Tanjong Aru (federal constituency)

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Tanjong Aru
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished2004
First contested 1986
Last contested 1999

Tanjong Aru was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

Contents

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tanjong Aru
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Gaya
7th P1451986-1990 Hsing Yin Shean
(刑荣显)
DAP
8th 1990-1995Joseph Voon Shin Choi
(温新财)
GR (PBS)
9th P1511995-1999 Yee Moh Chai
(于墨斋)
10th 1999-2004PBS
Constituency abolished, split into Kota Kinabalu and Putatan

State constituency

Parliamentary
constituency
State constituency
1967–19741974–19851985–19951995–20042004–20202020–present
Tanjong AruApi-Api
Petagas
Sembulan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PBS Yee Moh Chai 11,82650.02Increase2.svg 5.67
BN Philip Yong Chiew Lip11,28147.72Increase2.svg 9.90
DAP Oh Choo Hong5342.26Decrease2.svg 15.57
Total valid votes23,641 100.00
Total rejected ballots111
Unreturned ballots275
Turnout24,02758.01Decrease2.svg 6.95
Registered electors
Majority5452.30Decrease2.svg 4.23
PBS hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PBS Yee Moh Chai 10,30644.35Decrease2.svg 7.20
BN Joseph Voon Shin Choi8,78837.82Increase2.svg 37.82
DAP Fung Ket Wing4,14217.83Increase2.svg 2.63
Total valid votes23,236 100.00
Total rejected ballots151
Unreturned ballots76
Turnout23,46364.96Increase2.svg 8.99
Registered electors
Majority1,5186.53Decrease2.svg 16.11
PBS hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1990
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PBS Joseph Voon Shin Choi8,50451.55Increase2.svg 51.55
Independent Jabar4,68728.41Increase2.svg 28.41
DAP Hsing Yin Shean 2,50715.20Decrease2.svg 39.07
AKAR Pandikar Amin Mulia 7634.62Increase2.svg 4.62
Independent Charles Tulis @ Mohd. Salleh370.22Increase2.svg 0.22
Total valid votes16,498 100.00
Total rejected ballots173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout16,67155.97Increase2.svg 4.52
Registered electors29,787
Majority3,81723.14Increase2.svg 9.41
PBS gain from DAP Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes %
DAP Hsing Yin Shean 5,98154.27
BN Chong Eng Leong4,46840.54
BERJAYA Charles Fung Mosuil5725.19
Total valid votes11,021 100.00
Total rejected ballots85
Unreturned ballots
Turnout11,10651.45
Registered electors21,587
Majority1,51313.73
This was a new constituency created.

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