Likas (state constituency)

Likas

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Tan Lee Fatt PH
Constituency created	1976
First contested	1974
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	14,934

Likas is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. It is mandated to return a single member to the Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Polling districts

As at 12 February 2016, this constituency contains the polling districts of Bandar Utara, Bandar Selatan, Likas Barat, Likas, Likas Tengah, Likas Selatan, Likas Park and Dah Yeh Villa. ^[1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Likas's electorate as of 2020

   Chinese (73.63%)

  Sabah Bumiputera (20.21%)

  Malay-MUslim Bumiputera (4.06%)

  Other ethnicities (2.10%)

History

Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Likas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Jesselton Bandar
5th	1976 – 1981	Wong Yau Ket	BERJAYA
6th	1981 – 1985	Chin Kok Kong	BN (BERJAYA)
7th	1985 – 1986	Yong Teck Lee (杨德利)	PBS
8th	1986 – 1990
9th	1990 – 1994
10th	1994 – 1999		BN (SAPP)
11th	1999 – 2004
12th	2004 – 2008	Liew Teck Chan
13th	2008
	2008 – 2013		SAPP
14th	2013 – 2015	Junz Wong (王鸿俊)	DAP
	2015 – 2016		PH (DAP)
	2016		Independent
	2016 – 2018		WARISAN
15th	2018 – 2020	Tan Lee Fatt (陈历发)	PH (DAP)
16th	2020 –

Election results

Sabah state election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Tan Lee Fatt	8,173	85.55	3.88
	BN	Chang Kee Ying	656	6.87	4.37
	Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)	Sim Fui	276	2.89	2.89
	Love Sabah Party	Lu Siaw Wee	164	1.72	1.72
	Independent	Chia Chui Ket	95	0.99	0.99
	United Sabah National Organisation (Baru)	Daniel Isaac Hoong	81	0.85	0.85
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Chong Chee Vui	22	0.23	0.23
Total valid votes			9,467	99.09
Total rejected ballots			71	0.74
Unreturned ballots			16	0.17
Turnout			9,554	63.39	10.34
Registered electors			14,934
Majority			7,517	78.68	8.25
	Likas hold		Swing		WARISAN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Tan Lee Fatt	9,163	81.67	81.67
	BN	Chin Shu Ying	1,261	11.24	6.82
	SAPP	Yong We Kong	673	6.00	6.82
Total valid votes			11,097	98.91
Total rejected ballots			84	0.75
Unreturned ballots			38	0.34
Turnout			11,219	73.73	2.07
Registered electors			15,216
Majority			7,902	70.43	21.69
	Likas hold		Swing		PH (2018)
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Junz Wong	7,746	66.80	32.82
	BN	Chin Shu Ying	2,094	18.06	24.98
	SAPP	Yong Teck Lee	1,487	12.82	12.82
	Independent	Ho Cheong Tshun	155	1.34	1.34
Total valid votes			11,482	99.02
Total rejected ballots			99	0.85
Unreturned ballots			15	0.13
Turnout			11,596	75.80	13.08
Registered electors			15,294
Majority			5,652	48.74	39.68
	Likas gain from DAP		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Sabah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liew Teck Chan	4,097	43.04	28.94
	DAP	Joan Goh Penn Nee	3,235	33.98	33.98
	PKR	Yap Siew Kiong	1,888	19.83	6.42
	Independent	Kong Yu Kiong	182	1.91	1.91
Total valid votes			9,402	98.77
Total rejected ballots			111	1.17
Unreturned ballots			6	0.06
Turnout			9,519	62.72	5.20
Registered electors			15,178
Majority			862	9.06	36.67
	Likas hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Sabah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liew Teck Chan	6,286	71.98	20.56
	PKR	Kong Yu Kiong	2,293	26.25	26.25
Total valid votes			8,579	98.24
Total rejected ballots			134	1.53
Unreturned ballots			20	0.23
Turnout			8,733	57.52	10.69
Registered electors			15,182
Majority			3,993	45.73	17.72
	Likas hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Sabah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Teck Lee	9,110	51.42	5.85
	PBS	Chong Eng Leong	4,148	23.41	18.32
	BERSEKUTU	Harris Salleh	3,576	20.18	20.18
	SETIA	Gamparan Lajah	318	1.79	1.79
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Yahya Kassim	200	1.13	1.13
	Independent	Saudin Kadis	100	0.56	0.56
Total valid votes			17,452	98.50
Total rejected ballots			265	1.50
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			17,717	68.21	2.81
Registered electors			25,976
Majority			4,962	28.01	12.47
	Likas hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Sabah state election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Teck Lee	8,035	57.27	57.27
	PBS	Yee Moh Chai	5,855	41.73	24.75
Total valid votes			13,890	99.00
Total rejected ballots			140	1.00
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			14,030	71.02	0.50
Registered electors			19,756
Majority			2,180	15.54	30.86
	Likas gain from BN		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1994".

Sabah state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Yong Teck Lee	7,347	66.48	0.74
	USNO	Hussin Wahid Dally	2,219	20.08	20.08
	BERJAYA	Yan Ngai Nen	626	5.66	24.50
	DAP	Quek Yi Than	416	3.76	3.76
	PRS	Frankie Yapp Lai Sing	176	1.59	1.59
	Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)	Chin Nyuk Fatt	176	1.59	1.59
Total valid votes			10,960	99.17
Total rejected ballots			92	0.83
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			11,052	71.52
Registered electors			15,453
Majority			5,128	46.40	9.34
	Likas hold		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1990".

Sabah state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Yong Teck Lee	6,488	67.22
	BERJAYA	Chin Kok Kong	2,911	30.16
	[[PCS|Sabah Chinese Party]]	Chu Yee Ming @ Jeffrey	140	1.45
	SCCP	Kok Fung Chong	38	0.39
Total valid votes			9,577	99.22
Total rejected ballots			75	0.78
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			9,652	73.54
Registered electors			13,125
Majority			3,577	37.06
	Likas hold		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1986".

References

1. Malaysia (12 February 2016). "Notice of Polling Districts, Polling Centres and Principal Electoral Rolls for the Federal and State Constituencies of the State of Sabah". Federal Government Gazette. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.