Darau

Darau
Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	; Vacant
;
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2020
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Electors (2020)	18,350

Last updated October 07, 2025

Darau is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. This is one of the thirteen new state constituencies as result of approval from state legislative and Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election ^[1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Darau's electorate as of 2020

Sabah Bumiputera (60.0%)
Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (18.7%)
Chinese (12.7%)
Other ethnicities (8.55%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Darau constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Darau (N17)	Likas Baru	171/17/01	Dewan Serbaguna DBKK Likas Dewan Amil Jaya, DBP Cawangan Sabah
	Likas Darat	171/17/02	SK Likas
	Kampong Likas	171/17/03	SA Negeri Kampung Likas Kota Kinabalu
	Bangka-Bangka	171/17/04	SRS Datuk Simon Fung
	Kurol Melangi	171/17/05	SMK All Saints
	Darau	171/17/06	SK Darau
	Warisan	171/17/07	SMK Inanam
	Rampayan	171/17/08	Institut Sinaran Kota Kinabalu

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Darau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Karambunai ^[3]
16th	2020–2025	Azhar Matussin (أزهر متوسّين)	WARISAN

Election Results

Sabah state election, 2025 : Darau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority

Source(s) ^{[ citation needed ]}

Sabah state election, 2020 : Darau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Azhar Matussin	5,805	47.30
	BN	Jumat Idris	5,243	42.72
	LDP	Sumali @ Marino Ahmad	322	2.62
	Love Sabah Party	Ansari Abdullah	280	2.28
	USNO	Laliman Kemad	244	1.99
	GAGASAN	Dasim @ Ricky Jikah	34	0.28
Total valid votes			11,926	97.18
Total rejected ballots			312	2.54
Unreturned ballots			32	0.26
Turnout			12,272	66.88
Registered electors			18,350
Majority			562	4.58
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
↑ "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-18.

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[1] Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

[3] "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-18.

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