Sabah Selatan
Federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia
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Sabah Selatan was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974.
 Sabah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1966 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1966 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 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1974 | 1974–1985 | 1985–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present | |
| Sabah Selatan | Sipitang-Ulu Padas | |||||
| Tenom | ||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1966 | |
| Sipitang-Ulu Padas |
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| Tenom |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Abdul Rashid Jais won uncontested. | ||||||
| USNO | Abdul Rashid Jais | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 11,062 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||