Kanowit (federal constituency)

Kanowit (P210)
Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
MP
Constituency created1968
First contested1969
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]24,700
Electors (2022)[2]30,988
Area (km²)2,187
Pop. density (per km²)11.3

Kanowit is a federal constituency in Sibu Division (Kanowit District), Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

  1. ^ "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 47. Retrieved 2020-01-29.