Tanjung Batu (Sabah state constituency)

Tanjung Batu

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Vacant
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2020)	41,931
Electors (2025)	27,428

Tanjung Batu is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. ^[1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tanjung Batu's electorate as of 2020

1. Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (59.4%)
2. Other ethnicities (21.3%)
3. Sabah Bumiputera (15.5%)
4. Chinese (3.81%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tanjung Batu constituency has a total of 3 polling districts. ^[2]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Tanjung Batu (N71)	Pasir Putih	191/71/01	SMK Pasir Putih
	Tanjung Batu	191/71/02	SK Tanjong Batu Dewan Kompleks Sukan Tawau
	Keramat	191/71/03	SK Tg Batu Keramat

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tanjong Batu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Merotai and Kalabakan
Tanjong Batu
12th	2004 – 2008	Mohd Kamil Mohd Kassim (محمّد كامل محمّد قاسم)	BN (UMNO)
13th	2008 – 2013	Hamisa Samat (خميسة صمد)
14th	2013 – 2018
15th	2018
	2018 – 2020		WARISAN
	2020		Independent
Tanjung Batu
16th	2020 – 2025	Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy (أندي محمّد سوريادي بندي)	BN (UMNO)

Election results

Sabah state election, 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GRS	Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy
	Heritage
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,428
Majority
Source(s) [ citation needed ]

Sabah state election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy	4,728	60.55	12.34
	Sabah Heritage Party	Mohd Afsar Abdul Latif	2,605	33.36	4.44
	Love Sabah Party	Rudy Nurdin	130	1.66	1.66
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Kamshari Johari Ibrahim	79	1.01	0.02
	United Sabah National Organisation (Baru)	Zulkifli Ahmad	58	0.74	0.74
	Independent	Asmari Udoh	16	0.20	0.20
Total valid votes			7,616	97.53
Total rejected ballots			142	1.82
Unreturned ballots			51	0.65
Turnout			7,809	52.50	19.88
Registered electors			14,875
Majority			2,123	27.19	16.78
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamisa Samat	8,358	48.21	27.33
	Sabah Heritage Party	Ismail Senang	6,552	37.80	37.80
	PAS	Usman Madeaming	1,506	8.69	13.77
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Ardi Arsah @ Samsi	171	0.99	0.99
Total valid votes			16,767	96.72
Total rejected ballots			451	2.60
Unreturned ballots			117	0.67
Turnout			17,335	72.38	5.80
Registered electors			23,951
Majority			1,986	10.41	42.67
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamisa Samat	10,858	75.54	1.46
	PAS	Fatmawaty Mohd Yusuf	3,228	22.46	22.46
Total valid votes			14,086	98.00
Total rejected ballots			252	1.75
Unreturned ballots			36	0.25
Turnout			14,374	78.18	17.04
Registered electors			18,386
Majority			7,630	53.08	4.43
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". Archived from the original on 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2022-10-16.

Sabah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamisa Samat	5,921	77.00	9.64
	PKR	Dullah Hashim	1,499	19.49	19.49
	Independent	Mohammad Jeffry Rosman	178	2.31	2.31
	Independent	Dasun Sumbin	0	0.00
Total valid votes			7,598	98.80
Total rejected ballots			92	1.20
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			7,690	61.14	3.41
Registered electors			12,577
Majority			4,422	57.51	17.39
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Sabah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Kamil Mohd Kassim	5,784	86.64
	SETIA	Mir Durahman	784	11.74
Total valid votes			6,568	98.38
Total rejected ballots			108	1.62
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			6,676	57.73
Registered electors			11,564
Majority			5,000	74.90
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2004".

References

1. "Dashboard SPR".
2. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.