
Total rejected ballots			91
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			6,630	66.55
Registered electors			9,963
Majority			2,433
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gramong Juna	4,619	64.79
	Independent	Angki Kaboy	2,389	33.51
	Independent	Douglas Limbai Gurun	121	1.70
Total valid votes			7,129	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			7,250	73.00
Registered electors			9,932
Majority			2,230
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gramong Juna	3,700	54.50
	PBDS	Alau Tayan	3,089	45.50
Total valid votes			6,789	100.00
Total rejected ballots			49
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			6,847	78.38
Registered electors			8,736
Majority			611
	BN gain from PBDS		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Gramong Juna
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Total valid votes				100.00
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	PBDS hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBDS	Gramong Juna
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state by-election, 16 September 1978 Upon the resignation of incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PESAKA	Thomas Kana
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Total valid votes				100.00
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This was a new constituency created.