Kinabatangan (federal constituency)

Kinabatangan is a federal constituency in Sandakan Division (Tongod District, Kinabatangan District and Beluran District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

Kinabatangan (P187)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Bung Moktar Radin BN
Constituency created	1966
First contested	1969
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	216,087
Electors (2022)[2]	44,773
Area (km²)	18,068
Pop. density (per km²)	12

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

Kinabatangan is the largest parliamentary constituency in Sabah and third largest in Malaysia overall, spanning an area of over 18,000 sq km.

Demographics

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Ethnic breakdown of Kinabatangan's electorate as of 2022

  Sabah Bumiputera (65%)

  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (27.6%)

  Other ethnicities (5.4%)

  Chinese (2%)

Age breakdown of Kinabatangan's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (8.38%)

  21-29 (26.04%)

  30-39 (23.62%)

  40-49 (15.95%)

  50-59 (12.16%)

  60-69 (8.1%)

  70-79 (3.16%)

  80-89 (1.47%)

  above 90 (1.12%)

Gender breakdown of Kinabatangan's electorate as of 2022

  Male (51.73%)

  Female (48.27%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kinabatangan constituency has a total of 27 polling districts.^[3][4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kuamut（N57）	Mananam	187/57/01	SK Menanam
	Sogo-Sogo	187/57/02	SK Sogo-Sogo
	Entilibon	187/57/03	SMK Entilibon
	Karamuak	187/57/04	SK Karamuak
	Kuamut	187/57/05	SK Kuamut
	Tongod	187/57/06	SK Pekan Tongod
	Penangah	187/57/07	SK Penangah
	Masaum	187/57/08	SK Masaum
	Inarad	187/57/09	SK Inarad
	Saguan	187/57/10	SK Saguon
Lamag（N58）	Buang Sayang	187/58/01	SK Buang Sayang
	Bukit Garam	187/58/02	SMK Bukit Garam
	Lamag	187/58/03	SK Sangau
	Balat	187/58/04	SK Balat
	Kota Kinabatangan	187/58/05	SK Bukit Garam II
	Usaha Jaya	187/58/06	SK Kota Kinabatangan
Sukau（N59）	Tanjung Aru	187/59/01	SK Tanjong Aru
	Mumiang	187/59/02	Dewan Kampung Mumiang
	Lubukan	187/59/03	SK Pulau Lubukan
	Suan Lamba	187/59/04	SK Rancangan Suan Lamba
	Batu Puteh	187/59/05	SK Batu Puteh
	Paris	187/59/06	SK Paris
	Bilit	187/59/07	SK Bilit
	Sukau	187/59/08	SK Sukau
	Abai	187/59/09	SK Abai
	Tundun Bohangin	187/59/10	SK Tundun Bohangin
	Lintang	187/59/11	SK Lintang SK Sri Ganda SK Ladang Tomanggong

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kinabatangan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[5][6]
3rd	P118	1971-1973	Pengiran Ahmad Pengiran Indar (ڤڠيرن احمد ڤڠيرن ايندر)	USNO
		1973-1974		BN (USNO)
4th	P124	1974-1978
5th		1978-1982	Abdul Ghani Misbah (عبدالغني ميسبه)	BN (BERJAYA)
6th		1982-1986
7th	P141	1986-1990	Pitting Mohd. Ali (ڤيتتيڠ محمد. علي)	BN (USNO)
8th		1990-1995	Juhar Mahiruddin (جوهر ماهرالدين‎)	BN (UMNO)
9th	P162	1995-1999
10th		1999-2004	Bung Moktar Radin (بوڠ مختار رضين‎)
11th	P187	2004-2008
12th		2008-2013
13th		2013-2018
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Kinabatangan	Lamag					Lamag
	Kuala Kinabatangan
		Kuamut
		Sekong
			Sukau

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N57	Kuamut	Masiung Banah	GRS (GAGASAN)
N58	Lamag	Bung Moktar Radin	BN (UMNO)
N59	Sukau	Jafry Ariffin

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N57	Kuamut	Kinabatangan District Council (Kuamut area) Tongod District Council	90000 Sandakan 90100 Beluran 90200 Kota Kinabatangan
N58	Lamag	Beluran District Council (Sungai Sapi area) Kinabatangan District Council Tongod District Council (Sungai Sapi and Monsok Mill areas)
N59	Sukau	Kinabatangan District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Mokhtar Radin	16,842	57.43	12.13
	Heritage	Mazliwati Abdul Malek Chua	12,512	42.62	19.44
Total valid votes			29,354	100.00
Total rejected ballots			452
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			29,882	65.56	11.91
Registered electors			44,773
Majority			4,330	14.81	29.24
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Moktar Radin	14,465	67.22	2.02
	Sabah Heritage Party	M A Ghazali Abdul Ghani	4,987	23.18	23.18
	Sabah People's Hope Party	Mustapa Datu Tambuyong	2,066	9.60	9.60
Total valid votes			21,518	100.00
Total rejected ballots			661
Unreturned ballots			78
Turnout			22,257	77.47	3.33
Registered electors			28,730
Majority			9,478	44.05	6.35
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link‍] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 320/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Moktar Radin	13,377	69.29	0.42
	PKR	Abdullah Abdul Sani	3,646	18.89	1.02
	STAR	Yambuya Parantis @ Cyril Pongod	1,153	5.97	5.97
	Independent	Ali Latip Taha	1,130	5.85	5.85
Total valid votes			19,306	100.00
Total rejected ballots			654
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			19,997	80.80	15.27
Registered electors			24,748
Majority			9,731	50.40	1.44
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 183/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 224/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Moktar Radin	8,507	69.71
	PKR	Ahmad Abdul	2,181	17.87
	Independent	Dasim @ Ricky Jikah	1,515	12.41
Total valid votes			12,203	100.00
Total rejected ballots			589
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			12,814	65.53
Registered electors			19,554
Majority			6,326	51.84
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Bung Moktar Radin won uncontested.
	BN	Bung Moktar Radin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Moktar Radin	8,141	65.72	7.06
	PBS	Ali Latip Taha	4,246	34.28	7.06
Total valid votes			12,387	100.00
Total rejected ballots			210
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			12,616	58.84	0.38
Registered electors
Majority			3,895	31.44	14.12
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Juhar Mahiruddin	6,431	58.66	7.89
	PBS	Abdul Malek Chua	4,533	41.34	41.34
Total valid votes			10,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			11,202	58.46	18.39
Registered electors
Majority			1,898	17.32	15.78
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Juhar Mahiruddin	5,473	50.77	10.58
	Independent	Miyong Hamzah	5,308	49.23	49.23
Total valid votes			10,781	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,910	40.07	3.41
Registered electors			27,228
Majority			165	1.54	7.47
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Pitting Mohd. Ali	3,273	40.19
	BERJAYA	Abdul Malek Chua	2,539	31.18
	Independent	Nahalan Damsal	2,183	26.81
	Independent	Ismail Talip	149	1.83
Total valid votes			8,144	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,253	43.48
Registered electors			18,979
Majority			734	9.01
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Ghani Misbah won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Ghani Misbah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,827
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ghani Misbah	4,935	64.08
	Independent	Pengiran Ahmad Pengiran Indar	2,766	35.92
Total valid votes			7,701	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,931	61.59
Registered electors			12,878
Majority			2,169	28.16
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Pengiran Ahmad Pengiran Indar won uncontested.
	BN	Pengiran Ahmad Pengiran Indar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,969
Majority
	BN gain from USNO		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Pengiran Ahmad Pengiran Indar won uncontested.
	USNO	Pengiran Ahmad Pengiran Indar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,672
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

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