Jambongan (federal constituency)
Jambongan was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1984 |
Constituency abolished | 1995 |
First contested | 1986 |
Last contested | 1990 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Jambongan | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created, renamed from Labuk-Sugut | ||||
7th | 1986-1990 | Metah Asang | BN (PBS) | |
8th | 1990-1995 | PBS | ||
Constituency abolished, split to Beluran and Libaran |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PBS | Metah Asang @ Michael Asang | 8,817 | 59.51 | ||
Independent | Ridi Alawangsa | 5,393 | 36.40 | ||
AKAR | Thamrin Zaini | 376 | 2.54 | ||
Independent | Nordin Khani | 231 | 1.56 | ||
Total valid votes | 14,817 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 174 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 14,991 | 50.20 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 3,424 | ||||
PBS gain from BN | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Metah Asang @ Michael Asang | 7,495 | 73.11 | |||
PAS | Hamzah Abdullah | 2,757 | 26.89 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,252 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 174 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 10,426 | 48.57 | ||||
Registered electors | 21,468 | |||||
Majority | 4,738 | |||||
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References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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