Ulu Padas

Ulu Padas

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Ulu Padas was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ulu Padas
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Sabah Selatan
4th	P129	1974-1978	Abdul Rashid Jais (عبدالرشيد جاءيس)	BN (USNO)
5th		1978-1982	Harris Salleh (هرريس محمد صالح)	BERJAYA
6th		1982-1985
		1985-1986	Kadoh Agundong	PBS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Padas

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Ulu Padas		Kemabong
		Sipitang
		Tenom

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 11–12 October 1985: Ulu Padas
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Harris Salleh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Kadoh Agundong	7,196	59.32	59.32
	BN	Jinuin Jimin	4,934	40.68	32.13
Total valid votes			12,130	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			2,262	18.64	32.24
	PBS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982 : Ulu Padas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Harris Salleh	8,252	72.81	72.81
	Independent	Halik Zaman	2,486	21.93	21.93
	PASOK	Jamparon Laja	425	3.75	3.75
	Independent	Lawrence Liki	171	1.51	1.51
Total valid votes			11,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			261
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,595	73.22
Registered electors			15,835
Majority			5,766	50.88
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978 : Ulu Padas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Harris Salleh won uncontested.
	BN	Harris Salleh
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974 : Ulu Padas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Abdul Rashid Jais won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Rashid Jais
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,977
Majority
This was a new constituency created.