Tawau (federal constituency)

Tawau (P190)
Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Christina Liew Chin Jin; PH
Constituency created	1966
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2020)	62,907
Area (km²)	1,332

Tawau is a federal constituency in Tawau Division (Tawau Division), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

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 Tawau's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Muslim bumiputera (60.71%)

Chinese (33.56%)

Non-muslim bumiputera (4.91%)

Other ethnicities (0.82%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the gazette issued on 24 September 2019, the Tawau constituency has a total of 23 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Balung (N67)	Kinabutan	190/67/01	SMK Kinabutan
	Andrassy	190/67/02	SK Andrassy
	Balung	190/67/03	SMK Balung
	Kinabutan Besar	190/67/04	SMK Jalan Apas
	Bukit Quoin	190/67/05	SK Bukit Quoin
	Ranggau	190/67/06	SK Ranggau
Apas (N68)	Tawau Lama	190/68/01	SK Kampung Titingan
	Tinagat	190/68/02	SK Batu Payung
	Apas	190/68/03	SK Kuala Apas
	Wakuba	190/68/04	SK Wakuba
	Titingan	190/68/05	SK Titingan
	Inderasabah	190/68/06	SK Inderasabah
	Batu 4	190/68/07	SK Batu 4 Jalan Apas
Sri Tanjung (N69)	Kuhara	190/69/01	SMK Tawau
	Sing On	190/69/02	SJK (C) Hing Hwa
	Fajar	190/69/03	SK St. Ursula
	Sabindo	190/69/04	SMK Holy Trinity
	Kabota	190/69/05	SJK (C) Kung Ming
	Batu 3	190/69/06	SMK Taman Tawau
	Da Hwa	190/69/07	SMK Jambatan Putih
	Kapital	190/69/08	Kolej Tingkatan Enam Tawau
	Jalan Chester	190/69/09	SJK (C) Sin Hwa
	Takada	190/69/10	Sabah Chinese High School

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Tawau
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[4]^[5]
3rd	1971-1973	(叶宝滋)	SCA
3rd	1973-1974	(叶宝滋)	BN (SCA)
4th	1974-1978	(彭瑞麒)	BN (SCA)
5th	1978-1982	(丘玉荣)	BN (BERJAYA)
6th	1982-1986	(简耀华)	BN (BERJAYA)
7th	1986-1990	(陈志慈)	DAP
8th	1990-1995	(余伦福)	PBS
9th	1995-1999	Chua Soon Bui (蔡顺梅)	BN (SAPP)
10th	1999-2004	(沈宝发)
11th	2004-2008	(沈宝发)
12th	2008	Chua Soon Bui (蔡顺梅)
12th	2008-2013	Chua Soon Bui (蔡顺梅)	SAPP
13th	2013-2018	Mary Yap Kain Ching (叶娟呈)	BN (PBS)
14th	2018–present	Christina Liew Chin Jin (刘静芝)	PH (PKR)

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1967–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Tawau					Apas
	Balung				Balung
		Bandar Tawau
				Kalabakan
	Merotai
			Sri Tanjong

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N67	Balung	Hamid Awang	BN (UMNO)
N68	Apas	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan	PN (BERSATU)
N69	Sri Tanjong	Justin Wong Yung Bin	PH (DAP)

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N67	Balung	Tawau Municipal Council
N68	Apas	Tawau Municipal Council
N69	Sri Tanjong	Tawau Municipal Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Christina Liew Chin Jin	21,400	50.05	+ 50.05
	BN	Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin	16,673	39.00	- 15.88
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Husain	2,518	5.89	+ 5.89
	PHRS	Alizaman Jijurahman	2,162	5.06	+ 5.06
Total valid votes			42,753	100.00
Total rejected ballots			981
Unreturned ballots			127
Turnout			43,861	73.20
Registered electors			59,919
Majority			4,727	11.06
	PH 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	Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin	21,331	54.88	+ 1.86
	PKR	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	16,352	42.07	+ 29.60
	SAPP	Chua Soon Bui	633	1.63	+ 1.63
	Independent	Ahmad Awang @ Madon	553	1.42	+ 1.42
Total valid votes			38,869	100.00
Total rejected ballots			789
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			39,787	77.20
Registered electors			51,538
Majority			4,979	12.81
	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	Chua Soon Bui	13,943	53.02	+ 53.02
	DAP	Chan Foong Hin	9,076	34.51	+ 34.51
	PKR	Berhan @ Birhan Ruslan	3,278	12.47	+ 12.47
Total valid votes			26,297	100.00
Total rejected ballots			735
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			27,071	63.61
Registered electors			42,560
Majority			4,867	18.51
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Shim Paw Fatt won uncontested.
	BN	Shim Paw Fatt
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shim Paw Fatt	20,160	62.07	+ 2.40
	Parti Bersatu Sabah	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	9,044	27.84	- 4.81
	Independent	Majin Ajing	3,278	10.09	+ 10.09
Total valid votes			32,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			530
Turnout			33,252	55.18
Registered electors			60,260
Majority			11,116	34.23
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chua Soon Bui	20,168	59.67	+ 59.67
	Parti Bersatu Sabah	Chee Yau Fah	11,037	32.65	- 18.28
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,401	4.14	- 1.36
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Tingka	825	2.44	+ 0.57
	Independent	Semanis Mohd Salleh	372	1.10	+ 1.10
Total valid votes			33,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302
Unreturned ballots			204
Turnout			34,309	62.91
Registered electors			54,536
Majority			9,131	27.02
	BN gain from Parti Bersatu Sabah		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Bersatu Sabah	Geoffrey Yee Ling Fook	11,595	50.93	+ 50.93
	Independent	Osman Mohamad	5,504	24.18	+ 24.18
	Independent	Bandy Pilo @ Sabandy	3,258	14.31	+ 14.31
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,253	5.50	- 41.12
	Independent	Ismail Senang	731	3.21	+ 3.21
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Husain	426	1.87	+ 1.87
Total valid votes			22,767	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,893	60.43
Registered electors			37,883
Majority			6,091	26.75
	Parti Bersatu Sabah gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	8,277	46.62
	BN	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	4,814	27.12
	Independent	Abdul Ghapur Salleh	4,663	26.26
Total valid votes			17,754	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,923	63.12
Registered electors			28,395
Majority			3,463	19.50
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tan Yau Fah @ Paul	10,525	56.27
	Sabah Chinese Consolidated Party	Steven Chan Tze Hung	7,592	40.59
	Independent	Ismail Mohamed Said	426	2.28
	Independent	Ibrahim Kamaruddin	161	0.86
Total valid votes			18,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			243
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,947	66.76
Registered electors			28,381
Majority			2,933
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Hiew Nyuk Ying	7,889	54.82
	DAP	Liew Kong Khai	2,800	19.46
	Independent	Ibrahim Kamaruddin	2,773	19.27
	Sabah Chinese Association	Hiew Kim Siong	929	6.46
Total valid votes			14,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,978
Majority			5,089
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alex Pang Sui Chee won uncontested.
	BN	Alex Pang Sui Chee
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,735
Majority
	BN gain from Sabah Chinese Association		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sabah Chinese Association	Yeh Pao Tzu
	Independent	Stephen Chan Tze Hung
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			9,798
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. 43. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "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.
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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. 43. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[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.

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

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