Silam (federal constituency)

Silam
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2019
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018

Silam was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2019.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

It was abolished in 2019 when it was redistributed

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Silam
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Darvel
4th	1974-1978		BN (USNO)
5th	1978-1982	Sakaran Dandai	BN (USNO)
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Railey Jeffrey	BN (USNO)
8th	1990-1995		BN (UMNO)
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Salleh Kalbi
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2019	Mohammadin Ketapi	WARISAN
Constituency renamed to Lahad Datu ^[1]

State constituency[]

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

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
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.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Nasrun Mansur	23,058	59.85
	PKR	Badrulamin Bahron	9,671	25.10
	Independent	Dumi Masdal	4,959	12.87
	STAR	Apas @ Nawawie Saking	841	2.18
Total valid votes			38,529	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			39,663	76.77
Registered electors			51,662
Majority			13,387
	BN 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 2016-05-19. "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 2016-05-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Salleh Kalbi	18,111	68.52
	PKR	Hashbullah Imam Ohang	8,319	31.48
Total valid votes			26,430	100.00
Total rejected ballots			989
Unreturned ballots			138
Turnout			27,557	63.37
Registered electors			43,488
Majority			9,792
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Samsu Baharun Abdul Rahman	16,613	73.91
	PKR	Samsuri Baharuddin	5,865	26.09
Total valid votes			22,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,517
Unreturned ballots			146
Turnout			24,141	59.81
Registered electors
Majority			10,748
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	14,629	64.33
	PKR	Badrulamin Bahron	8,110	35.67
Total valid votes			22,739	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots			99
Turnout			23,144	54.66
Registered electors
Majority			6,519
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	15,815	70.13
	Parti Bersatu Sabah	Abdullah Minun Sahirun	6,737	29.87
Total valid votes			22,552	100.00
Total rejected ballots			424
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			23,057	58.32
Registered electors
Majority			9,078
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	10,322	55.26
	Independent	Mohammadin Ketapi	8,269	44.27
	Independent	Hassan Malempeng	89	0.48
Total valid votes			18,680	100.00
Total rejected ballots			180
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,860	58.91
Registered electors
Majority			2,053
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	4,299	45.74
	Independent	Mohd Yusof Yahya	1,796	19.11
	Independent	Madris Lee Buati	1,271	13.52
	Independent	Mohd Jhastu Batu Elas	1,054	11.21
	Independent	Zamrin Ismail @ Jamut	979	10.42
Total valid votes			9,399	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,514	42.99
Registered electors			22,130
Majority			2,503
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Abdillah Abdul Hamid	9,676	54.38
	BN	Sakaran Dandai	7,899	44.40
	Independent	Ismail Rugasan	217	1.22
Total valid votes			17,792	100.00
Total rejected ballots			448
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,240	67.21
Registered electors			27,138
Majority			1,777
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sakaran Dandai	6,070	51.66
	Independent	Mohamed Shakir Pengiran Abdullah	3,875	32.98
	Independent	Abu Bakar Mohamed Hassan	1,581	13.45
	PUSAKA	Tadus Udin	225	1.91
Total valid votes			11,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			19,445
Majority			2,195
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Mohd. Salleh Abdullah won uncontested.
	BN	Mohd. Salleh Abdullah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,241
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

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

^ "Dewan Rakyat luluskan usul persempadanan semula Sabah". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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

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