Beting Maro

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

Beting Maro

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Razaili Gapor GPS
Constituency created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2021

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

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Beting Maro constituency has a total of 3 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Beting Maro (N29)	Beladin	201/29/01	SK Batang Maro SK Sepinang SMK Beladin SK Semarang
	Undai	201/29/02	SK Tambak RH Duat Anak Aji Blok Debak SK Mutun SJK (C) Chung Hua Pusa
	Pusa	201/29/03	SK Pusa

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Beting Maro
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Beladin
14th	1996-2001	Bolhassan Di @ Ahmad Di	BN (PBB)
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011
17th	2011-2016	Razaili Gapor
18th	2016-2018
	2018-2021		GPS (PBB)
19th	2021–present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Beting Maro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Razaili Gapor	3,769	51.62	51.62
	PAS	Arif Paijo	2,058	28.18	10.38
	PKR	Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh	765	10.48	10.48
	Independent	Saifudin Matsah	636	8.71	8.71
	PBK	Jacky Chiew Su Chee	74	1.01	1.01
Total valid votes			7,302	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			7,516	67.75
Registered electors			11,094
Majority			1,711
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Beting Maro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razaili Gapor	4,758	60.14	6.74
	PAS	Hamidah Mokhtar	3,051	38.56	8.04
	Amanah	Andri Zulkarnaen Hamden	103	1.30	1.30
Total valid votes			7,912	100.00
Total rejected ballots			104
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			8,035	76.71
Registered electors			10,474
Majority			1,707
	BN hold		Swing
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 2016-04-30. "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 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011: Beting Maro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razaili Gapor	3,069	53.40	6.13
	PAS	Abang Ahmad Kerdee Abang Masagus	2,678	46.60	6.13
Total valid votes			5,747	100.00
Total rejected ballots			61
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,808	73.82
Registered electors			7,868
Majority			391
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2006: Beting Maro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bolhassan Di @ Ahmad Di	2,796	59.53	15.80
	PAS	Alem Din	1,901	40.47	16.70
Total valid votes			4,697	100.00
Total rejected ballots			45
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			4,745	65.29
Registered electors			7,267
Majority			895
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001: Beting Maro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bolhassan Di @ Ahmad Di	4,433	75.33	4.06
	PAS	Abang Was	1,399	23.77	23.77
	Independent	Mohtada Dol	53	0.90	0.90
Total valid votes			5,885	100.00
Total rejected ballots			47
Unreturned ballots			92
Turnout			6,024	70.20
Registered electors			8,651
Majority			3,034
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996: Beting Maro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bolhassan Di @ Ahmad Di	3,736	71.27
	Independent	Ali Husain Sain	1,506	28.73
Total valid votes			5,242	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			5,376	64.15
Registered electors			8,380
Majority			2,230
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-30.