Silam (state constituency)
 Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Sabah Heritage Party | ||
| Constituency created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2020 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2020) | 17,395 | ||
Silam is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. Previously this constituency was named Lahad Datu before swaping change to named Silam from name of parliamentary on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election[1]
Demographics
Ethnic breakdown of Silam's electorate as of 2020
Sabah Bumiputera (47.02%)
Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (24.23%)
Chinese (16.40%)
Other ethnicities (12.35%)
History
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Silam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency renamed from Lahad Datu | |||
| 16th | 2020–present | Dumi Pg. Masdal (دومي ڤڠيران مسدال) | WARISAN |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Dumi Pg. Masdal | 5,200 | 53.78 | |||
| PN | Abdul Hakim Gulam Hassan | 3,658 | 37.83 | |||
| Love Sabah Party | Matusin Sunsuang | 196 | 2.03 | |||
| Sabah People's Unity Party | Erwan Johan | 156 | 1.61 | |||
| GAGASAN | Ahmad Tiong | 122 | 1.26 | |||
| United Sabah National Organisation (Baru) | Mohammad Hamdan Abdullah | 54 | 0.56 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,386 | 97.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 263 | 2.72 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 20 | 0.21 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,669 | 55.58 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,395 | |||||
| Majority | 1,542 | 15.95 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- ^ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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