Kota Sentosa

Kota Sentosa
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Yap Yau Sin; GPS
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Constituency created	2005
First contested	2006
Last contested	2021

Kota Sentosa is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.

LegislatureSarawak State Legislative Assembly

MLA

Yap Yau Sin
GPS

Constituency created2005

First contested2006

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The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kota Sentosa (N12)	Stampin	196/12/01	Balai Raya Kpg. Stampin SJK (C) Chung Hua No. 2
	Seledah	196/12/02	SJK (C) Stampin
	Satria Jaya	196/12/03	SK Satria Jaya SK Sg. Stutong
	Batu Tujoh	196/12/04	SJK (C) Sam Hap Hin SK St. Alban SJK (C) Chung Hua Stampin (Sg. Tapang)
	Hui Sing	196/12/05	SMK Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Ghapor Stampin
	Batu Empat	196/12/06	SJK (C) Chung Hu Batu 4 ½

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Sentosa
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Batu Lintang and Batu Kawah^[3]
16th	2006-2011	Chong Chieng Jen (張健仁)	PR (DAP)
17th	2011-2016		PR (DAP)
18th	2016-2021		PH (DAP)
19th	2021–present	Wilfred Yap Yau Sin (葉燿星)	GPS (SUPP)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Yap Yau Sin	5,806	43.05	43.05
	DAP	Michael Kong Feng Nian	4,123	30.57	27.59
	PSB	Lau Pang Heng	2,328	17.26	17.26
	PBK	Lue Cheng Hing	1,015	7.53	7.53
	ASPIRASI	Tan Kok Chiang	215	1.59	1.59
Total valid votes			13,487	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			13,698	48.25
Registered electors			28,392
Majority			1,683
	GPS gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	10,047	58.16	3.68
	BN	Yap Yau Sin	7,228	41.84	3.68
Total valid votes			17,275	100.00
Total rejected ballots			196
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			17,495	67.91
Registered electors			25,761
Majority			2,819
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	12,594	61.84	9.74
	BN	Yap Chin Loi	7,770	38.16	9.74
Total valid votes			20,364	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			20,589	75.41
Registered electors			27,301
Majority			4,824
	DAP hold		Swing		{{{2}}}
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-27.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Chong Chieng Jen	6,579	52.10
	BN	Yap Chin Loi	6,048	47.90
Total valid votes			12,627	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			12,846	67.84
Registered electors			18,934
Majority			531
This was a new constituency created.