Ulu Padas (federal constituency)

Ulu Padas was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Ulu Padas

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ulu Padas
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Sabah Selatan
4th	1974-1978	Abdul Rashid Jais	BN (USNO)
5th	1978-1982	Harris Salleh	BN (BERJAYA)
6th	1982-1985
	1985-1986	Kadoh Agundong	PBS
Constituency abolished, split into Padas and Pensiangan

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 11–12 October 1985
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Harris Salleh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Kadoh Agundong	7,196	59.32
	BN	Jinuin Jimin	4,934	40.68
Total valid votes			12,130	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			2,262
	PBS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Harris Salleh	8,252	72.81
	Independent	Halik Zaman	2,486	21.93
	PASOK	Jamparon Laja	425	3.75
	Independent	Lawrence Liki	171	1.51
Total valid votes			11,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			261
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,595	73.22
Registered electors			15,835
Majority			5,766
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Harris Salleh won uncontested.
	BN	Harris Salleh
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Rashid Jais won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Rashid Jais
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,977
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References