Tawau (federal constituency)

Tawau (P190)
Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Lo Su Fui; GRS
Constituency created	1966
First contested	1969
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	230,531
Electors (2022)	87,477
Area (km²)	1,332
Pop. density (per km²)	173.1

Tawau is a federal constituency in Tawau Division (Tawau District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

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 Tawau's electorate as of 2022

Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (44.6%)

Chinese (30.7%)

Sabah Bumiputera (16.5%)

Other ethnicities (8.3%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tawau constituency has a total of 23 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Balung (N67)	Kinabutan	190/67/01	SMK Kinabutan
	Andrassy	190/67/02	SK Andrassy
	Balung	190/67/03	SMK Balung
	Kinabutan Besar	190/67/04	SMK Jalan Apas
	Bukit Quoin	190/67/05	SK Bukit Quoin
	Ranggau	190/67/06	SK Ranggau
Apas (N68)	Tawau Lama	190/68/01	SK Kampung Titingan
	Tinagat	190/68/02	SK Batu Payung SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Apas	190/68/03	SK Kuala Apas
	Wakuba	190/68/04	SK Wakuba
	Titingan	190/68/05	SK Titingan
	Inderasabah	190/68/06	SK Inderasabah
	Batu 4	190/68/07	SK Batu 4 Jalan Apas
Sri Tanjung (N69)	Kuhara	190/69/01	SMK Tawau
	Sing On	190/69/02	SJK (C) Hing Hwa
	Fajar	190/69/03	SK St. Ursula
	Sabindo	190/69/04	SMK Holy Trinity
	Kabota	190/69/05	SJK (C) Kung Ming
	Batu 3	190/69/06	SMK Taman Tawau
	Da Hwa	190/69/07	SMK Jambatan Putih
	Kapital	190/69/08	Kolej Tingkatan Enam Tawau
	Jalan Chester	190/69/09	SJK (C) Sin Hwa
	Takada	190/69/10	Sabah Chinese High School

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tawau
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[4]^[5]
3rd	P120	1971-1973	Yeh Pao Tzu (叶宝滋)	SCA
3rd	P120	1973-1974	Yeh Pao Tzu (叶宝滋)	BN (SCA)
4th	P130	1974-1978	Alex Pang Sui Chee (彭瑞麒)	BN (SCA)
5th		1978-1982	Hiew Nyuk Ying (丘玉荣)	BN (BERJAYA)
6th		1982-1986	Kan Yau Fa (简耀华)	BN (BERJAYA)
7th	P151	1986-1990	Samson Chin Chee Tsu (陈志慈)	DAP
8th	P151	1990-1995	Geoffrey Yee Ling Fook (余伦福)	GR (PBS)
9th	P165	1995-1999	Chua Soon Bui (蔡顺梅)	BN (SAPP)
10th	P165	1999-2004	Shim Paw Fatt (沈宝发)
11th	P190	2004–2008	Shim Paw Fatt (沈宝发)
12th		2008	Chua Soon Bui (蔡顺梅)
12th		2008-2013	Chua Soon Bui (蔡顺梅)	SAPP
13th		2013-2018	Mary Yap Kain Ching (叶娟呈)	BN (PBS)
14th		2018-2022	Christina Liew Chin Jin (刘静芝)	PH (PKR)
15th		2022–present	Lo Su Fui (罗思辉)	GRS (PBS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Tawau					Apas
	Balung				Balung
		Bandar Tawau
				Kalabakan
	Merotai
			Sri Tanjong

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N67	Balung	Hamid Awang	GRS (GAGASAN)
N68	Apas	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan	GRS (GAGASAN)
N69	Sri Tanjong	Justin Wong Yung Bin	WARISAN

Local governments & postcodes


No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N67	Balung	Tawau Municipal Council	91000, 91039 Tawau
N68	Apas
N69	Sri Tanjong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GRS	Lo Su Fui	19,865	39.19	39.19
	PH	Christina Liew	16,065	31.69	18.36
	Heritage	Chen Ket Chuin	11,263	22.22	22.22
	Independent	Mohd Salleh Bacho	1,776	3.50	3.50
	GTA	Herman Amdas	1,067	2.11	2.11
	Independent	Chin Chee Syn	651	1.28	1.28
Total valid votes			50,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			697
Unreturned ballots			232
Turnout			51,616	57.94	15.26
Registered electors			87,477
Majority			3,800	7.50	3.56
	GRS gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Christina Liew	21,400	50.05	50.05
	BN	Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin	16,673	39.00	15.88
	PAS	Mohamad Husain	2,518	5.89	5.89
	Sabah People's Hope Party	Alizaman Jijurahman	2,162	5.06	5.06
Total valid votes			42,753	100.00
Total rejected ballots			981
Unreturned ballots			127
Turnout			43,861	73.20	4.00
Registered electors			59,919
Majority			4,727	11.06	1.75
	PH gain from BN		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. "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. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin	21,331	54.88	1.86
	PKR	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	16,352	42.07	29.60
	SAPP	Chua Soon Bui	633	1.63	1.63
	Independent	Ahmad Awang @ Madon	553	1.42	1.42
Total valid votes			38,869	100.00
Total rejected ballots			789
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			39,787	77.20	13.59
Registered electors			51,538
Majority			4,979	12.81	5.70
	BN 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. Retrieved 2016-05-19. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Chua Soon Bui	13,943	53.02
	DAP	Chan Foong Hin	9,076	34.51
	PKR	Berhan @ Birhan Ruslan	3,278	12.47
Total valid votes			26,297	100.00
Total rejected ballots			735
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			27,071	63.61
Registered electors			42,560
Majority			4,867	18.51
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Shim Paw Fatt won uncontested.
	BN	Shim Paw Fatt
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shim Paw Fatt	20,160	62.07	2.40
	PBS	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	9,044	27.84	4.81
	Independent	Majin Ajing	3,278	10.09	10.09
Total valid votes			32,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			530
Turnout			33,252	55.18	7.73
Registered electors			60,260
Majority			11,116	34.23	7.21
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chua Soon Bui	20,168	59.67	59.67
	PBS	Chee Yau Fah	11,037	32.65	18.28
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,401	4.14	1.36
	PAS	Mohamed Tingka	825	2.44	0.57
	Independent	Semanis Mohd Salleh	372	1.10	1.10
Total valid votes			33,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302
Unreturned ballots			204
Turnout			34,309	62.91	2.48
Registered electors			54,536
Majority			9,131	27.02	0.27
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Geoffrey Yee Ling Fook	11,595	50.93	50.93
	Independent	Osman Mohamad	5,504	24.18	24.18
	Independent	Bandy Pilo @ Sabandy	3,258	14.31	14.31
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,253	5.50	41.12
	Independent	Ismail Senang	731	3.21	3.21
	PAS	Mohamed Husain	426	1.87	1.87
Total valid votes			22,767	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,893	60.43	2.69
Registered electors			37,386
Majority			6,091	26.75	7.25
	PBS gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	8,277	46.62	46.62
	BN	Christina Liew	4,814	27.12	29.15
	Independent	Abdul Ghapur Salleh	4,663	26.26	26.26
Total valid votes			17,754	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,923	63.12	3.64
Registered electors			28,395
Majority			3,463	19.50	3.82
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Yau Fah @ Paul	10,525	56.27	1.45
	SCCP	Steven Chan Tze Hung	7,592	40.59	40.59
	Independent	Ismail Mohamed Said	426	2.28	2.28
	Independent	Ibrahim Kamaruddin	161	0.86	0.86
Total valid votes			18,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			243
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,947	66.76	2.75
Registered electors			28,381
Majority			2,933	15.68	19.68
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Hiew Nyuk Ying	7,889	54.82
	DAP	Liew Kong Khai	2,800	19.46
	Independent	Ibrahim Kamaruddin	2,773	19.27
	SCA	Hiew Kim Siong	929	6.46
Total valid votes			14,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			193
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,584	69.51
Registered electors			20,978
Majority			5,089	35.36
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Alex Pang Sui Chee won uncontested.
	BN	Alex Pang Sui Chee
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,735
Majority
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SCA	Yeh Pao Tzu	4,987	73.80
	Independent	Stephen Chan Tze Hung	1,770	36.20
Total valid votes			6,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,912	70.50
Registered electors			9,798
Majority			3,217	37.60
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

^ "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 43. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[1] "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[2] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 43. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

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

[4] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[5] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-19.

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