Darau
 Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Heritage | ||
| Constituency created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2020 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2025) | 33,016 | ||
Darau is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. This is one of the thirteen new state constituencies as result of approval from state legislative and Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election[1]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2020, Darau has a population of 64,825 people.[2]
Ethnic breakdown of Darau's electorate as of 2025
- Muslim Bumiputera (78.0%)
- Non-Muslim Bumiputera (13.0%)
- Chinese (8.00%)
- Other ethnicities (1.00%)
History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Darau constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.[3]
| State constituency | Polling District | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darau (N17) | Likas Baru | 171/17/01 |
|
| Likas Darat | 171/17/02 | SK Likas | |
| Kampong Likas | 171/17/03 | SA Negeri Kampung Likas Kota Kinabalu | |
| Bangka-Bangka | 171/17/04 | SRS Datuk Simon Fung | |
| Kurol Melangi | 171/17/05 | SMK All Saints | |
| Darau | 171/17/06 | SK Darau | |
| Warisan | 171/17/07 | SMK Inanam | |
| Rampayan | 171/17/08 | Institut Sinaran Kota Kinabalu |
Representation history
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Darau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Karambunai[4] | |||
| 16th | 2020–2025 | Azhar Matussin | WARISAN |
| 17th | 2025–present | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage | Azhar Matussin | 8,360 | 39.94 |  7.36 | ||
| GRS | Mohamed Razali Razi | 8,297 | 39.64 |  39.64 | ||
| BN | Arfandy Abdul Rahman | 2,394 | 11.44 | 31.28 | ||
| PN | Nabila Norsahar | 1,076 | 5.14 | 5.14 | ||
| KDM | Nordin Thani | 553 | 2.64 | 2.64 | ||
| Sabah Dream Party | Meriah Osman | 253 | 1.21 | 1.21 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,933 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 63.40 | |||||
| Registered electors | 33,016 | |||||
| Majority | 63 | 0.30 | 4.28 | |||
| Sabah Heritage Party hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Azhar Matussin | 5,805 | 47.30 | |||
| BN | Jumat Idris | 5,243 | 42.72 | |||
| LDP | Sumali @ Marino Ahmad | 322 | 2.62 | |||
| Love Sabah Party | Ansari Abdullah | 280 | 2.28 | |||
| USNO (Baru) | Laliman Kemad | 244 | 1.99 | |||
| GAGASAN | Dasim @ Ricky Jikah | 34 | 0.28 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,926 | 97.18 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 312 | 2.54 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 32 | 0.26 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,272 | 66.88 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,350 | |||||
| Majority | 562 | 4.58 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.17 Darau Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
- ↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
- ↑ "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
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