Petra Jaya (federal constituency)

Petra Jaya

Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Fadillah Yusof BN
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1990
Last contested	2013

Petra Jaya is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1990.

The federal constituency was created in the 1987 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 Tupong, Gita, Segedup, Sungai Tengah, Rahmat, Sinjan, Sejoli, Paroh, Matang, Samariang, Lintang, Kandis, Semerah Padi, Sukma, Sri Wangi, Kampong Tunku, Bedil, Astana Lot, Patingan, Satok, Masjid, Maderasah, Reservoir, Nanas, Patinggi Ali.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petra Jaya
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1990-1995	Sulaiman Daud	BN
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Fadillah Yusof
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	29,559	78.46
	PKR	Ahmad Nazib Johari	8,116	21.54
Total valid votes			37,675	100.00
Total rejected ballots			321
Unreturned ballots			174
Turnout			38,170	76.72
Registered electors			49,750
Majority			21,443
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	19,515	79.22
	PKR	Mohamad Jolhi	5,118	20.78
Total valid votes			24,633	100.00
Total rejected ballots			263
Unreturned ballots			131
Turnout			25,027	61.74
Registered electors			40,533
Majority			14,397
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadillah Yusof	18,236	77.09
	KEADILAN	Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi	5,420	22.91
Total valid votes			23,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots			247
Turnout			24,195	61.46
Registered electors
Majority			12,816
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Daud	11,878	56.87
	KEADILAN	Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi	9,008	43.13
Total valid votes			20,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			312
Unreturned ballots			474
Turnout			21,672	61.60
Registered electors
Majority			2,870
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Sulaiman Daud won uncontested.
	BN	Sulaiman Daud
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Daud	12,686	80.46
	PERMAS	Mustapha Ismail	3,080	19.54
Total valid votes			15,766	100.00
Total rejected ballots			287
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,053	62.41
Registered electors
Majority			9,606
This was a new constituency created.