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Darau
Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Azhar Matussin
Sabah Heritage Party
Constituency created2019
First contested 2020
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)18,350

Darau is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. This is one of the thirteen new state constituencies as result of approval from state legislative and Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election [1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Darau's electorate as of 2020

  Sabah Bumiputera (60.04%)
  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (18.72%)
   Chinese (12.69%)
  Other ethnicities (8.55%)

History

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Darau
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Karambunai
16th 2020–present Azhar Matussin (أزهر متوسّين) WARISAN

Election Results

Sabah state election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Sabah Heritage Party Azhar Matussin 5,805 47.30
BN Jumat Idris 5,243 42.72
LDP Sumali @ Marino Ahmad 322 2.62
Love Sabah Party Ansari Abdullah 280 2.28
USNO Laliman Kemad 244 1.99
GAGASAN Dasim @ Ricky Jikah 34 0.28
Total valid votes 11,926 97.18
Total rejected ballots 312 2.54
Unreturned ballots 32 0.26
Turnout 12,272 66.88
Registered electors 18,350
Majority 562 4.58
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. ^ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.