Kota Sentosa
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2005 | ||
| First contested | 2006 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Kota Sentosa is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.
The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
Ethnic breakdown of Kota Sentosa's electorate as of 2022
- Chinese (73.0%)
- Sarawak bumiputera (16.2%)
- Malay-Muslim bumiputera (9.70%)
- Other ethnicities (1.10%)
History
As of 2020, Kota Sentosa has a population of 66,413 people.[1]
Polling districts
According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kota Sentosa constituency has a total of 6 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kota Sentosa (N12) | Stampin | 196/12/01 |
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| Seledah | 196/12/02 | SJK (C) Stampin | |
| Satria Jaya | 196/12/03 |
| |
| Batu Tujoh | 196/12/04 |
| |
| Hui Sing | 196/12/05 | SMK Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Ghapor Stampin | |
| Batu Empat | 196/12/06 | SJK (C) Chung Hu Batu 4 ½ | |
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Sentosa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Batu Lintang and Batu Kawah[3] | ||||
| 16th | N12 | 2006-2011 | Chong Chieng Jen (張健仁) | PR (DAP) |
| 17th | 2011-2016 | |||
| 18th | 2016-2021 | PH (DAP) | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | Wilfred Yap Yau Sin (葉燿星) | GPS (SUPP) | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Wilfred Yap Yau Sin | 5,806 | 43.05 |  43.05 | ||
| DAP | Michael Kong Feng Nian | 4,123 | 30.57 |  27.59 | ||
| PSB | Lau Pang Heng | 2,328 | 17.26 | 17.26 | ||
| PBK | Lue Cheng Hing | 1,015 | 7.53 | 7.53 | ||
| ASPIRASI | Tan Kok Chiang | 215 | 1.59 | 1.59 | ||
| Total valid votes | 13,487 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 72 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,698 | 48.25 | 19.66 | |||
| Registered electors | 28,392 | |||||
| Majority | 1,683 | 12.48 | 3.84 | |||
| GPS gain from DAP | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chong Chieng Jen | 10,047 | 58.16 | 3.68 | ||
| BN | Wilfred Yap Yau Sin | 7,228 | 41.84 | 3.68 | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,275 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 196 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 24 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,495 | 67.91 | 7.50 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,761 | |||||
| Majority | 2,819 | 16.32 | 7.36 | |||
| DAP hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chong Chieng Jen | 12,594 | 61.84 | 9.74 | ||
| BN | Yap Chin Loi | 7,770 | 38.16 | 9.74 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,364 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 195 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 30 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,589 | 75.41 | 7.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,301 | |||||
| Majority | 4,824 | 23.69 | 19.48 | |||
| DAP hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s)
"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-27. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chong Chieng Jen | 6,579 | 52.10 | |||
| BN | Yap Chin Loi | 6,048 | 47.90 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,627 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 115 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 104 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,846 | 67.84 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,934 | |||||
| Majority | 531 | 4.21 | ||||
| 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 2016-04-27.
- ↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.12 Kota Sentosa Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
- ↑ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2006-SARAWAK-STATE-ELECTIONS/SARAWAK_2005_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
