Semporna (federal constituency)

Semporna is a federal constituency in Tawau Division (Semporna District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

Semporna (P189)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohd Shafie Apdal Sabah Heritage Party
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)^[1]	166,587
Electors (2022)^[2]	72,169
Area (km²)	1,126
Pop. density (per km²)	147.9

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Silam constituency and Tawau in the 1984 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 Semporna's electorate as of 2022

  Sabah Bumiputera (63.6%)

  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (32.3%)

  Other ethnicities (2.6%)

  Chinese (1.6%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Semporna constituency has a total of 32 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Sulabayan（N64）	Pulau	189/64/01	SK Pulau Balit
	Bum-Bum Utara	189/64/02	SK Balimbang
	Sisipan	189/64/03	SK Sisipan
	Bum-Bum Selatan	189/64/04	SK Pulau Bum-Bum
	Sulabayan	189/64/05	SK Sulabayan
	Denawan	189/64/06	SK Pulau Denawan
	Larapan	189/64/07	SK Pulau Sumandi
	Selakan	189/64/08	SK Selakan
	Terusan	189/64/09	SK Terusan Baru
	Hampalan	189/64/10	SK Hampalan
	Tongkalloh	189/64/11	SK Tongkalloh
	Pulau Omadal	189/64/12	SK Pulau Omadal
Senallang（N65）	Pekan Semporna	189/64/01	SK Pekan Semporna
	Tampi-Tampi	189/65/02	SK Tampi-Tampi
	Kabogan	189/65/03	SK Kabogan
	Pakalangan	189/65/04	SK Kampung Pokas
	Tagasan	189/65/05	SMK Tagasan
	Mantaritip	189/65/06	SK Pegagu
	Musallah	189/65/07	SK Pekan Semporna II
	Inabah Kamal	189/65/08	SA Tun Sakaran
	Pulau Mabul	189/65/09	SK Pulau Mabul
	Bukit Lalang	189/65/10	SK Bukit Lalang
	Kubang Baru	189/65/11	SK Kubang Pinang
Bugaya（N66）	Semporna Darat	189/66/01	SK Gading-Gading
	Sungai Tohok	189/66/02	SK Sungai Tohok
	Bugaya	189/66/03	SK Bugaya
	Tanjung Kapor	189/66/04	SK Tanjung Kapor
	Bubul	189/66/05	SK Bubul SK Bubul II
	Kampong Ayer	189/66/06	SA Negeri Pekan Semporna
	Lihak-Lihak	189/66/07	SK Lihak-Lihak
	Simunul	189/66/08	SK Kampung Simunul
	Bangau-Bangau	189/66/09	SJK (C) Nyuk Hwa

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Semporna
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Silam and Tawau
7th	P153	1986–1990	Sakaran Dandai (ساکران محمد هاشم دانداي)	BN (USNO)
8th		1990–1995		BN (UMNO)
9th	P164	1995–1999	Mohd Shafie Apdal (محمد شافعي اڤدل)
10th		1999–2004
11th	P189	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013-2016
		2016–2018		WARISAN
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Semporna			Balung
					Bugaya
				Senallang
			Sulabayan

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N64	Sulabayan	Jaujan Sambakong	WARISAN
N65	Senallang	Shafie Apdal
N66	Bugaya	Jamil Hamzah

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N64	Sulabayan	Semporna District Council
N65	Senallang
N66	Balung

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Mohd Shafie Apdal	28,702	73.77	6.43
	GRS	Nixon Abdul Habi	7,892	20.28	20.28
	PH	Arastam Pandorog	1,848	4.75	4.75
	GTA	Ab Rajik Hamid	467	1.2	1.20
Total valid votes			38,909	100.00
Total rejected ballots			282
Unreturned ballots			787
Turnout			39,978	53.91	17.83
Registered electors			72,169
Majority			20,810	53.49	8.36
	Sabah Heritage Party 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	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Mohd Shafie Apdal	26,809	80.20	80.20
	BN	Ramlee Marahaban	6,135	18.35	65.35
	PAS	Abdul Nasir Ab Raup	384	1.15	1.15
	Sabah People's Hope Party	Asmara Asmad	98	0.29	0.29
Total valid votes			33,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			982
Unreturned ballots			205
Turnout			34,613	71.74	4.30
Registered electors			48,248
Majority			20,674	61.85	6.61
	Sabah Heritage Party 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	Mohd Shafie Apdal	25,559	83.70	7.14
	PKR	Zamree @ Mohd Suffian Abdul Habi	4,654	15.24	6.08
	Independent	Badaruddin Mustapha	325	1.06	1.06
Total valid votes			30,538	100.00
Total rejected ballots			985
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			31,595	76.04	12.97
Registered electors			41,549
Majority			20,905	68.46	13.25
	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 2016-04-27. "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 2016-04-27.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Shafie Apdal	19,419	90.84	14.59
	PKR	Ab Azis Ab Hamid	1,957	9.16	5.45
Total valid votes			21,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			832
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			22,209	63.07	1.13
Registered electors			35,216
Majority			17,462	81.71	14.96
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Shafie Apdal	15,215	76.25	1.73
	Independent	Madjalis Lais	1,896	9.50	9.50
	Independent	Aldani Landi	1,286	6.45	6.45
	Independent	Noraidah Abdul Salleh	816	4.09	4.09
	PKR	Mohd Abd Wahab Abdullah	740	3.71	3.71
Total valid votes			19,953	100.00
Total rejected ballots			847
Unreturned ballots			118
Turnout			20,918	61.94	3.46
Registered electors
Majority			13,319	66.75	10.79
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Shafie Apdal	18,570	77.98	0.05
	Independent	Abdul Rahim @ Abdurahim	5,245	22.02	22.02
Total valid votes			23,815	100.00
Total rejected ballots			326
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			24,155	58.48	8.11
Registered electors
Majority			13,325	55.96	0.10
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Shafie Apdal	17,006	78.03	19.18
	PBS	Sabardin Ombrah	4,788	21.97	21.97
Total valid votes			21,794	100.00
Total rejected ballots			385
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			22,197	66.59	8.82
Registered electors
Majority			12,218	56.06	38.36
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sakaran Dandai	10,832	58.85	7.59
	Independent	Abdillah Abdul Hamid	7,574	41.15	41.15
Total valid votes			18,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,566	57.77	6.21
Registered electors			32,139
Majority			3,258	17.70	1.24
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sakaran Dandai	6,063	51.26
	BERJAYA	Abdillah Abdul Hamid	4,116	34.80
	Independent	Jendy Jeffery	1,650	13.95
Total valid votes			11,829	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,947	51.56
Registered electors			23,170
Majority			1,947	16.46
This was a new constituency created out of Silam and Tawau which went to Independent and BN respectively in the previous election.

References

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

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