Jambongan
Federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia
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Jambongan was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.
| Defunct federal constituency | |
|---|---|
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency[2] | State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1974 | 1974–1985 | 1985–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present | |
| Jambongan | Labuk | |||||
| Sugut | ||||||
| Sungai Sibuga | ||||||
Historical boudaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1984 | |
| Labuk |
|
| Sugut |
|
| Sungai Sibuga |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS | Metah Asang @ Michael Asang | 8,817 | 59.51 | ||
| Independent | Ridi Alawangsa | 5,393 | 36.40 | ||
| AKAR | Thamrin Zaini | 376 | 2.54 | ||
| Independent | Nordin Khani | 231 | 1.56 | ||
| Total valid votes | 14,817 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 174 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 14,991 | 50.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 29,864 | ||||
| Majority | 3,424 | 23.11 | |||
| PBS gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Metah Asang @ Michael Asang | 7,495 | 73.11 | |||
| PAS | Hamzah Abdullah | 2,757 | 26.89 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,252 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 174 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,426 | 48.57 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,468 | |||||
| Majority | 4,738 | 46.22 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||