Lahad Datu (federal constituency)

Lahad Datu (P188)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Yusof Apdal Heritage
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2022
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	299,550
Electors (2022)	100,256
Area (km²)	8,594
Pop. density (per km²)	34.9

Lahad Datu is a federal constituency in Tawau Division (Kunak District and Lahad Datu District) and Sandakan Division (Kinabatangan District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2019 was renamed from Silam as honor of people and fighter who defend a land during standoff. ^[2]

The federal constituency was created in the 2019 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

https://ge15.orientaldaily.com.my/seats/sabah/p

Ethnic breakdown of Lahad Datu's electorate as of 2022

1. Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (43.5%)
2. Sabah Bumiputera (38.5%)
3. Chinese (10.0%)
4. Other ethnicities (7.80%)

Age breakdown of Lahad Datu's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (8.81%)
2. 21-29 (27.7%)
3. 30-39 (24.8%)
4. 40-49 (14.8%)
5. 50-59 (11.3%)
6. 60-69 (8.08%)
7. 70-79 (2.77%)
8. 80-89 (1.00%)
9. above 90 (0.74%)

Gender breakdown of Lahad Datu's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (51.9%)
2. Female (48.1%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Lahad Datu constituency has a total of 31 polling districts. ^[3]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Tungku (N60)	Segangan	188/60/01	SK Bikang
	Silabukan	188/60/02	SMK Silabukan
	Ulu Tungku	188/60/03	SK Sri Darun
	Tungku	188/60/04	SMK Tungku SK Bangingod
	FELDA Sahabat	188/60/05	SK Sahabat 16 SK Cenderawasih SK Sahabat II
	Tambisan	188/60/06	Mini Dewan Tambisan Darat
	Tanjung Labian	188/60/07	SK Tanjung Labian
Segama (N61)	Belacon	188/61/01	SMK Segama
	Dam Road	188/61/02	SMK Agasah
	North Road	188/61/03	SK Lahad Datu II
	Tengah Nipah	188/61/04	SK Binuang
	Ulu Segama	188/61/05	SK Sandau
	Segama	188/61/06	SJK (C) Kiau Shing
	Tabanac	188/61/07	SK Lahad Datu IV
	Singgahmata	188/61/08	SK Pekan
	Jalan Segama	188/61/09	SJK (C) Yuk Choi
Silam (N62)	Sepagaya	188/62/01	SK Teruasan
	Sakar	188/62/02	SK Tanjong Paras
	Bandar Lahad Datu	188/62/03	SK Lahad Datu III
	Lapangan Terbang	188/62/04	SMK St. Dominic
	Panji Baru	188/62/05	SK St. Dominic
	Taman Fajar	188/62/06	SJK (C) Siew Ching
	Silam	188/62/07	SK Silam
Kunak (N63)	Mostyn	188/63/08	SK Mostyn
	Madai	188/63/02	SMK Madai
	Kampung Kunak	188/63/03	SK Kunak I
	Gidam	188/63/04	SK Ladang Giram
	Pengkalan Kunak	188/63/05	SMK Kunak
	Kunak Jaya	183/63/06	SK Kampung Selamat
	Pangi	183/63/07	SK Pangi
	Pekan Kunak	183/63/08	SMK Kunak Jaya

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lahad Datu
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kinabatangan and Silam [2]
14th	P188	2019-2021	Mohamaddin Ketapi (محمدين كتاڤي)	WARISAN
		2021		Independent
		2021–2022		GRS (BERSATU)
		2022		PBM
15th		2022–present	Mohammad Yusof Apdal (محمّد يوسف أڤضل)	WARISAN

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Lahad Datu						Kunak
						Tungku
						Segama
						Silam

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N60	Tungku	Vacant
N61	Segama
N62	Silam
N63	Kunak

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N60	Tungku	Kinabatangan District Council (Tambisan area) Lahad Datu District Council	91100, 91150 Lahad Datu 91200 Kunak
N61	Segama	Lahad Datu District Council
N62	Silam
N63	Kunak	Kunak District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Heritage	Yusof Apdal	27,116	46.64
	BN	Maizatul Alkam Alawi	22,740	39.11
	PH	Oscar Sia Yu Hock	8,289	14.26
Total valid votes			58,145	100.00
Total rejected ballots			828
Unreturned ballots			194
Turnout			59,167	58.00
Registered electors			100,256
Majority			4,376	7.53
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Retrieved 2018-08-12.

1. "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
2. "Dewan Rakyat luluskan usul persempadanan semula Sabah". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2019-07-17. Archived from the original on 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
3. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.