Sabah Selatan

Sabah Selatan

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1966
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1969
Last contested	1969

Sabah Selatan was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1966 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 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sabah Selatan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P114	1971-1973	Abdul Rashid Jais (عبدالرشيد جاءيس)	USNO
		1973-1974		BN (USNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Padas

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Sabah Selatan	Sipitang-Ulu Padas
	Tenom

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Sabah Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Abdul Rashid Jais won uncontested.
	USNO	Abdul Rashid Jais
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,062
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.