Gaya (federal constituency)
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 2004 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1999 |
Gaya was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2004.
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 2004 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Gaya | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Kinabalu | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Peter Lo Sui Yin (罗思仁) | BN (SCA) |
5th | 1978-1982 | (黎志贤) | BN (BERJAYA) |
6th | 1982-1986 | ||
7th | 1986-1990 | (马理民) | DAP |
8th | 1990-1995 | (杨秋立) | PBS |
9th | 1995-1999 | BN (SAPP) | |
10th | 1999-2002 | Yong Teck Lee (杨德利) | |
2002-2004 | (刘德泉) | ||
Constituency abolished, split into Kota Kinabalu and Sepanggar |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary constituency |
State constituency | |||||
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1967–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present | |
Gaya | Api-Api | |||||
Inanam | ||||||
Kota Kinabalu | ||||||
Likas | ||||||
Tanjong Aru |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Yong Teck Lee was originally elected to serve in this constituency. Yong disqualified as Gaya MP and Likas assemblymen since September 2002 due to found guilty of illegal billboard according to the Election Offences Act 1954. Liew was elected to Parliament in the Gaya by-election, 2002. | ||||||
BN | Liew Teck Chan | 15,639 | 71.19 | |||
DAP | Hiew King Cheu | 3,716 | 16.92 | |||
PKR | Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo | 2,613 | 11.89 | |||
Total valid votes | 21,968 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 132 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 22,100 | 44.71 | ||||
Registered electors | 49,427 | |||||
Majority | 11,923 | |||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Yong Teck Lee | 15,315 | 56.22 | ||
Parti Bersatu Sabah | Johnny Goh Chin Lok | 11,198 | 41.11 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Hamzah Abdullah | 729 | 2.68 | ||
Total valid votes | 27,242 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 149 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 14 | ||||
Turnout | 27,405 | 58.14 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 4,117 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Philip Yong Chiew Lip | 12,336 | 46.67 | ||
Parti Bersatu Sabah | Johnny Goh Chin Lok | 12,127 | 45.87 | ||
DAP | Oswald Sipain Mojingol | 1,541 | 5.83 | ||
Independent | Mohd Naser Mohd Noor | 431 | 1.63 | ||
Total valid votes | 26,435 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 295 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 2 | ||||
Turnout | 26,732 | 66.66 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 209 | ||||
BN gain from Parti Bersatu Sabah | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Parti Bersatu Sabah | Philip Yong Chiew Lip | 10,675 | 56.91 | ||
DAP | Fung Ket Wing | 8,083 | 43.09 | ||
Total valid votes | 18,758 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 375 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 19,133 | 54.07 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 2,592 | ||||
Parti Bersatu Sabah gain from DAP | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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DAP | Gerard Math Lee Min | 12,388 | 74.77 | ||
BN | Joseph Chia Swee Chung | 4,180 | 25.23 | ||
Total valid votes | 16,568 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 56 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 16,624 | 57.57 | |||
Registered electors | 28,878 | ||||
Majority | 8,208 | ||||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | William Lye Chee Hien | 13,113 | 55.48 | ||
DAP | Oh Choo Hong | 6,514 | 27.56 | ||
Sabah Chinese Consolidated Party | Tan Ching Chee | 4,008 | 16.96 | ||
Total valid votes | 23,635 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 320 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 23,955 | 60.48 | |||
Registered electors | 39,606 | ||||
Majority | 6,599 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | William Lye Chee Hien | 11,218 | 56.82 | ||
Independent | Chin Nyuk Fatt | 7,902 | 40.02 | ||
Musa Taulani | 624 | 3.16 | |||
Total valid votes | 19,744 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 32,092 | ||||
Majority | 3,316 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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On the nomination day, Peter Lo Sui Yin won uncontested. | ||||||
BN | Peter Lo Sui Yin | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 20,903 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
Categories:
- Defunct Sabah federal constituencies