Tawau (federal constituency)

Tawau

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mary Yap Kain Ching BN
Constituency created	1966
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Tawau is a federal constituency in 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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kinabutan, Andrassy, Balung, Hidayat, Bukit Quoin, Tawau Lama, Tinagat, Apas, Wakuba, Titingan, Inderasabah, Kuhara, Sin On, Tanjung, Jalan Dunlop, Kubata, Batu 3, Da Hua, Kapital, Jalan Chester.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tawau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Yeh Pao Tzu	SCA
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Alex Pang Sui Chee
5th	1978-1982	Hiew Nyuk Ying
6th	1982-1986	Kan Yau Fa
7th	1986-1990	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Geoffrey Yee Ling Fook	PBS
9th	1995-1999	Chua Soon Bui	BN
10th	1999-2004	Shim Paw Fatt
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008	Chua Soon Bui
	2008-2013		SAPP
13th	2013-present	Mary Yap Kain Ching	BN

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin	21,331	54.88
	PKR	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	16,352	42.07
	SAPP	Chua Soon Bui	633	1.63
	Independent	Ahmad Awang @ Madon	553	1.42
Total valid votes			38,869	100.00
Total rejected ballots			789
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			39,787	77.20
Registered electors			51,538
Majority			4,979
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

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
	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
	PBS	Kong Hong Ming @ Kong Fo Min	9,044	27.84
	Independent	Majin Ajing	3,278	10.09
Total valid votes			32,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			530
Turnout			33,252	55.18
Registered electors
Majority			11,116
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chua Soon Bui	20,168	59.66
	PBS	Chee Yau Fah	11,037	32.65
	DAP	Samson Chin Chee Tsu	1,401	4.14
	PAS	Mohamed Tingka	825	2.44
	Independent	Semanis Mohd Salleh	372	1.10
Total valid votes			33,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302
Unreturned ballots			204
Turnout			34,309	62.91
Registered electors
Majority			9,131
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

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

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

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kan Yau Fa
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hiew Nyuk Ying
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Alex Pang Sui Chee
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SCA	Yeh Pao Tzu
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.