Satok (state constituency)

Satok

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg BN
Constituency created	1977
First contested	1979
Last contested	2016

Satok is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1979.

The state constituency was created in the 1977 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 Segedup, Patingan, Satok, Masjid, Maderasah, Reservoir, Nanas, Patinggi Ali.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Satok
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
10th	1979-1983
11th	1983-1987	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	BN
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	6,854	79.12
	PKR	Mohamed Salleh Shawkatali	1,809	20.88
Total valid votes			8,663	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			8,803	64.97
Registered electors			13,550
Majority			5,045
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	4,691	71.27
	PKR	Ahmad Nazib Johari	1,891	28.73
Total valid votes			6,582	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			6,717	64.39
Registered electors			10,431
Majority			2,800
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	4,222	74.78
	KEADILAN	Mohamad Jolhi	1,424	25.22
Total valid votes			5,646	100.00
Total rejected ballots			67
Unreturned ballots			125
Turnout			5,838	53.88
Registered electors			10,835
Majority			2,798
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	4,830	71.02
	KEADILAN	Zulrusdi Mohamad Hol	1,971	28.98
Total valid votes			6,801	100.00
Total rejected ballots			227
Unreturned ballots			58
Turnout			7,086	63.01
Registered electors			11,246
Majority			2,859
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	6,628	89.13
	Independent	Sharkawi Faisal Othman	808	10.87
Total valid votes			7,436	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots			260
Turnout			7,798	60.91
Registered electors			12,803
Majority			5,820
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	5,550	84.37
	PERMAS	Faisal Othman	1,028	15.63
Total valid votes			6,578	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			196
Turnout			6,870	62.50
Registered electors			10,992
Majority			4,522
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
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Total valid votes				100.00
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Registered electors
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	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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This was a new constituency created.