1980 Oya by-election

1980 Oya by-election
Not contested
(scheduled on 21 February 1980)
Oya seat in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
  BN
Candidate Salleh Jafaruddin
Party UMNO
Alliance BN
Popular vote Won uncontested
Percentage Won uncontested
MP before election

Edward Esnen
BN (PBB)

Elected MP

Salleh Jafaruddin
BN (PBB)

The 1980 Oya by-election was a by-election that was scheduled to be held on 21 February 1980[1] for the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly seat of Oya. It was called following the resignation of its assemblyman Edward Esnen in December 1979. Edward won the seat on 1979 Sarawak state election in a five cornered fight.

Salleh Jafaruddin, of Barisan Nasional won the by election uncontested, as he was the sole nominee during nomination day on 28 January 1980.

Nomination

By the end of nomination day, Salleh won as being the sole candidate.[2]

Results

Sarawak state by-election, 21 February 1980: Oya
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Edward Esnen
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
On the nomination day, Salleh Jafaruddin won uncontested.
BN Salleh Jafaruddin
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN hold Swing


References

  1. ^ Malaysia Official Year Book: 1980. Malaysia. Dept. of Information. 1984. p. 45.
  2. ^ "Two Sarawak Front men won unopposed". New Straits Times. 1980-01-28. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.