Sabai (state constituency)

Sabai

Pahang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Pahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Arumugam Verappa Pillai BN
Constituency created	1959
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	1994
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022) [1]	15,643

Sabai is a state constituency in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia. Sabai is currently represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency is mandated to return a single member to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

The current voter composition of Sabai is 40.31% Malay, 33.94% Chinese, 20.22% Indian and 5.52% Others. ^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sabai's electorate as of 2022 ^[3]

   Malay (40.31%)

   Chinese (33.94%)

   Indian (20.22%)

  Other ethnicities (5.52%)

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sabai constituency is divided into 8 polling districts. ^[4]

State constituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Sabai (N35)	FELDA Sertik	089/35/01	SK LKTP Kampung Sertik
	Jambu Rias	089/35/02	SK Jambu Rias
	Sri Telemong	089/35/03	SJK (T) Sri Telemong
	Pekan Karak	089/35/04	SMK Karak
	Karak Setia	089/35/05	SMK Karak Setia
	Bukit Dinding	089/35/06	SJK (T) Karak
	Taman Karak	089/35/07	SJK (C) Karak
	Kampung Baru Karak	089/35/08	SK Karak

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sabai
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Abu Bakar Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Abu Bakar Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Karak
Constituency recreated from Karak
9th	1995-1999	R. Sinnathamby	BN (MIC)
10th	1999-2004	Davendran Murthy
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Kamache Doray Rajoo	PR (DAP)
14th	2018-2022		PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present	Arumugam Verappa Pillai	BN (MIC)

Election results

Pahang state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arumugam Verappa Pillai	4,444	37.52	2.16
	PH	Kamache Doray Rajoo	4,348	36.71	8.04
	PN	Nurul Qomar Abdol Talin @ Ramali	3,053	25.77	25.77
Total valid votes			11,845	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			12,005	76.74	5.88
Registered electors			15,643
Majority			96	0.81	4.26
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|BN]]		Swing		PH

Pahang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Kamache Doray Rajoo	4,374	44.75	44.75
	BN	Goonasakaren Raman	3,879	39.68	9.65
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Khairuddin Abdullah	1,308	13.38	13.38
	Independent	Karunaneethi Thangavel	145	1.48	1.48
Total valid votes			9,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,891	82.62	12.23
Registered electors			11,971
Majority			495	5.07	3.73
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PH (2018)

Pahang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kamache Doray Rajoo	4,439	50.67	1.79
	BN	Goonasakaren Raman	4,322	49.33	1.79
Total valid votes			8,761	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,891	70.39	0.21
Registered electors			10,868
Majority			117	1.34	0.90
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|DAP]]		Swing		BN

Pahang state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Davendran Murthy	3,304	51.12
	DAP	Kamache Doray Rajoo	3,159	48.88
Total valid votes			6,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			236
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,716	70.80
Registered electors			9,486
Majority			145	2.24
	[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

References

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Pahang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview".
4. Akta Portal ^{[ dead link ]}