Tanjong Aru (federal constituency)

Tanjong Aru was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

Tanjong Aru
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1986
Last contested1999

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

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It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Tanjong Aru
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created from Gaya
7th P145 1986-1990 Hsing Yin Shean
(刑荣显)
DAP
8th 1990-1995 Joseph Voon Shin Choi
(温新财)
GR (PBS)
9th P151 1995-1999 Yee Moh Chai
(于墨斋)
10th 1999-2004 PBS
Constituency abolished, split into Kota Kinabalu and Putatan

State constituency

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Parliamentary
constituency
State constituency
1967–1974 1974–1985 1985–1995 1995–2004 2004–2020 2020–present
Tanjong Aru Api-Api
Petagas
Sembulan

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PBS Yee Moh Chai 11,826 50.02   5.67
BN Philip Yong Chiew Lip 11,281 47.72   9.90
DAP Oh Choo Hong 534 2.26   15.57
Total valid votes 23,641 100.00
Total rejected ballots 111
Unreturned ballots 275
Turnout 24,027 58.01   6.95
Registered electors
Majority 545 2.30   4.23
PBS hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PBS Yee Moh Chai 10,306 44.35   7.20
BN Joseph Voon Shin Choi 8,788 37.82   37.82
DAP Fung Ket Wing 4,142 17.83   2.63
Total valid votes 23,236 100.00
Total rejected ballots 151
Unreturned ballots 76
Turnout 23,463 64.96   8.99
Registered electors
Majority 1,518 6.53   16.11
PBS hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PBS Joseph Voon Shin Choi 8,504 51.55   51.55
Independent Jabar 4,687 28.41   28.41
DAP Hsing Yin Shean 2,507 15.20   39.07
AKAR Pandikar Amin Mulia 763 4.62   4.62
Independent Charles Tulis @ Mohd. Salleh 37 0.22   0.22
Total valid votes 16,498 100.00
Total rejected ballots 173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 16,671 55.97   4.52
Registered electors 29,787
Majority 3,817 23.14   9.41
PBS gain from DAP Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %
DAP Hsing Yin Shean 5,981 54.27
BN Chong Eng Leong 4,468 40.54
BERJAYA Charles Fung Mosuil 572 5.19
Total valid votes 11,021 100.00
Total rejected ballots 85
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 11,106 51.45
Registered electors 21,587
Majority 1,513 13.73
This was a new constituency created.

References

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