Batu Sapi
| File:Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah constituency | |
|---|---|
| File:PRN Sabah 2020.svg | |
| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 2003 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2022 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2020)[1] | 119,698 |
| Electors (2022)[2] | 47,133 |
| Area (km²) | 454 |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 263.7 |
Batu Sapi is a federal constituency in Sandakan Division (Sandakan District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.
The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]https://ge15.orientaldaily.com.my/seats/sabah/p
- Sabah Bumiputera (32.4%)
- Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (31.7%)
- Chinese (27.9%)
- Other ethnicities (7.90%)
As of 2020, Batu Sapi has a population of 119,698 people.[3]
- 18-20 (7.00%)
- 21-29 (24.1%)
- 30-39 (22.2%)
- 40-49 (15.3%)
- 50-59 (13.3%)
- 60-69 (10.1%)
- 70-79 (4.57%)
- 80-89 (2.03%)
- above 90 (1.40%)
- Male (51.6%)
- Female (48.4%)
History
[edit | edit source]Polling districts
[edit | edit source]According to the gazette issued on 21 November 2025, the Batu Sapi constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.[4]
| State constituency | Polling District | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekong (N53) | Jalan Sibuga | 185/53/01 |
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| Kampung Gas | 185/53/02 |
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| Jalan Batu Sapi | 185/53/03 | SMK Batu Sapi | |
| Tronglit | 185/53/04 | SK Pulau Timbang | |
| Sekong | 185/53/05 | SK Segaliud | |
| Lupak Meluas | 185/53/06 | SK Kg Bahagia | |
| Pulau Sanghai | 185/53/07 | SK Pulau Sanghai | |
| Karamunting (N54) | Cecily | 185/54/01 | SJK (C) Yuk Choi |
| Tanah Merah | 185/54/02 | SJK (C) Sung Siew | |
| Jalan Leila | 185/54/03 | Tadika Sung Siew | |
| Kampung Gelam | 185/54/04 |
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| Karamunting | 185/54/05 | SK Karamunting | |
| Bokara | 185/54/06 | SK Sri Melanta Jaya |
Representation history
[edit | edit source]| Members of Parliament for Batu Sapi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Libaran and Sandakan | ||||
| 11th | P185 | 2004-2008 | Edmund Chong Ket Wah (蒋国华) |
BN (PBS) |
| 12th | 2008-2010 | |||
| 2010-2013 | Tsen Thau Lin (曾道玲) | |||
| 13th | 2013-2018 | |||
| 14th | 2018-2020 | Liew Vui Keong (刘伟强) | WARISAN | |
| 2020-2022 | Vacant[N 1] | |||
| 15th | 2022 | Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (خَيْرُٱلْفِرْدَوْس أَكْبَرخَان) |
GRS (BERSATU) | |
| 2022–present | GRS (Direct) | |||
State constituency
[edit | edit source]| Parliamentary constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1974 | 1974–1985 | 1985–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present | |
| Batu Sapi | Karamunting | |||||
| Sekong | ||||||
Current state assembly members
[edit | edit source]| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N53 | Sekong | Alias Sani | WARISAN |
| N54 | Karamunting | Alex Wong Tshun Khee |
Local governments & postcodes
[edit | edit source]| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| N53 | Sekong | Sandakan Municipal Council |
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| N54 | Karamunting |
Election results
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRS | Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan | 12,152 | 44.95 | Increase 44.95 | ||
| PH | Liau Fui Fui | 7,331 | 27.11 | Increase 27.11 | ||
| Heritage | Alias Sani | 7,218 | 26.70 | Decrease 29.08 | ||
| GTA | Boni Yusuf Abdullah @ Narseso P Juanico | 176 | 0.65 | Increase 0.65 | ||
| Independent | Othman Ahmad | 160 | 0.59 | Increase 0.59 | ||
| Total valid votes | 27,037 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 479 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 92 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,608 | 61.57 | Decrease 12.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 43,916 | |||||
| Majority | 4,821 | 17.84 | Decrease 2.02 | |||
| GRS gain from Heritage | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Liew Vui Keong | 12,976 | 55.78 | Increase 55.78 | ||
| BN | Tsen Thau Lin | 8,357 | 35.93 | Decrease 21.51 | ||
| Amanah | Hamza A. Abdullah @ Hamzah | 980 | 4.21 | Increase 4.21 | ||
| PAS | Norsah Bongsu | 948 | 4.08 | Decrease 36.68 | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,261 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 655 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 113 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,029 | 73.77 | Decrease 3.72 | |||
| Registered electors | 32,574 | |||||
| Majority | 4,619 | 19.86 | Increase 3.18 | |||
| Sabah Heritage Party gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tsen Thau Lin | 13,085 | 57.44 | Decrease 6.78 | ||
| PAS | Hamza A. Abdullah @ Hamzah | 9,287 | 40.76 | Increase 40.76 | ||
| STAR | Saiful Bahari Rashada Ahmad | 410 | 1.80 | Increase 1.80 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,782 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 574 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 44 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,400 | 77.49 | Increase 16.46 | |||
| Registered electors | 30,199 | |||||
| Majority | 3,798 | 16.68 | Decrease 25.11 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tsen Thau Lin | 9,773 | 64.22 | Increase 2.06 | ||
| PKR | Umsery @ Ansari Abdullah | 3,414 | 22.43 | Increase 22.43 | ||
| SAPP | Yong Teck Lee | 2,031 | 13.35 | Increase 13.35 | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,218 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 372 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 23 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,613 | 61.03 | Decrease 2.03 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,582 | |||||
| Majority | 6,359 | 41.79 | Increase 17.47 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah | 9,479 | 62.16 | Increase 62.16 | |
| Independent | Chung Kwong Wing | 5,771 | 37.84 | Increase 37.84 | |
| Total valid votes | 15,250 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 730 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 418 | ||||
| Turnout | 16,398 | 63.06 | |||
| Registered electors | 26,004 | ||||
| Majority | 3,708 | 24.32 | |||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Chong Ket Wah won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Vacant from 2 October 2020 until the 2022 Malaysian general election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to 2021 Malaysian Proclamation of Emergency in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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