Silam (state constituency)

Silam is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. Previously this constituency was named Lahad Datu before swaping change to named Silam from name of parliamentary on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election^[1]

Silam

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Dumi Pg. Masdal Sabah Heritage Party
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2020
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	17,395

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Silam's electorate as of 2020

  Sabah Bumiputera (47.02%)

  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (24.23%)

  Chinese (16.40%)

  Other ethnicities (12.35%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Silam constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Silam (N62)	Sepagaya	188/62/01	SK Teruasan
	Sakar	188/62/02	SK Tanjong Paras
	Bandar Lahad Datu	188/62/03	SK Lahad Datu III
	Lapangan Terbang	188/62/04	SMK St. Dominic
	Panji Baru	188/62/05	SK St. Dominic
	Taman Fajar	188/62/06	SJK (C) Siew Ching
	Silam	188/62/07	SK Silam

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Silam
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency renamed from Lahad Datu
16th	2020–present	Dumi Pg. Masdal (دومي ڤڠيران مسدال)	WARISAN

Election results

Sabah state election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Dumi Pg. Masdal	5,200	53.78
	PN	Abdul Hakim Gulam Hassan	3,658	37.83
	Love Sabah Party	Matusin Sunsuang	196	2.03
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Erwan Johan	156	1.61
	GAGASAN	Ahmad Tiong	122	1.26
	USNO (Baru)	Mohammad Hamdan Abdullah	54	0.56
Total valid votes			9,386	97.07
Total rejected ballots			263	2.72
Unreturned ballots			20	0.21
Turnout			9,669	55.58
Registered electors			17,395
Majority			1,542	15.95
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.