The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

It has amongst the highest concentrations of Malay-Muslim middle-class voters in Sarawak, and consists largely of low-density residential areas with emerging commercial zones.

It comprises part of a ring of the most affluent Malay-majority areas in Sarawak, which are representative of Malay, middle-class, urban settings.

[1] According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tupong constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U.