Kota Kinabalu (federal constituency)

Kota Kinabalu

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy DAP
Constituency created	1966
First contested	1969
Last contested	2013

Kota Kinabalu is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974, from 2004 to present.

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

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bandar Utara, Bandar Selatan, Likas Barat, Likas, Likas Tengah, Likas Selatan, Likas Park, Dah Yeh Villa, Kampong Ayer, Jalan Istana, Jalan Kebajikan, Sunny Garden, Jalan Bandaran, Jalan Rumah Sakit, Luyang, Foh Sang, Jindo, Bukit Padang, Kepayan Ridge, Taman Fu Yun, Jalan Penampang.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kota Kinabalu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Pang Tet Tshung	SCA
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
11th	2004-2008	Yee Moh Chai	BN
12th	2008-2013	Hiew King Cheu	DAP
13th	2013-present	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Sze Phin @ Jimmy	28,516	73.15
	BN	Chin Tek Ming	9,557	24.52
	STAR	Liew Hock Leong @ Michael	909	2.33
Total valid votes			38,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			506
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			39,548	78.29
Registered electors			50,516
Majority			18,959
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	9,464	34.31
	PKR	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	9,358	33.93
	BN	Chin Tek Ming	8,420	30.53
	Independent	Kong Yu Kiong	341	1.24
Total valid votes			27,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			326
Unreturned ballots			108
Turnout			28,017	64.09
Registered electors			43,714
Majority			106
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yee Moh Chai	15,993	64.82
	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	5,187	21.02
	KEADILAN	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	3,492	14.15
Total valid votes			24,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			294
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			25,078	58.16
Registered electors
Majority			10,806
	BN gain from SCA		Swing		?

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