Bengkoka

Bengkoka (N02)
Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Harun Durabi; BN
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Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
Constituency re-created	2019
First contested	1974
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Electors (2025)	18,056

Bengkoka is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. This is one of the thirteen new state constituencies as result of approval from state legislative and Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election^[1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bengkoka's electorate as of 2025

Non-Muslim Bumiputera (55.0%)
Muslim Bumiputera (43.0%)
Other ethnicities (1.70%)
Chinese (0.30%)

History

As of 2020, Bengkoka has a population of 18,399 people.^[2]

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bengkoka constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bengkoka (N02)	Mengkubau	167/02/01	SK Manggis/Mongkubou
	Tanjung Piring	167/02/02	SK Mapan-Mapan
	Mangkapon	167/02/03	SK Mangkapon Pitas
	Kanibongan	167/02/04	SK Kanibongan
	Pantai	167/02/05	SK Pantai
	Kebatasan	167/02/06	SK Kusilad
	Penapak	167/02/07	SK Pinapak
	Dandun	167/02/08	SK Dandun
	Senaja	167/02/09	SK Senaja
	Pandan	167/02/10	SK Pandan Mandamai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bengkoka
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bengkoka-Banggi^[4]
5th	N03	1976-1981	Abdul Salam Harun	BN (USNO)
6th		1981-1985	Jasni Piut	USNO
7th		1985-1986	Abdul Salam Harun
8th		1986-1990	Yussof Abd Manan
9th		1990-1994	Paul Tom Imbayan	GR (PBS)
10th		1994-1999	Masrani Parman	BN (UMNO)
11th		1999-2004	Masrani Parman	BN (UMNO)
Constituency renamed to Pitas^[5]
Constituency re-created from Banggi and Pitas^[6]
16th	N02	2020–2025	Harun Durabi	BN (UMNO)
17th	N02	2025–present	Harun Durabi	BN (UMNO)

Election results

Sabah state election, 2025: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Harun Durabi	2,485	20.96	10.48
	GRS	Samuil Mopun	2,408	20.31	20.31
	Homeland Solidarity Party	Maklin Masiau	1,899	16.02	16.02
	KDM	Rahim Richard Mazagi	1,528	12.89	12.89
	Heritage	Fauziah Stephens	1,290	10.88	10.88
	Independent	Jomin Mogompit	1,084	9.14	9.14
	UPKO	Junsim Rumunzing	622	5.25	5.25
	PN	Berusli Kimin	310	2.61	2.61
	Sabah Dream Party	Matin Ugung	183	1.54	1.54
	PBK	Gunsanad Malingka	26	0.22	0.22
	Independent	Mohd Izahan Abdullah	21	0.18	0.18
Total valid votes			11,856
Total rejected ballots			117
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			12,050	66.74	2.00
Registered electors			18,056
Majority			77	0.62	15.94
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES" (PDF).

Sabah state election, 2020: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Harun Durabi	2,538	31.44
	UPKO	Junsim Rumunzing	1,201	14.88
	Independent	Maklin Masiau	1,149	14.23
	PBS	Dr. Samuil Mopun	898	11.12
	Independent	Pransol Tiying	731	9.05
	Independent	Akian Ah Kiew	576	7.13
	Independent	Mary Eugenie Dumpangol @ Aminah Ambrose	399	4.94
	USNO (Baru)	Omar Jalun	174	2.16
	Love Sabah Party	Jose Modsinupu	159	1.97
	GAGASAN	Sotijin Juhui	91	1.13
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Rita Cham	19	0.24
Total valid votes			7,935	98.29
Total rejected ballots			125	1.55
Unreturned ballots			13	0.16
Turnout			8,073	68.74
Registered electors			11,543
Majority			1,337	16.56
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

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Sabah state election, 1999: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Masrani Parman	4,042	57.50	0.77
	PBS	Richard Mazagi	2,121	30.17	13.10
	Independent	Paul Tom Imbayan	558	7.94	7.94
	BERSEKUTU	Dg. Maimunah Mustapha	211	3.00	3.00
	SETIA	Tsen Kwet Chong	97	1.38	1.38
Total valid votes			7,029	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,139	68.75	0.84
Registered electors			10,384
Majority			1,921	27.33	13.87
	BN hold		Swing

Sabah state election, 1994: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Masrani Parman	3,511	56.73	56.73
	PBS	Paul Tom Imbayan	2,678	43.27	5.09
Total valid votes			6,189	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,286	69.59	1.62
Registered electors			9,033
Majority			833	13.46	6.53
	BN hold		Swing

Sabah state election, 1990: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Paul Tom Imbayan	2,492	48.36	12.04
	BN	Masrani Parman	2,135	41.43	2.61
	PRS	Johnes Piut	261	5.07	5.07
	Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah	Alin Dolong	161	3.12	10.89
	AKAR	Molupin Mojulou	71	1.38	1.38
	Independent	Puddin Paitu	33	0.64	1.11
Total valid votes			5,153	100.00
Total rejected ballots			65
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,218	71.21	2.89
Registered electors			7,328
Majority			357	6.93	4.43
	BN gain from USNO		Swing		-

Sabah state election, 1986: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	USNO	Yussof Abd. Manan	1,862	38.82	7.85
	PBS	Paul Tom Imbayan	1,742	36.32	4.83
	BN	Fauziah Mohd. Fuad Stephens	672	14.01	2.76
	Independent	Johnes Piut	436	9.09	9.09
	Independent	Chee Syn Fook	84	1.75	1.75
Total valid votes			4,796	100.00
Total rejected ballots			73
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,869	68.32	0.72
Registered electors			7,127
Majority			120	2.50	12.68
	USNO hold		Swing

Sabah state election, 1985: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	USNO	Abdul Salam Harun	2,112	46.67	12.12
	PBS	Akian Ah Kiew	1,425	31.49	31.49
	BERJAYA	Md Zakaria Said	759	16.77	47.09
	BERSEPADU	Aplasin Ejal	154	3.40	3.40
	PASOK	Sait Guik	75	1.66	1.10
Total valid votes			4,525	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,630	67.60	2.67
Registered electors			6,849
Majority			687	15.18	14.13
	USNO gain from BN		Swing		-

Sabah state election, 1981: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	USNO	Johnes Piut	2,305	63.87	23.37
	BERJAYA	Muhamad Said	1,247	34.55	24.56
	Independent	Ali Akbar	37	1.03	0.63
	PASOK	Jair Mattahir	20	0.55	0.55
Total valid votes			3,609	100.00
Total rejected ballots			47
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,656	70.27	5.70
Registered electors			5,203
Majority			1,058	29.32	10.70
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		-

Sabah state election, 1976: Bengkoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	USNO	Abdul Salam Harun	1,959	59.11
	BERJAYA	Manjil Madalag	1,342	40.49
	Independent	Osman Abdul Rahman	13	0.39
Total valid votes			3,314	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,402	75.97
Registered electors			4,478
Majority			617	18.62
This was a new constituency created

References

↑ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". New Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.02 Bengkoka Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
↑ "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1976-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_1974_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
↑ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2004-ELECTION-RESULTS/SABAH_2003_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
↑ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
↑ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2020_ELECTION_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

[1] Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". New Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[2] Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.02 Bengkoka Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-19.

[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] "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1976-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_1974_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-10.

[5] TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2004-ELECTION-RESULTS/SABAH_2003_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

[6] TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

[7] TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2020_ELECTION_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

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