Bukit Goram

Bukit Goram
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Jefferson Jamit Unyat; GPS
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Constituency created	2015
First contested	2016
Last contested	2021

Bukit Goram is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.

The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bukit Goram constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Goram (N63)	Sungai Kapit	215/63/01	SK Sg. Kapit RH Bundong, Sebabai Ili, Jalan Bukit Goram
	Kapit	215/63/02	SJK (C) Hock Lam Kapit
	Menuan	215/63/03	SK Ulu Menuan RH Sli Sg. Menuan RH Manggan Menuan RH Lampoh Sg Menuan SK Lepong Menuan RH Jambon, Ng. Ensilai RH Dingai Ng. Goh
	Ibau	215/63/04	SK Ulu Yong RH Manok Sg Yong RH Empawi Sg. Yong RH Ngelai Sg. Yong SK Ng. Terusa RH Nuga, Semujan Ili Belawai RH Seliong, Sekerangan Atas, Sg. Belawai RH Bena, Ng Sema. Sg Yong RH Ekau, Ng Semawang, Batang Rajang RH Kayan, Ng Dia, Batang Rajang SK Ng. Segenok RH Beli, Ng Ensurai, Sg. Ibau SK Ng Ibau
	Kampung Baru	215/63/05	SK Kapit
	Selirik	215/63/06	SK Methodist RH Juin, Rantau Tapang, Sg Seranau RH Barnabas, Kampung Serian, Batang Rajang RH Ayu, Ng. Tulie Baruh
	Sibau	215/63/07	RH John Sg. Sibau
	Entagai	215/63/08	RH Baja Sg. Entangai SK Ulu Melipis RH Untat Sg. Melipis RH Robert

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Goram
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pelagus
18th	2016-2018	Jefferson Jamit Unyat	BN (PBB)
18th	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021–present		GPS (PBB)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Bukit Goram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Jefferson Jamit Unyat	4,253	68.45	68.45
	DAP	Joseph Jinggut	715	11.51	11.51
	PSB	Robert Segie	689	11.09	11.09
	PBK	Puso Bujang	297	4.78	4.78
	PBDS Baru	Robert Saweng	259	4.17	4/17
Total valid votes			6,213	100.00
Total rejected ballots			111
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			6,380	52.51
Registered electors			12,150
Majority			3,538
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Bukit Goram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Jefferson Jamit Unyat	4,596	69.57
	DAP	Larry Asap	2,010	30.43
Total valid votes			6,606	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			6,762	58.75
Registered electors			11,510
Majority			2,586
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-28. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

[1] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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