Sipitang (federal constituency)

Sipitang (P178)
Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Matbali Musah; GRS
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	66,583
Electors (2025)	47,701
Area (km²)	3,715
Pop. density (per km²)	17.9

Sipitang is a federal constituency in Interior Division (Beaufort District and Sipitang District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

LegislatureDewan Rakyat

MP

Matbali Musah
GRS

Constituency created1994

First contested1995

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The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

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State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Lumadan (N34)	Kabajang	178/34/01	SK Kabajang
	Gadong	178/34/02	SK Gadong SK Garama
	Lupak	178/34/03	SK Lupak
	Padas Valley	178/34/04	SK Luagan
	Beaufort Selatan	178/34/05	SK Pekan Beaufort SMK Beaufort III
	Lumadan	178/34/06	SK Ladang-Lumadan
	Bukau	178/34/07	SK Bukau
	Suasa	178/34/08	SK Suasa
	Padas Demit	178/34/09	SK Padas Damit
	Bankalalak	178/34/10	SK Bangkalalak
	Weston	178/34/11	SK Weston SMK Weston
	Lubok	178/34/12	SK Lubok
	Lingkungan	178/34/13	SK Lingkungan SK Maraba
Sindumin (N35)	Banting	178/35/01	SK Banting
	Sindumin	178/35/02	SK Sindumin
	Marintaman	178/35/03	SK Merintaman
	Bandar Sipitang	178/35/04	SK Pekan Sipitang SMK Pengiran Omar
	Mesapol	178/35/05	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Mesapol SMK Pengiran Omar II
	Usuk	178/35/06	SK Melalia
	Ulu Sipitang	178/35/07	SK Ulu Sipitang
	Pantai	178/35/08	SK Pantai SK Lubang Buaya
	Melamam	178/35/09	SK Melamam
	Mendolong	178/35/10	SK Mendulong
	Kelangsat	178/35/11	SK Kelangsat
	Bole	178/35/12	SK Ulu Bole
	Meligan	178/35/13	SK Meligan
	Long Pasia	178/35/14	SK Long Pasia
	Iburu	178/35/15	Balai Kebudayaan Iburu
	Tanjung Pagar	178/35/16	SK Padang Berampah SMK Padang Berampah
	Kuala Muaya	178/35/17	SK Kebawang

Members of Parliament for Sipitang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Padas and Limbawang
9th	P155	1995-1999	Yusof Yacob (يوسف يعقوب)	BN (UMNO)	9,732 64.44%
10th	P155	1999-2004			9,581 64.01%
11th	P178	2004-2008			Uncontested
12th		2008-2013	Sapawi Ahmad (صڤاوي أحمد‎)		11,905 67.40%
13th		2013-2018	Sapawi Ahmad (صڤاوي أحمد‎)		16,377 68.84%
14th		2018	Yamani Hafez Musa (يماني حفيظ موسى)		12,038 48.60%
		2018-2019		Independent
		2019-2020		PH (BERSATU)
		2020–2022		GRS (BERSATU)
15th		2022	Matbali Musah (متبلي موسى‎)	GRS (BERSATU)	14,459 49.75%
15th		2022–present	Matbali Musah (متبلي موسى‎)	GRS (Direct)	14,459 49.75%

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Sipitang				Lumadan
Sipitang				Sindumin

State Constituency	Area
State Constituency	1994	2003	2019
Lumadan	Padas Pukau Lingkungan Lumadan Weston
Sindumin	Long Pasia Melalia Mesapol Sindumin Sipitang

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N34	Lumadan	Ruslan Muharam	GRS (PBS)
N35	Sindumin	Yusri Pungut	WARISAN

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No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcodes
N34	Lumadan	Beaufort District Council	89800 Beaufort 89850 Sipitang
N35	Sindumin	Sipitang District Council	89800 Beaufort 89850 Sipitang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GRS	Matbali Musah	14,459	49.75	49.75
	Heritage	Adnan Puteh	9,768	33.61	11.55
	PH	Lahirul Latigu	4,834	16.63	16.63
Total valid votes			29,061	100.00
Total rejected ballots			552
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			29,924	63.35	16.58
Registered electors			45,871
Majority			4,691	16.14	12.70
	GRS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yamani Hafez Musa	12,038	48.60	20.24
	Sabah Heritage Party	Noor Hayaty Mustapha	11,186	45.16	45.16
	Sabah People's Hope Party	Dayang Aezzy Liman	1,547	6.25	6.25
Total valid votes			24,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			596
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			25,483	79.93	3.65
Registered electors			31,882
Majority			852	3.44	36.36
	BN hold		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.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sapawi Amat Wasali @ Ahmad	16,377	68.84	1.44
	PKR	Ramle Dua @ Ramli Dua Lee	6,908	29.04	3.56
	SAPP	Kamis Daming	505	2.12	2.12
Total valid votes			23,790	100.00
Total rejected ballots			539
Unreturned ballots			58
Turnout			24,387	83.58	8.16
Registered electors			29,177
Majority			9,469	39.80	5.00
	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.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sapawi Amat Wasali @ Ahmad	11,905	67.40
	PKR	Karim @ Abdul Karim Tassim	5,759	32.60
Total valid votes			17,664	100.00
Total rejected ballots			531
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			18,211	75.42
Registered electors			24,145
Majority			6,146	34.80
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Yusof Yacob won uncontested.
	BN	Yusof Yacob
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			23,542
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yusof Yacob	9,581	64.01	0.43
	PKR	Abdul Rahman Md. Yakub	5,242	35.02	35.02
	Independent	Ag. Ku Tengah Pg. Damit	145	0.97	0.97
Total valid votes			14,968	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			15,181	68.74	5.62
Registered electors			22,084
Majority			4,339	28.99	0.96
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yusof Yacob	9,732	64.44
	PBS	Jamilah Sulaiman	5,208	34.49
	Independent	Hussin Masalih	162	1.07
Total valid votes			15,102	100.00
Total rejected ballots			208
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			15,324	74.36
Registered electors			20,269
Majority			4,524	29.95
This was a new constituency created.