Tenom (federal constituency)

Tenom is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

Tenom (P181)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Noorita Sual PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	29,182

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 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 Tenom's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Non-muslim bumiputera (61.31%)

  Muslim bumiputera (28.01%)

  Chinese (10.17%)

  Other ethnicities (0.51%)

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Pamilaan, Melalap, Lagud, Kalang, Tenom Utara, Tenom Selatan, Saga, Mandalom, Pangi, Chinta Mata, Sapong, Mansasoh, Enubai, Paal, Baru Jumpa, Kemabong, Tomani, Rundum, Kapulu, Katuboh, Ulu Tomani.

2016–present:[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Pamilaan, Melalap, Lagud, Kalang, Tenom Utara, Tenom Selatan, Saga, Mandalom, Pangi, Paguokon, Chinta Mata, Sapong, Mansasoh, Enubai, Paal, Baru Jumpa, Kemabong, Tomani, Rundum, Kapulu, Katuboh, Ulu Tomani.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tenom
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Padas and Pensiangan
9th	1995-1999	Raden Malleh	PBS
10th	1999-2004	Rizalman Abdullah	BN (UMNO)
11th	2004-2008	Raime Unggi
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018	Noorita Sual	DAP
	2018-present		PH (DAP)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Tenom				Kemabong
				Melalap

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Noorita Sual	11,363	51.10	+ 51.10
	BN	Rubin Balang	10,230	46.00	- 2.15
	STAR	Laimoi @ Yuslinah Laikim	645	2.90	- 9.17
Total valid votes			22,238	100.00
Total rejected ballots			661
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			23,027	78.91
Registered electors			29,182
Majority			1,133	5.09
	DAP 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. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raime Unggi	9,771	48.15
	PKR	Masdin Tumas	5,885	29.00
	STAR	Hasmin @ Azroy Abdullah	2,449	12.07
	SAPP	Jaineh Juaya @ Jimmy Jawatah	1,766	8.70
	KITA	Mutang @ Sylvester Dawat	423	2.08
Total valid votes			20,294	100.00
Total rejected ballots			632
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			20,944	82.77
Registered electors			25,304
Majority			3,886
	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. Retrieved 2016-05-19. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raime Unggi	9,535	62.85
	PKR	Adris Taripin	2,652	17.48
	Independent	Joh Jimmy @ Richard Joe Jimmy	2,499	16.47
	BERSEKUTU	Mutang @ Sylvester Dawat	485	3.20
Total valid votes			15,171	100.00
Total rejected ballots			523
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			15,705	75.24
Registered electors			20,874
Majority			6,883
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raime Unggi	8,032	58.80
	Independent	Limun Laikim	5,628	41.20
Total valid votes			13,660	100.00
Total rejected ballots			396
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			14,063	68.88
Registered electors
Majority			2,404
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rizalman @ Sumin Abdullah @ Sumbing	11,179	59.73
	PBS	Raden Malleh	7,537	40.27
Total valid votes			18,716	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			18,940	68.93
Registered electors
Majority			3,642
	BN gain from PBS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Raden Malleh	9,949	58.25
	BN	Limun Laikim	7,025	41.13
	Independent	Agum @ Edward Laap	105	0.61
Total valid votes			17,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			17,262	70.62
Registered electors
Majority			2,924
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. 41. 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. Retrieved 2016-07-10.