Gaya (federal constituency)

Gaya

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1974
Last contested	1999

Gaya was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Gaya
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency renamed, formerly known as Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu) [1]
4th	P121	1974-1978	Peter Lo Sui Yin (罗思仁)	BN (SCA)
5th		1978-1982	William Lye Chee Hien (黎志贤)	BN (BERJAYA)
6th		1982-1986
7th	P144	1986-1990	Gerard Math Lee Min (马理民)	DAP
8th		1990-1995	Philip Yong Chiew Lip (杨秋立)	GR (PBS)
9th	P150	1995-1999		BN (SAPP)
10th		1999-2002	Yong Teck Lee (杨德利)
		2002-2004	Liew Teck Chan (刘德泉)
Constituency abolished, split into Tuaran, Penampang, Putatan, Kota Kinabalu and Sepanggar

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Gaya			Api-Api
				Inanam
		Kota Kinabalu
		Likas
		Tanjong Aru

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 12 October 2002
The by-election was called due to the disqualification of incumbent, Yong Teck Lee after being found guilty of an illegal billboard.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Yong Teck Lee was originally elected to serve in this constituency. Yong disqualified as Gaya MP and Likas assemblymen since September 2002 due to found guilty of illegal billboard according to the Election Offences Act 1954. Liew was elected to Parliament in the Gaya by-election, 2002.
	BN	Liew Teck Chan	15,639	71.19	14.97
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	3,716	16.92	16.92
	PKR	Christina Liew	2,613	11.89	11.89
Total valid votes			21,968	100.00
Total rejected ballots			132
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,100	44.71	13.43
Registered electors			49,427
Majority			11,923	52.27	39.16
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Teck Lee	15,315	56.22	9.55
	PBS	Johnny Goh Chin Lok	11,198	41.11	4.76
	PAS	Hamzah Abdullah	729	2.68	2.68
Total valid votes			27,242	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			27,405	58.14	8.52
Registered electors
Majority			4,117	15.11	14.31
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	12,336	46.67	46.67
	PBS	Johnny Goh Chin Lok	12,127	45.87	45.87
	DAP	Oswald Sipain Mojingol	1,541	5.83	5.83
	Independent	Mohd Naser Mohd Noor	431	1.63	1.63
Total valid votes			26,435	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			26,732	66.66	12.59
Registered electors
Majority			209	0.80	13.02
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	10,675	56.91	56.91
	DAP	Fung Ket Wing	8,083	43.09	31.68
Total valid votes			18,758	100.00
Total rejected ballots			375
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,133	54.07	3.50
Registered electors			35,387
Majority			2,592	13.82	35.72
	PBS gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Gerard Math Lee Min	12,388	74.77	47.21
	BN	Joseph Chia Swee Chung	4,180	25.23	30.25
Total valid votes			16,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,624	57.57	2.91
Registered electors			28,878
Majority			8,208	49.54	21.62
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Lye Chee Hien	13,113	55.48	1.34
	DAP	Oh Choo Hong	6,514	27.56	27.56
	SCCP	Tan Ching Chee	4,008	16.96	16.96
Total valid votes			23,635	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,955	60.48	2.10
Registered electors			39,606
Majority			6,599	27.92	11.12
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	William Lye Chee Hien	11,218	56.82	56.82
	Independent	Chin Nyuk Fatt	7,902	40.02	40.02
	Parti Sabah Demokratik Rakyat	Musa Taulani	624	3.16	3.16
Total valid votes			19,744	100.00
Total rejected ballots			339
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,083	62.58
Registered electors			32,092
Majority			3,316	16.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Peter Lo Sui Yin won uncontested.
	BN	Peter Lo Sui Yin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,903
Majority
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.

1. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-01-08.

• https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/tree/main