Kinabalu (federal constituency)

Not to be confused with Kota Kinabalu (federal constituency).

Kinabalu

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1966
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1969
Last contested	1999

Kinabalu was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1969 to 2004.

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

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kinabalu
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P115	1971-1973	Abdul Ghani Gilong (عبدالغني ڬيلوڠ)	USNO	Uncontested
		1973-1974		BN (USNO)
4th	P120	1974-1978
5th		1978-1982	Mark Koding	Independent	7,649 63.50%
6th		1982-1986		BN (BERJAYA)	Uncontested
7th	P138	1986-1990	Kasitah Gaddam (قصيدة بن قدم)	BN (USNO)
8th		1990-1995	Osman Minudin	GR (PBS)	7,419 52.23%
9th	P156	1995-1999	Henrynus Amin		7,973 48.10%
10th		1999-2004	Bernard Giluk Dompok	BN (UPKO)	11,723 63.36%
Constituency abolished, split into Keningau and Ranau

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Kinabalu		Kundasang
	Ranau
	Tambunan

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1966	1974	1984	1994
Kundasang		Kokob Kundasang Langsat Merungin Poring	Kokob Kundasang Pinawantai Poring Tarawas
Ranau	Karanaan Kundasang Paginatan Poring Ranau	Dombotuon Karanaan Matopang Paginatan Ranau
Tambunan	Kuala Monsok Kirokot Sunsuron Rompok Tambunan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bernard Giluk Dompok	11,723	63.36	24.38
	PBS	Janimin Saliun	6,300	34.05	14.05
	Independent	Wasimin Rashim	175	0.95	0.95
Total valid votes			18,198	98.36
Total rejected ballots			199	1.08
Unreturned ballots			105	0.57
Turnout			18,502	72.44	0.87
Registered electors			25,541
Majority			5,423	29.31	20.19
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		+14.22

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Henrynus Amin	7,973	48.10	4.13
	BN	Osman @ Othman Minudin	6,462	38.98	7.66
	Independent	Asmin Nasir	1,883	11.36	11.36
	Independent	Shariff Sadi @ Biun Intang	70	0.42	0.42
Total valid votes			16,388	98.87
Total rejected ballots			177	1.07
Unreturned ballots			11	0.07
Turnout			16,576	73.31	5.57
Registered electors			22,611
Majority			1,511	9.12	3.53
	PBS hold		Swing		+1.77

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Osman @ Othman Minudin	7,419	52.23	52.23
	AKAR	Mark Koding	6,625	46.64	46.64
Total valid votes			14,044	98.87
Total rejected ballots			160	1.13
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			14,204	67.74
Registered electors			20,968
Majority			794	5.59
	PBS gain from BN		Swing		N/A

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Kasitah Gaddam won uncontested.
	BN	Kasitah Gaddam
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			16,793
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		N/A

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mark Koding won uncontested.
	BN	Mark Koding			N/A
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			18,583
Majority
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		N/A

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Mark Koding	7,649	63.50	63.50
	BN	Abdul Ghani Gilong	4,396	36.50	36.50
Total valid votes			12,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235	0.00
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			12,280	77.50
Registered electors			15,845
Majority			3,253	27.00
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		N/A

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Ghani Gilong won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Ghani Gilong
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,814
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		N/A

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Abdul Ghani Gilong won uncontested.
	USNO	Abdul Ghani Gilong
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,387
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

• https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/tree/main