Tanjong Aru (federal constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Tanjong Aru was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.
 Sabah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1999 |
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 2004 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Tanjong Aru | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Gaya | |||||
| 7th | P145 | 1986-1990 | Hsing Yin Shean (刑荣显) | DAP | 5,981 54.27% |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | Joseph Voon Shin Choi (温新财) | GR (PBS) | 8,504 51.55% | |
| 9th | P151 | 1995-1999 | Yee Moh Chai (于墨斋) |
10,306 44.35% | |
| 10th | 1999-2004 | PBS | 11,826 50.02% | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Penampang, Sepanggar, Kota Kinabalu and Putatan | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1974 | 1974–1985 | 1985–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present | |
| Tanjong Aru | Api-Api | |||||
| Petagas | ||||||
| Sembulan | ||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1994 | |
| Api-Api |
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| Petagas |
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| Sembulan |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS | Yee Moh Chai | 11,826 | 50.02 |  5.67 | |
| BN | Philip Yong Chiew Lip | 11,281 | 47.72 | 9.90 | |
| DAP | Oh Choo Hong | 534 | 2.26 |  15.57 | |
| Total valid votes | 23,641 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 111 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 275 | ||||
| Turnout | 24,027 | 58.01 | 6.95 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,414 | ||||
| Majority | 545 | 2.30 | 4.23 | ||
| PBS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS | Yee Moh Chai | 10,306 | 44.35 | 7.20 | |
| BN | Joseph Voon Shin Choi | 8,788 | 37.82 | 37.82 | |
| DAP | Fung Ket Wing | 4,142 | 17.83 | 2.63 | |
| Total valid votes | 23,236 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 151 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 76 | ||||
| Turnout | 23,463 | 64.96 | 8.99 | ||
| Registered electors | 36,121 | ||||
| Majority | 1,518 | 6.53 | 16.11 | ||
| PBS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS | Joseph Voon Shin Choi | 8,504 | 51.55 | 51.55 | |
| Independent | Jabar | 4,687 | 28.41 | 28.41 | |
| DAP | Hsing Yin Shean | 2,507 | 15.20 | 39.07 | |
| AKAR | Pandikar Amin Mulia | 763 | 4.62 | 4.62 | |
| Independent | Charles Tulis @ Mohd. Salleh | 37 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |
| Total valid votes | 16,498 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 173 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 16,671 | 55.97 | 4.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,787 | ||||
| Majority | 3,817 | 23.14 | 9.41 | ||
| PBS gain from DAP | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Hsing Yin Shean | 5,981 | 54.27 | |||
| BN | Chong Eng Leong | 4,468 | 40.54 | |||
| BERJAYA | Charles Fung Mosuil | 572 | 5.19 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,021 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 85 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,106 | 51.45 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,587 | |||||
| Majority | 1,513 | 13.73 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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