Balai Ringin (state constituency)

Balai Ringin

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Snowdan Lawan BN
Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2016

Balai Ringin is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.

The state constituency was created in the 2005 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 Isu, Balai Ringin, Ruan, Kedumpai, Ubah, Pantu, Keranggas.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Balai Ringin
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
16th	2006-2011	Snowdan Lawan	BN
17th	2011-2016
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Snowdan Lawan	4,478	58.10
	Independent	Entusa Imam	2,439	31.65
	PKR	Nicholas Mujah Ason	700	9.08
	PBDS Baru	Pok Ungkut	90	1.17
Total valid votes			7,707	100.00
Total rejected ballots			0
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			7,794	78.37
Registered electors			9,945
Majority			2,039
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Snowdan Lawan	4,145	64.63
	PKR	Ibi Uding	1,260	19.65
	SNAP	Dan Giang	765	11.93
	PCM	Lipeh Mawi	126	1.96
	Independent	Cobbold Lusoi	85	1.33
	Independent	Sujal Gansi	32	0.50
Total valid votes			6,413	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			6,544	74.38
Registered electors			8,798
Majority			2,885
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Snowdan Lawan	3,075	57.20
	SNAP	Ibi Uding	1,559	29.00
	Independent	Cobbold Lusoi	742	13.80
Total valid votes			5,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			5,470	66.35
Registered electors			8,244
Majority			1,516
This was a new constituency created.