Jambongan was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.

Jambongan
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished1995
First contested1986
Last contested1990

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

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It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Jambongan
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created, renamed from Labuk-Sugut
7th P139 1986-1990 Michael Metah Asang BN (PBS)
8th 1990-1995 GR (PBS)
Constituency abolished, split into Beluran and Libaran

State constituency

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Parliamentary
constituency
State constituency
1967–1974 1974–1985 1985–1995 1995–2004 2004–2020 2020–present
Jambongan Labuk
Sugut
Sungai Sibuga

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1990: Jambongan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PBS Metah Asang @ Michael Asang 8,817 59.51   59.51
Independent Ridi Alawangsa 5,393 36.40   36.40
AKAR Thamrin Zaini 376 2.54   2.54
Independent Nordin Khani 231 1.56   1.56
Total valid votes 14,817 100.00
Total rejected ballots 174
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 14,991 50.20   1.63
Registered electors 29,864
Majority 3,424 23.11   23.11
PBS gain from BN Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1986: Jambongan
Party Candidate Votes %
BN Metah Asang @ Michael Asang 7,495 73.11
PAS Hamzah Abdullah 2,757 26.89
Total valid votes 10,252 100.00
Total rejected ballots 174
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 10,426 48.57
Registered electors 21,468
Majority 4,738 46.22
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.