 Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GRS | ||
| Constituency created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2020) | 10,131 | ||
Sebatik is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. [1]
Ethnic breakdown of Sebatik's electorate as of 2020
| Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sebatik | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 12th | 2004 – 2008 | Patawari Patawe | BN (UMNO) |
| 13th | 2008 – 2013 | Abdul Muis Picho | |
| 14th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
| 15th | 2018 | ||
| 2018 – 2020 | WARISAN | ||
| 2020 | Independent | ||
| 16th | 2020 – 2021 | Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir | WARISAN |
| 2021 – 2022 | GRS (BERSATU) | ||
| 2022 - 2023 | GRS (Direct) | ||
| 2023–present | GRS (PGRS) | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir | 2,665 | 43.38 |  1.10 | ||
| PN | Abdul Muis Picho | 2,143 | 34.89 | 34.89 | ||
| Love Sabah Party | Abdul Samat Akui | 504 | 8.20 | 8.20 | ||
| United Sabah National Organisation (Baru) | Hassan Ibrahim | 253 | 4.12 | 4.12 | ||
| Independent | Mohd Balbir Arjan | 183 | 2.98 | 2.98 | ||
| Sabah People's Unity Party | Baharuddin Basrie | 140 | 2.28 | 1.58 | ||
| Independent | Juhuran Kalmin | 90 | 1.47 | 1.47 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,978 | 97.31 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 129 | 2.10 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 36 | 0.59 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,143 | 60.64 |  10.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,131 | |||||
| Majority | 522 | 8.49 | 4.92 | |||
| Sabah Heritage Party gain | Swing | Barisan Nasional | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Muis Picho | 2,468 | 45.75 | 26.26 | ||
| Sabah Heritage Party | Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir | 2,275 | 42.18 | 42.18 | ||
| PAS | Rozlan Ramli | 504 | 9.34 | 8.31 | ||
| Sabah People's Unity Party | Yusri Yunus | 38 | 0.70 | 0.70 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,285 | 97.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 109 | 2.02 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,394 | 70.84 | 4.64 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,614 | |||||
| Majority | 193 | 3.57 | 50.79 | |||
| Sebatik hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Muis Picho | 5,484 | 72.01 | 3.04 | ||
| PAS | Daud Jalaluddin | 1,344 | 17.65 | 17.65 | ||
| Independent | Mohamad Yusup Lewah | 249 | 3.27 | 3.27 | ||
| STAR | Mohammad Jeffry Rosman | 225 | 2.95 | 2.95 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,302 | 95.88 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 293 | 3.85 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 21 | 0.28 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,616 | 75.48 | 9.48 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,090 | |||||
| Majority | 4,140 | 54.36 | 6.67 | |||
| Sebatik hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Muis Picho | 4,711 | 75.05 | 6.39 | ||
| PKR | Arsad Jamal | 880 | 14.02 | 14.02 | ||
| Independent | Raden Kakung | 392 | 6.25 | 6.25 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,983 | 95.32 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 110 | 1.75 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 184 | 2.93 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,277 | 66.00 | 6.43 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,510 | |||||
| Majority | 3,831 | 61.03 | 11.59 | |||
| Sebatik hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Patawari Patawe | 4,708 | 81.44 | |||
| SETIA | Mohd Eddris Jikirun | 510 | 8.82 | |||
| PAS | Abdul Wahid Yemang | 452 | 7.82 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,670 | 98.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 111 | 1.92 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,781 | 59.57 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,705 | |||||
| Majority | 4,198 | 72.62 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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