Tanjong Papat

Tanjong Papat is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Tanjong Papat

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Poon Ming Fung PH
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	14,287

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tanjong Papat's electorate as of 2020

  Chinese (50.05%)

  Sabah Bumiputera (27.95%)

  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (14.75%)

  Other ethnicities (7.25%)

History

Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tanjong Papat
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency renamed from Bandar Sandakan
7th	1985 – 1986	Tan Kit Sher	PBS
8th	1986 – 1990
9th	1990 – 1994
10th	1994 – 1999	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	BN (SAPP)
11th	1999 – 2004
12th	2004 – 2008
13th	2008 – 2013		BN (GERAKAN)
14th	2013 – 2018
15th	2018 – 2020	Poon Ming Fung	PH (DAP)
16th	2020 –

Election results

Sabah state election, 2020: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Poon Ming Fung	5,900	66.61	11.55
	PN	Ken Yong	2,157	24.35	24.35
	United Sabah National Organisation (Baru)	Mohd Yunus Apil	345	3.89	3.89
	Independent	Noraini Sulong	98	1.11	1.11
	Love Sabah Party	Chung Yu Seng	79	0.89	0.89
	LDP	Lam Jin Dak	62	0.70	0.70
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Jamal ALi	35	0.40	0.40
Total valid votes			8,676	97.95
Total rejected ballots			160	1.81
Unreturned ballots			22	0.25
Turnout			8,858	62.00	10.92
Registered electors			14,287
Majority			3,473	42.26	25.07
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		WARISAN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2018: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Poon Ming Fung	5,818	55.06	0.09
	BN	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	4,002	37.87	3.50
	Independent	Jufazli Ahmad	533	5.04	5.04
Total valid votes			10,353	97.97
Total rejected ballots			196	1.85
Unreturned ballots			18	0.17
Turnout			10,567	72.92	3.02
Registered electors			14,492
Majority			1,816	17.19	3.59
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2013: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	6,153	54.97	14.92
	DAP	Poon Ming Fung	4,631	41.37	14.32
	SAPP	Yong Chie Man @ Yu Chie Man	191	1.71	1.71
Total valid votes			10,975	98.04
Total rejected ballots			206	1.84
Unreturned ballots			13	0.12
Turnout			11,194	75.94	12.54
Registered electors			14,741
Majority			1,522	13.60	29.15
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Sabah state election, 2008: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	6,418	69.89
	DAP	Teo Yan Boon @ Anthony	2,492	27.14
Total valid votes			8,910	97.03
Total rejected ballots			273	2.97
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			9,183	63.40
Registered electors			14,484
Majority			3,926	42.75
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Sabah state election, 2004: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Raymond Tan Shu Kiah won uncontested.
	BN	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,172
Majority
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Sabah state election, 1999: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	4,482	46.37	3.79
	PBS	Ang Lian Hai	2,786	28.83	12.73
	BERSEKUTU	John Khoo Cheo Ping	2,311	23.91	23.91
Total valid votes			9,579	99.11
Total rejected ballots			86	0.89
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			9,665	66.85	0.48
Registered electors			14,457
Majority			1,696	17.54	16.52
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Sabah state election, 1994: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	3,614	42.58	26.98
	PBS	Lai Lun Tze	3,527	41.56	13.93
	DAP	Fung Ket Wing	1,282	15.11	7.45
Total valid votes			8,423	99.25
Total rejected ballots			64	0.75
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			8,487	67.33	3.53
Registered electors			12,605
Majority			87	1.02	31.91
	Tanjong Papat gain from BN		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1994".

Sabah state election, 1990: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Tan Kit Sher	4,630	55.49	2.39
	DAP	Fung Ket Wing	1,882	22.56	22.56
	LDP	Lau Ngan Siew	1,302	15.60	15.60
	BERJAYA	Yap Pak Chau	469	5.62	15.87
Total valid votes			8,283	99.27
Total rejected ballots			61	0.73
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			8,344	70.86	0.14
Registered electors			11,776
Majority			2,748	32.93	3.46
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1990".

Sabah state election, 1986: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Tan Kit Sher	4,708	57.88	17.13
	BERJAYA	Chin Su Kim	1,748	21.49	16.74
	Independent	Wong Hee Yung	1,552	19.08	19.08
	SCCP	Fu Sui Cheong @ Philip	53	0.65	0.65
	Love Sabah Party	Huang Han Ching	47	0.58	0.58
Total valid votes			8,108	99.68
Total rejected ballots			26	0.32
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			8,134	71.00	0.62
Registered electors			11,457
Majority			2,960	36.39	33.87
	Tanjong Papat hold		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1986".

Sabah state election, 1985: Tanjong Papat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Tan Kit Sher	3,213	40.75
	BERJAYA	Wong Soon Yu	3,014	38.23
	DAP	Fung Ket Wang	1,657	21.02
Total valid votes			7,884	99.33
Total rejected ballots			53
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			7,937	71.62
Registered electors			11,082
Majority			199	2.52
	Tanjong Papat gain		Swing
Source(s) "How they fared". New Straits Times. 1985-04-22.

References

1. "Dashboard SPR".