Kota Kinabalu (federal constituency)

Not to be confused with Kinabalu (federal constituency).

Kota Kinabalu (P172)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Chan Foong Hin PH
Constituency created	1966
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	2003
First contested	1969
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	114,202
Electors (2022) [2]	74,059
Area (km²)	26
Pop. density (per km²)	4,392.4

Kota Kinabalu is a federal constituency in West Coast Division (Kota Kinabalu District and Penampang District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974, from 2004 to present.

The federal constituency was created in the 1966 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

https://ge15.orientaldaily.com.my/seats/sabah/p

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Kinabalu's electorate as of 2022

   Chinese (67%)

  Sabah Bumiputera (21.4%)

  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (8.3%)

  Other ethnicities (3.4%)

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kota Kinabalu constituency has a total of 22 polling districts. ^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Likas (N19)	Bandar Utara	172/19/01	Dewan Serbaguna Kompleks Sukan Likas
	Bandar Selatan	172/19/02	Kolej Vokasional Likas
	Likas Barat	172/19/03	SMK Perempuan Likas
	Likas	172/19/04	SK St. Agnes
	Likas Tengah	172/19/05	SJK (C) St. James Likas
	Likas Selatan	172/19/06	SM Kian Kok
	Likas Park	172/19/07	SMK Likas
	Dah Yeh Villa	172/19/08	SM Tshung Tsin Sabah
Api-Api (N20)	Kampong Ayer	172/20/01	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Kg Air, Karamunsing
	Jalan Istana	172/20/02	Tadika Tzu Yu
	Jalan Kebajikan	172/20/03	Pusat Tingkatan Enam Maktab Sabah
	Sunny Garden	172/20/04	SK Sacred Heart
	Jalan Bandaran	172/20/05	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Kg Air, Karamunsing
Luyang (N21)	Jalan Rumah Sakit	172/21/01	Tadika Peak Nam Toong
	Luyang	172/21/02	SJK (C) Anglo-Chinese
	Foh Sang	172/21/03	Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Gaya Dewan Serbaguna Wisma Pertanian
	Jindo	172/21/04	Dewan Serbaguna Luyang
	Bukit Padang	172/21/05	Dewan Foochow Bukit Padang
	Kepayan Ridge	172/21/06	SM Maktab Sabah
	Taman Fu Yen	172/21/07	SMK Taman Tun Fuad
	Jalan Penampang	172/21/08	SK Sri Gaya
	Lido	172/21/09	SMK Tinggi Kota Kinabalu

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kota Kinabalu
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [4] [5]
3rd	P109	1971-1973	Pang Tet Tshung (彭德聪)	SCA
		1973-1974		BN (SCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Gaya
Constituency re-created from Gaya and Tanjong Aru
11th	P172	2004-2008	Yee Moh Chai (于墨斋)	BN (PBS)
12th		2008-2013	Hiew King Cheu (邱庆洲)	PR (DAP)
13th		2013-2018	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy (黄仕平)
14th		2018–2022	Chan Foong Hin (陈泓缣)	PH (DAP)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Kota Kinabalu					Api-Api
	Jesselton Bandar
					Likas
					Luyang
	Tanjong Aru

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N19	Likas	Tan Lee Fatt	PH (DAP)
N20	Api-Api	Christina Liew Chin Jin	PH (PKR)
N21	Luyang	Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe	PH (DAP)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N19	Likas	Kota Kinabalu City Hall
N20	Api-Api
N21	Luyang	Kota Kinabalu City Hall Penampang District Council (Taman Fraser area)

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chan Foong Hin	31,359	71.08	71.08
	Sabah Heritage Party	Amanda Yeo Yan Yin	7,576	17.17	17.17
	GRS	Yee Tsai Yiew	4,592	10.41	10.41
	KDM	Winston Liaw Kit Siong	456	1.03	1.03
	Independent	Marcel Jude	137	0.31	0.31
Total valid votes			44,120	100.00
Total rejected ballots			357
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			44,663	59.57	16.69
Registered electors			74,059
Majority			23,783	53.91	3.02
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chan Foong Hin	31,632	74.76	1.61
	BN	Joseph Lee Han Kyun	7,546	17.84	6.68
	SAPP	Yong Teck Lee	3,132	7.40	7.40
Total valid votes			42,310	100.00
Total rejected ballots			563
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			42,873	76.26	2.03
Registered electors			56,220
Majority			24,086	56.93	8.30
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 320/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy	28,516	73.15	38.84
	BN	Chin Tek Ming	9,557	24.52	6.01
	STAR	Liew Hock Leong @ Michael	909	2.33	2.33
Total valid votes			38,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			506
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			39,548	78.29	14.20
Registered electors			50,516
Majority			18,959	48.63	48.25
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 183/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 224/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	9,464	34.31	13.29
	PKR	Christina Liew	9,358	33.93	19.78
	BN	Chin Tek Ming	8,420	30.53	34.29
	Independent	Kong Yu Kiong	341	1.24	1.24
Total valid votes			27,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			326
Unreturned ballots			108
Turnout			28,017	64.09	5.93
Registered electors			43,714
Majority			106	0.38	43.42
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yee Moh Chai	15,993	64.82	64.82
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	5,187	21.02	21.02
	PKR	Christina Liew	3,492	14.15	14.15
Total valid votes			24,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			294
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			25,078	58.16	9.06
Registered electors
Majority			10,806	43.80	5.46
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SCA	Pang Tet Tshung	7,488	74.63
	Independent	William Lye	2,545	25.37
Total valid votes			10,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots			246
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,279	67.22
Registered electors			15,291
Majority			4,943	49.26
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Retrieved 2018-08-12.

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