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 Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Sabah Heritage Party | ||
| Constituency created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2020 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2020) | 17,395 | ||
Silam is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. Previously this constituency was named Lahad Datu before swaping change to named Silam from name of parliamentary on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election[1]
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic breakdown of Silam's electorate as of 2020
Sabah Bumiputera (47.02%)
Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (24.23%)
Chinese (16.40%)
Other ethnicities (12.35%)
History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Silam constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling District | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silam (N62) | Sepagaya | 188/62/01 | SK Teruasan |
| Sakar | 188/62/02 | SK Tanjong Paras | |
| Bandar Lahad Datu | 188/62/03 | SK Lahad Datu III | |
| Lapangan Terbang | 188/62/04 | SMK St. Dominic | |
| Panji Baru | 188/62/05 | SK St. Dominic | |
| Taman Fajar | 188/62/06 | SJK (C) Siew Ching | |
| Silam | 188/62/07 | SK Silam |
Representation history
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Silam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency renamed from Lahad Datu | |||
| 16th | 2020–present | Dumi Pg. Masdal (دومي ڤڠيران مسدال) | WARISAN |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Dumi Pg. Masdal | 5,200 | 53.78 | |||
| PN | Abdul Hakim Gulam Hassan | 3,658 | 37.83 | |||
| Love Sabah Party | Matusin Sunsuang | 196 | 2.03 | |||
| Sabah People's Unity Party | Erwan Johan | 156 | 1.61 | |||
| GAGASAN | Ahmad Tiong | 122 | 1.26 | |||
| USNO (Baru) | Mohammad Hamdan Abdullah | 54 | 0.56 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,386 | 97.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 263 | 2.72 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 20 | 0.21 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,669 | 55.58 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,395 | |||||
| Majority | 1,542 | 15.95 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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