Marudu (federal constituency)

Marudu
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1966
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1969
Last contested	1999

Marudu was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1969 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1966 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Marudu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mustapha Harun	USNO
3rd	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Ashkar Hasbollah
6th	1982-1986	Affendy Mohd. Fuad Stephens	Independent
7th	1986-1990	Joe Ojihi Supiring	Independent
8th	1990-1995	Amir Kahar Mustapha	BN
9th	1995-1999		PBS
10th	1999-2004		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Amir Kahar Mustapha	11,850	59.19
	PBS	Md Zakaria Said	7,963	39.78
	STAR	Amatus Bernadus Anjun	206	1.03
Total valid votes			20,019	100.00
Total rejected ballots			265
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			20,299	57.12
Registered electors
Majority			3,887
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Amir Kahar Mustapha	10,880	50.26
	BN	Mohammad Yahya Lampong	10,766	49.74
Total valid votes			21,646	100.00
Total rejected ballots			313
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			21,980	68.05
Registered electors
Majority			114
	PBS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Amir Kahar Mustapha	8,064	49.84
	Independent	Joe Ojihi Supiring	7,790	48.14
	DAP	Chong Jan Fah	327	2.02
Total valid votes			16,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,327	58.69
Registered electors
Majority			274
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Joe Ojihi Supiring	5,263	48.48
	BN	Amir Kahar Mustapha	4,690	43.20
	Independent	Mohamad Ayong	904	8.33
Total valid votes			10,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,013	46.78
Registered electors
Majority			573
	Independent hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Affendy Mohd. Fuad Stephens	7,906	57.10
	BN	Hamid Mustapha	5,941	42.90
Total valid votes			13,847	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,188	68.92
Registered electors			20,586
Majority			1,965
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ashkar Hasbollah
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,523
Majority			1,177
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mustapha Harun won uncontested.
	BN	Mustapha Harun
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,197
Majority
	BN gain from USNO		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mustapha Harun won uncontested.
	USNO	Mustapha Harun
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,086
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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