Sandakan (federal constituency)

Sandakan

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wong Tien Fatt DAP
Constituency created	1966
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Sandakan is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Indah Jaya, Beatrice, Batu 1 Jalan Utara, Batu 2 Jalan Utara, Trig Hill, Jalan Utara, Packy Valley, Sungai Anip, Happy Valley, Sandakan Pekan, Cathay, Pasar, Sim-Sim, Pulau Berhala, Jalan Dua.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sandakan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Peter Lo Sui Yin	SCA
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Peter Lim Pui Ho
5th	1978-1982	Fung Ket Wing	DAP
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Lai Lun Tze	PBS
9th	1995-1999	Lau Ngan Siew	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Chong Hon Min	Independent
12th	2008-2013	Liew Vui Keong	BN
13th	2013-present	Wong Tien Fatt	DAP

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Tien Fatt	14,226	51.99
	BN	Liew Vui Keong	13,138	48.01
Total valid votes			27,364	100.00
Total rejected ballots			525
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			27,923	75.35
Registered electors			37,058
Majority			1,088
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liew Vui Keong	8,297	42.89
	DAP	Chong Chui Lin @ Shanty	8,121	41.98
	Independent	Fong Vun Fui	2,929	15.14
Total valid votes			19,347	100.00
Total rejected ballots			644
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			20,048	61.03
Registered electors			32,847
Majority			176
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Chong Hon Min	9,538	52.15
	BN	Lau Ngan Siew	8,208	44.88
	PASOK	Liew Teck Khen @ Liaw Teck King	543	2.97
Total valid votes			18,289	100.00
Total rejected ballots			385
Unreturned ballots			124
Turnout			18,798	56.61
Registered electors
Majority			1,330
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lau Ngan Siew	12,998	52.87
	PBS	Sak Cheong Yu	8,630	35.10
	MDP	Fung Ket Wing	2,956	12.02
Total valid votes			24,584	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			537
Turnout			25,417	55.68
Registered electors
Majority			4,368
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lau Ngan Siew	12,892	48.08
	DAP	Ang Lian Hai	9,818	36.62
	PBS	Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah	4,103	15.30
Total valid votes			26,813	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			152
Turnout			27,214	65.43
Registered electors
Majority			3,074
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Lai Lun Tze	10,163	52.23
	DAP	Ang Lian Hai	9,295	47.77
Total valid votes			19,458	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,377
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,835	53.75
Registered electors
Majority			868
	PBS gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fung Ket Wing	12,710	64.67
	BN	Andrew Tham Chee Nam	6,943	35.33
Total valid votes			19,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			85
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,738	59.23
Registered electors			33,325
Majority			5,767
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fung Ket Wing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fung Ket Wing
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Lim Pui Ho
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	SCA	Peter Lo Sui Yin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.