Lahad Datu (federal constituency)

Lahad Datu (P188)
Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohammadin Ketapi; PN
Constituency created	2019
Demographics
Electors (2020)	65,862
Area (km²)	8,594

Lahad Datu is a federal constituency in Tawau Division (Kunak District and Lahad Datu District) and Sandakan Division (Kinabatangan District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2019 was renamed from Silam.^[1]

The federal constituency was created in the 2019 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 Lahad Datu's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Muslim bumiputera (79.86%)

Chinese (10.35%)

Non-muslim bumiputera (8.98%)

Other ethnicities (0.81%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the gazette issued on 24 September 2019, the Lahad Datu constituency has a total of 31 polling districts.^[3]

State constitunecy	Polling District	Code	Location
Tungku (N60)	Segangan	188/60/01	SK Bikang
	Silabukan	188/60/02	SMK Silabukan
	Ulu Tungku	188/60/03	SK Sri Darun
	Tungku	188/60/04	SMK Tungku
	FELDA Sahabat	188/60/05	SK Sahabat 16
	Tambisan	188/60/06	Mini Dewan Tambisan Darat
	Tanjung Labian	188/60/07	SK Tanjung Labian
Segama (N61)	Belacon	188/61/01	SMK Segama
	Dam Road	188/61/02	SJK (C) Chee Vun
	North Road	188/61/03	SK Lahad Datu II
	Tengah Nipah	188/61/04	SK Binuang
	Ulu Segama	188/61/05	SK Sandau
	Segama	188/61/06	SJK (C) Kiau Shing
	Tabanac	188/61/07	SK Lahad Datu IV
	Singgahmata	188/61/08	SK Pekan
	Jalan Segama	188/61/09	SJK (C) Yuk Choi
Silam (N62)	Sepagaya	188/62/01	SK Sepagaya
	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	SMK St. Dominic
	Taman Fajar	188/62/06	SJK (C) Siew Ching
	Silam	188/62/07	SK Silam
Kunak (N63)	Mostyn	188/63/08	SK Mostyn
	Madai	188/63/02	SK Madai
	Kampung Kunak	188/63/03	SK Kunak I
	Gidam	188/63/04	SK Skim Kokos
	Pengkalan Kunak	188/63/05	SMK Kunak
	Kunak Jaya	183/63/06	SK Kampung Selamat
	Pangi	183/63/07	SK Pangi
	Pekan Kunak	183/63/08	SMK Kunak Jaya

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Lahad Datu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Silam^[1]
14th	2019-2021	Mohammadin Ketapi	WARISAN
	2021		Independent
	2021–present		PN (BERSATU)

State constotuency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1967–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Lahad Datu						Kunak
						Tungku
						Segama
						Silam

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N60	Tungku	Assaffal P. Alian	WARISAN
N61	Segama	Mohammadin Ketapi	PN (BERSATU)
N62	Silam	Dumi Pg. Masdal	WARISAN
N63	Kunak	Norazlinah Arif	WARISAN

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N60	Tungku	Kinabatangan District Council Lahad Datu District Council
N61	Segama	Lahad Datu District Council
N62	Silam	Lahad Datu District Council
N63	Kunak	Kunak District Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018: Silam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Mohammadin Ketapi	23,352	54.26	+ 54.26
	BN	Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur	16,951	39.38	- 20.47
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ramli Pataruddin	1,431	3.32	+ 3.32
	PHRS	Siti Shazianti Ajak	1,306	3.03	+ 3.03
Total valid votes			43,040	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,079
Unreturned ballots			175
Turnout			44,294	72.68
Registered electors			60,942
Majority			6,401	14.87
	Sabah Heritage Party gain from BN		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.

References[]

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

^ ^a ^b "Dewan Rakyat luluskan usul persempadanan semula Sabah". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sabah [P.U. (B) 460/2019]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

[malaysiakini-1] "Dewan Rakyat luluskan usul persempadanan semula Sabah". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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

[3] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sabah [P.U. (B) 460/2019]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

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