Jepak (state constituency)

Jepak

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Talib Zulpilip BN
Constituency created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2016

Jepak is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.

The state constituency was created in the 1996 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 Kuala Tatau, Sri Dagang, Jepak, Segan, Sungai Nyigu, RPR Sebiew.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Jepak
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1996-2001	Talib Zulpilip	BN
8th	2001-2006
9th	2006-2011
10th	2011-2016
11th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Zulpilip	6,342	68.82
	PKR	Abdul Jalil Bujang	2,141	23.23
	PAS	Kiprawi Aman	406	4.41
	Independent	Wong Hau Ming	190	2.06
	STAR	Mohammed Anuar Abd Hamid	136	1.48
Total valid votes			9,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			140
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			9,369	67.95
Registered electors			13,789
Majority			4,201
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Zulpilip	5,470	62.08
	PKR	Abdul Jalil Bujang	2,342	26.58
	Independent	Abdul Kuddus Ramlee	477	5.41
	SNAP	Ramli Malaka	433	4.91
	Independent	Awang Abdillah Awang Nasar	89	1.01
Total valid votes			8,811	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots			58
Turnout			9,002	69.36
Registered electors			12,979
Majority			3,128
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Zulpilip	4,997	73.32
	DAP	Wan Saimi Wan Dahlan	1,818	26.68
Total valid votes			6,815	100.00
Total rejected ballots			87
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			6,905	57.30
Registered electors			12,049
Majority			3,179
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Zulpilip	6,002	74.31
	Independent	Bolhassan Kambar	1,455	18.01
	DAP	Wan Saimi Wan Dahlan	397	4.92
	BN	Julaihi Zainuddin	223	2.76
Total valid votes			8,077	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			8,173	69.18
Registered electors			11,814
Majority			4,547
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Zulpilip	5,892	88.26
	Independent	Awang Abdillah Awang Nasar	605	9.06
	Independent	Dick Winie	179	2.68
Total valid votes			6,676	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			6,803	63.58
Registered electors			10,700
Majority			5,287
This was a new constituency created.