Hilir Padas

Hilir Padas was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Hilir Padas

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Hilir Padas
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Labuan-Beaufort
4th	P126	1974-1978	Mohammad Taufeck Asneh (محمد تاوفيچق اسنيه)	BN (USNO)
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986	Mohammed Yussof Yakob (محمد يوسسوف ياقوب)	Independent
Constituency abolished, split into Limbawang and Labuan

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Hilir Padas		Klias
		Labuan
		Lumadan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982: Hilir Padas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Mohammed Yussof Yakob	8,761	53.36	53.36
	BN	Omar Mohamed Beldram	7,659	46.64	3.64
Total valid votes			16,420	100.00
Total rejected ballots			261
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,681	70.38	0.46
Registered electors			23,700
Majority			1,102	6.72	6.16
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978: Hilir Padas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Taufeck Asneh	6,668	50.28	50.28
	Independent	Norsuadah Basah	6,595	49.72	49.72
Total valid votes			13,263	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,005
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,268	69.92
Registered electors			20,406
Majority			73	0.56
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974: Hilir Padas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Mohammad Taufeck Asneh won uncontested.
	BN	Mohammad Taufeck Asneh
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,112
Majority
This was a new constituency created.