 Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Sabah Heritage Party | ||
| Constituency created | 1974 | ||
| First contested | 1974 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2020) | 17,054 | ||
Sekong is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. [1]
Ethnic breakdown of Sekong's electorate as of 2020
| Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sekong | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Semawang | |||
| 5th | 1976 – 1981 | Ahmad Indar | Alliance (USNO) |
| 6th | 1981 – 1985 | Mohammad Jifli | BN (BERJAYA) |
| 7th | 1985 – 1986 | Salleh Janan | USNO |
| 8th | 1986 | ||
| 1990 – 1994 | BN (USNO) | ||
| 9th | 1990 – 1994 | Pitting Mohd Ali | |
| 10th | 1994 – 1999 | Nahalan Damsal | BN (UMNO) |
| 11th | 1999 – 2004 | ||
| 12th | 2004 – 2008 | Samsudin Yahya | |
| 13th | 2008 – 2013 | ||
| 14th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
| 15th | 2018 – 2020 | Arifin Asgali | WARISAN |
| 16th | 2020 – present | Alias Sani | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Alias Sani | 5,937 | 53.45 |  1.33 | ||
| BN | Hazulizah Mohd Dani | 4,338 | 39.05 |  0.81 | ||
| Love Sabah Party | Sitti Nurul Ain Shaidah Pitting | 253 | 2.28 | 2.28 | ||
| LDP | Mohd Fazil Ajak | 102 | 0.92 | 0.92 | ||
| Sabah People's Unity Party | Abidin Sukor | 87 | 0.78 | 0.78 | ||
| United Sabah National Organisation (Baru) | Saran Jumdail | 63 | 0.57 | 0.57 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,780 | 97.05 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 297 | 2.67 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 31 | 0.28 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,108 | 65.13 | 9.34 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,054 | |||||
| Majority | 1,599 | 14.40 | 2.14 | |||
| Sekong hold | Swing | WARISAN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Arifin Asgali | 6,740 | 54.78 | 54.78 | ||
| BN | Samsudin Yahya | 4,705 | 38.24 | 23.68 | ||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Sahar Abdul Majid | 366 | 2.97 | 2.97 | ||
| STAR | Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman | 48 | 0.39 | 0.56 | ||
| Independent | Mohd Faisal Bachtiyal | 43 | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||
| Sabah Nationality Party | Alias Rahmad Benjamin | 16 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
| Total valid votes | 11,918 | 96.86 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 337 | 2.74 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 49 | 0.39 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,304 | 74.47 | 3.72 | |||
| Registered electors | 16,522 | |||||
| Majority | 2,035 | 16.54 | 15.15 | |||
| Sekong gain from Sabah Heritage Party | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Samsudin Yahya | 6,898 | 61.92 | 0.11 | ||
| PKR | Musah Ghani | 3,368 | 30.23 | 0.01 | ||
| SAPP | Awang @ Abdul Nasip Othman | 354 | 3.18 | 3.18 | ||
| STAR | Ahmad Ibrahim | 100 | 0.90 | 0.90 | ||
| Independent | Ilahan Amilbangsa | 50 | 0.45 | 0.45 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,770 | 96.68 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 351 | 3.15 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 19 | 0.17 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,140 | 78.19 | 17.30 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,247 | |||||
| Majority | 3,530 | 31.69 | 0.10 | |||
| Sekong hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Samsudin Yahya | 4,271 | 62.03 | |||
| PKR | Nalahan Damsal | 2,082 | 30.24 | |||
| BERSEKUTU | Mansor Mursalin | 242 | 3.51 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,595 | 95.79 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 281 | 4.08 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 9 | 0.13 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,885 | 60.89 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,308 | |||||
| Majority | 2,189 | 31.79 | ||||
| Sekong hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Samsudin Yahya won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Samsudin Yahya | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 10,938 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| Sekong hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Nalahan Damsal | 3,230 | 45.30 | 13.43 | ||
| PBS | Abdul Wahid Hamid | 1,860 | 26.09 | 12.16 | ||
| BERSEKUTU | Ridi Alawangsa | 1,246 | 17.48 | 17.48 | ||
| SETIA | Zulkifli Pitting | 581 | 8.15 | 8.15 | ||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Hamzah Abdullah | 121 | 1.70 | 1.70 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,038 | 98.71 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 92 | 1.29 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,130 | 58.63 | 0.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,161 | |||||
| Majority | 1,370 | 19.21 | 0.27 | |||
| Sekong hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Nalahan Damsal | 4,667 | 58.73 | 11.49 | ||
| PBS | Pitting Mohd Ali | 3,119 | 39.25 | 0.40 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,786 | 97.99 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 160 | 2.01 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,946 | 57.73 | 3.52 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,764 | |||||
| Majority | 1,548 | 19.48 | 11.89 | |||
| Sekong gain from BN | Swing | USNO | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USNO | Pitting Mohd Ali | 3,240 | 47.24 | 1.12 | ||
| PBS | Nalahan Damsal | 2,719 | 39.65 | 5.04 | ||
| BERJAYA | Aliong Hassan | 482 | 7.03 | 1.40 | ||
| PRS | Mohammad Jifli | 174 | 2.54 | 2.54 | ||
| Independent | Abdullah Ibrahim | 66 | 0.96 | 0.96 | ||
| Independent | Hassnar Berahim | 58 | 0.85 | 0.85 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,739 | 98.26 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 119 | 1.74 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,858 | 61.25 | 6.71 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,197 | |||||
| Majority | 521 | 7.59 | 3.92 | |||
| Sekong hold | Swing | USNO | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USNO | Salleh Janan | 2,450 | 48.36 | |||
| PBS | Juhar Mahiruddin | 2,264 | 44.69 | |||
| BERJAYA | Yee Loi Fook | 285 | 5.63 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,999 | 98.68 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 67 | 1.32 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,066 | 67.96 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,454 | |||||
| Majority | 186 | 3.67 | ||||
| Sekong hold | Swing | USNO | ||||
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