Tawau (federal constituency)

Tawau

Sabah constituency

Federal constituency

Legislature

Dewan Rakyat

Mary Yap Kain Ching
BN

Constituency created

1966

First contested

1969

Last contested

2013

Tawau is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1966 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kinabutan, Andrassy, Balung, Hidayat, Bukit Quoin, Tawau Lama, Tinagat, Apas, Wakuba, Titingan, Inderasabah, Kuhara, Sin On, Tanjung, Jalan Dunlop, Kubata, Batu 3, Da Hua, Kapital, Jalan Chester.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kinabutan, Andrassy, Balung, Kinabutan Besar, Bukit Quoin, Ranggu, Tawau Lama, Tinagat, Apas, Wakuba, Titingan, Inderasabah, Batu 4, Kuhara, Sin On, Fajar, Sabindo, Kabota, Batu 3, Da Hua, Kapital, Jalan Chester, Takada.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tawau
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[2]^[3]
3rd	1971-1973	Yeh Pao Tzu	SCA
3rd	1973-1974	Yeh Pao Tzu	BN
4th	1974-1978	Alex Pang Sui Chee
5th	1978-1982	Hiew Nyuk Ying
6th	1982-1986	Kan Yau Fa
7th	1986-1990	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Geoffrey Yee Ling Fook	PBS
9th	1995-1999	Chua Soon Bui	BN
10th	1999-2004	Shim Paw Fatt
11th	2004-2008	Shim Paw Fatt
12th	2008	Chua Soon Bui
12th	2008-2013	Chua Soon Bui	SAPP
13th	2013-present	Mary Yap Kain Ching	BN

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin	21,331	54.88	+ 1.86
	PKR	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	16,352	42.07	+ 29.60
	SAPP	Chua Soon Bui	633	1.63	+ 1.63
	Independent	Ahmad Awang @ Madon	553	1.42	+ 1.42
Total valid votes			38,869	100.00
Total rejected ballots			789
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			39,787	77.20
Registered electors			51,538
Majority			4,979	12.81
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 183/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 224/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chua Soon Bui	13,943	53.02	+ 53.02
	DAP	Chan Foong Hin	9,076	34.51	+ 34.51
	PKR	Berhan @ Birhan Ruslan	3,278	12.47	+ 12.47
Total valid votes			26,297	100.00
Total rejected ballots			735
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			27,071	63.61
Registered electors			42,560
Majority			4,867	18.51
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Shim Paw Fatt won uncontested.
	BN	Shim Paw Fatt
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shim Paw Fatt	20,160	62.07	+ 2.40
	PBS	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	9,044	27.84	- 4.81
	Independent	Majin Ajing	3,278	10.09	+ 10.09
Total valid votes			32,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			530
Turnout			33,252	55.18
Registered electors			60,260
Majority			11,116	34.23
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chua Soon Bui	20,168	59.67	+ 59.67
	PBS	Chee Yau Fah	11,037	32.65	- 18.28
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,401	4.14	- 1.36
	PAS	Mohamed Tingka	825	2.44	+ 0.57
	Independent	Semanis Mohd Salleh	372	1.10	+ 1.10
Total valid votes			33,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302
Unreturned ballots			204
Turnout			34,309	62.91
Registered electors			54,536
Majority			9,131	27.02
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Geoffrey Yee Ling Fook	11,595	50.93	+ 50.93
	Independent	Osman Mohamad	5,504	24.18	+ 24.18
	Independent	Bandy Pilo @ Sabandy	3,258	14.31	+ 14.31
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,253	5.50	- 41.12
	Independent	Ismail Senang	731	3.21	+ 3.21
	PAS	Mohamed Husain	426	1.87	+ 1.87
Total valid votes			22,767	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,893	60.43
Registered electors			37,883
Majority			6,091	26.75
	PBS gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	8,277	46.62
	BN	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	4,814	27.12
	Independent	Abdul Ghapur Salleh	4,663	26.26
Total valid votes			17,754	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,923	63.12
Registered electors			28,395
Majority			3,463	19.50
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Yau Fah @ Paul	10,525	56.27
	SCCP	Steven Chan Tze Hung	7,592	40.59
	Independent	Ismail Mohamed Said	426	2.28
	Independent	Ibrahim Kamaruddin	161	0.86
Total valid votes			18,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			243
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,947	66.76
Registered electors			28,381
Majority			2,933
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hiew Nyuk Ying
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,978
Majority			5,089
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alex Pang Sui Chee won uncontested.
	BN	Alex Pang Sui Chee
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,735
Majority
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SCA	Yeh Pao Tzu
	Independent	Stephen Chan Tze Hung
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			9,798
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sabah [P.U. (B) 57/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-19.

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F. T. of Kuala Lumpur	Kepong Batu Wangsa Maju Segambut Setiawangsa Titiwangsa Bukit Bintang Lembah Pantai Seputeh Cheras Bandar Tun Razak

F. T. of Putrajaya	Putrajaya

Negeri Sembilan	Jelebu Jempol Seremban Kuala Pilah Rasah Rembau Telok Kemang Tampin

Malacca	Masjid Tanah Alor Gajah Tangga Batu Bukit Katil Kota Melaka Jasin

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F. T. of Labuan	Labuan

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See also: List of former Malaysian federal electoral districts

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