Darvel was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974.
 Sabah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1966 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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
editIt was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
edit| Members of Parliament for Darvel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P119 | 1971-1973 | Mohd. Salleh Abdullah (محمد. صالح عبدالله) |
USNO |
| 1973-1974 | BN (USNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed into Silam | ||||
State constituency
edit| Parliamentary constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1974 | 1974–1985 | 1985–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present | |
| Darvel | Lahad Datu | |||||
| Semporna | ||||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mohd. Salleh Abdullah won uncontested. | ||||||
| USNO | Mohd. Salleh Abdullah | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 13,788 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.