Sabai (state constituency)

Sabai is a state constituency in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia. Sabai is currently represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly.

Sabai

Pahang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Pahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Arumugam Verappa Pillai BN
Constituency created	1959
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	1994
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)[1]	15,643

The state constituency is mandated to return a single member to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

The current voter composition of Sabai is 40.31% Malay, 33.94% Chinese, 20.22% Indian and 5.52% Others.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sabai's electorate as of 2022^[3]

1. Malay (40.31%)
2. Chinese (33.94%)
3. Indian (20.22%)
4. Other ethnicities (5.52%)

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sabai constituency is divided into 8 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Sabai (N35)	FELDA Sertik	089/35/01	SK LKTP Kampung Sertik
	Jambu Rias	089/35/02	SK Jambu Rias
	Sri Telemong	089/35/03	SJK (T) Sri Telemong
	Pekan Karak	089/35/04	SMK Karak
	Karak Setia	089/35/05	SMK Karak Setia
	Bukit Dinding	089/35/06	SJK (T) Karak
	Taman Karak	089/35/07	SJK (C) Karak
	Kampung Baru Karak	089/35/08	SK Karak

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sabai
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Abu Bakar Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Abu Bakar Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Karak
Constituency recreated from Karak
9th	1995-1999	R. Sinnathamby	BN (MIC)
10th	1999-2004	Davendran Murthy
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2015	Kamache Doray Rajoo	PR (DAP)
	2015-2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018-2022
15th	2022–present	Arumugam Verappa Pillai	BN (MIC)

Election results

Pahang state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arumugam Verappa Pillai	4,444	37.52	2.16
	PH	Kamache Doray Rajoo	4,348	36.71	8.04
	PN	Nurul Qomar Abdol Talin @ Ramali	3,053	25.77	25.77
Total valid votes			11,845	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			12,005	76.74	5.88
Registered electors			15,643
Majority			96	0.81	4.26
	BN gain from PH		Swing		?

Pahang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kamache Doray Rajoo	4,374	44.75	44.75
	BN	Goonasakaren Raman	3,879	39.68	9.65
	PAS	Mohd Khairuddin Abdullah	1,308	13.38	13.38
	Independent	Karunaneethi Thangavel	145	1.48	1.48
Total valid votes			9,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,891	82.62	12.23
Registered electors			11,971
Majority			495	5.07	3.73
	PH hold		Swing		?

Pahang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kamache Doray Rajoo	4,439	50.67	1.79
	BN	Goonasakaren Raman	4,322	49.33	1.79
Total valid votes			8,761	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,891	70.39	0.21
Registered electors			10,868
Majority			117	1.34	0.90
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Pahang state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Davendran Murthy	3,304	51.12
	DAP	Kamache Doray Rajoo	3,159	48.88
Total valid votes			6,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			236
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,716	70.80
Registered electors			9,486
Majority			145	2.24
	BN hold		Swing		?