Batu Sapi (federal constituency)

Batu Sapi is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

Batu Sapi (P185)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Vacant
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	32,574

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

Ethnic breakdown of Batu Sapi's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Muslim bumiputera (65.06%)

  Chinese (30.03%)

  Non-muslim bumiputera (4.09%)

  Other ethnicities (0.82%)

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Jalan Sibuga, Kampong Gas, Jalan Batu Sapi, Tronglit, Sekong, Lupak Meluas, Cecily, Tanah Merah, Jalan Leila, Kampong Gelam, Karamunting, Bokara.

2016–present:[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Jalan Sibuga, Kampung Gas, Jalan Batu Sapi, Tronglit, Sekong, Lupak Meluas, Pulau Sanghai, Cecily, Tanah Merah, Jalan Leila, Kampung Gelam, Karamunting, Bokara.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Sapi
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Libaran and Sandakan
11th	2004-2008	Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah (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-present	Vacant (Emergency Order)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Batu Sapi					Karamunting
					Sekong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	WARISAN	Liew Vui Keong	12,976	55.78	+ 55.78
	BN	Tsen Thau Lin	8,357	35.93	- 21.51
	Amanah	Hamza A. Abdullah @ Hamzah	980	4.21	+ 4.21
	PAS	Norsah Bongsu	948	4.08	- 36.68
Total valid votes			23,261	100.00
Total rejected ballots			655
Unreturned ballots			113
Turnout			24,029	73.77
Registered electors			32,574
Majority			4,619	19.86
	WARISAN gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 320/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tsen Thau Lin	13,085	57.44
	PAS	Hamza A. Abdullah @ Hamzah	9,287	40.76
	STAR	Saiful Bahari Rashada Ahmad	410	1.80
Total valid votes			22,782	100.00
Total rejected ballots			574
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			23,400	77.49
Registered electors			30,199
Majority			3,798
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 183/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 224/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general by-election, 4 November 2010
Upon the death of incumbent, Chong Ket Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tsen Thau Lin	9,773	64.22
	PKR	Umsery @ Ansari Abdullah	3,414	22.43
	SAPP	Yong Teck Lee	2,031	13.35
Total valid votes			15,218	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			15,613	61.03
Registered electors			25,582
Majority			6,359
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil P.185 Batu Sapi". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah	9,479	62.16
	Independent	Chung Kwong Wing	5,771	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

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.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 42. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
3. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sabah [P.U. (B) 57/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-10.