Kota Kinabalu (federal constituency)

Kota Kinabalu (P172)
Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Chan Foong Hin; PH
Constituency created	1966
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	2003
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2020)	60,912
Area (km²)	26

Kota Kinabalu is a federal constituency in West Coast Division (Kota Kinabalu District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974, from 2004 to present.

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.

Demographics[]

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Kinabalu's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Chinese (62.52%)

Muslim bumiputera (22.35%)

Non-muslim bumiputera (13.82%)

Other ethnicities (1.31%)

History[]

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.

Polling districts[]

According to the gazette issued on 24 September 2019, the Kota Kinabalu constituency has a total of 22 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Likas（N19）	Bandar Utara	172/19/01	Dewan Serba Guna Kompleks Sukan Likas
	Bandar Selatan	172/19/02	Kolej Vokasional Likas
	Likas Barat	172/19/03	SMK Perempuan Likas
	Likas	172/19/04	SK St. Agnes
	Likas Tengah	172/19/05	SJK (C) St. James Kota Kinabalu
	Likas Selatan	172/19/06	SM Kian Kok
	Likas Park	172/19/07	SMK Likas
	Dah Yeh Villa	172/19/08	SM Tshung Tsin Sabah
Api-Api（N20）	Kampong Ayer	172/20/01	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Kg Air Kota Kinabalu
	Jalan Istana	172/20/02	Tadika Tzu Yu
	Jalan Kebajikan	172/20/03	Pusat Tingkatan Enam Maktab Sabah
	Sunny Garden	172/20/04	SMK St Francis Convent
	Jalan Bandaran	172/20/05	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Kg Air Kota Kinabalu
Luyang（N21）	Jalan Rumah Sakit	172/21/01	Tadika Peak Nam Toong
	Luyang	172/21/02	SJK (C) Anglo-Chinese
	Foh Sang	172/21/03	Institut Pendidikan Guru, Kampus Gaya
	Jindo	172/21/04	Dewan Serba Guna Luyang
	Bukit Padang	172/21/05	Dewan Foochow
	Kepayan Ridge	172/21/06	SM Maktab Sabah
	Taman Fu Yen	172/21/07	SMK Taman Tun Fuad
	Jalan Penampang	172/21/08	SK Sri Gaya
	Lido	172/21/09	SM Tinggi Kota Kinabalu

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Kota Kinabalu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[4]^[5]
3rd	1971-1973	(彭德聪)	SCA
3rd	1973-1974	(彭德聪)	BN (SCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Gaya
Constituency re-created from Gaya and Tanjong Aru
11th	2004-2008	(于墨斋)	BN (PBS)
12th	2008-2013	Hiew King Cheu (邱庆洲)	DAP
13th	2013-2018	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy (黄仕平)
14th	2018	Chan Foong Hin (陈泓缣)
14th	2018–present	Chan Foong Hin (陈泓缣)	PH (DAP)

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1967–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Kota Kinabalu					Api-Api
	Jesselton Bandar
					Likas
					Luyang
	Tanjong Aru

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N19	Likas	Tan Lee Fatt	PH (DAP)
N20	Api-Api	Christina Liew Chin Jin	PH (PKR)
N21	Luyang	Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe	PH (DAP)

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N19	Likas	Kota Kinabalu City Hall
N20	Api-Api	Kota Kinabalu City Hall
N21	Luyang	Kota Kinabalu City Hall

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chan Foong Hin	31,632	74.76	+ 1.61
	BN	Joseph Lee Han Kyun	7,546	17.84	- 6.68
	SAPP	Yong Teck Lee	3,132	7.40	+ 7.40
Total valid votes			42,310	100.00
Total rejected ballots			563
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			42,873	76.26
Registered electors			56,220
Majority			24,086	56.93
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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) 320/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy	28,516	73.15
	BN	Chin Tek Ming	9,557	24.52
	STAR	Liew Hock Leong @ Michael	909	2.33
Total valid votes			38,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			506
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			39,548	78.29
Registered electors			50,516
Majority			18,959
	DAP 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 2016-05-12. "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 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	9,464	34.31
	PKR	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	9,358	33.93
	BN	Chin Tek Ming	8,420	30.53
	Independent	Kong Yu Kiong	341	1.24
Total valid votes			27,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			326
Unreturned ballots			108
Turnout			28,017	64.09
Registered electors			43,714
Majority			106
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yee Moh Chai	15,993	64.82
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	5,187	21.02
	PKR	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	3,492	14.15
Total valid votes			24,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			294
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			25,078	58.16
Registered electors
Majority			10,806
	BN gain from Sabah Chinese Association		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sabah Chinese Association	Pang Tet Tshung	7,488
	Independent	William Lye	2,545
Total valid votes			10,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,279	67.22
Registered electors			15,291
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 40. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 40. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[3] "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-10.

[4] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[5] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-19.

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