Limbawang

Limbawang was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.

Limbawang

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Limbawang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Hilir Padas
7th	P148	1986-1987	Abdul Hamid Mustapha (عبدالحميد مصطفى)	BN (USNO)
		1987-1990	Mustapha Harun (داتو مصطفى داتو هارون)
8th		1990-1995		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Beaufort and Sipitang

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Limbawang			Klias
			Lumadan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990: Limbawang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapha Harun	7,092	56.41	5.79
	Independent	Jusri Sahat	5,192	41.30	41.30
	DAP	Shi Bo Nguan	288	2.29	2.29
Total valid votes			12,572	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,711	69.02	7.02
Registered electors			18,416
Majority			1,900	15.11	4.20
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 18 April 1987: Limbawang
Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Hamid Mustapha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapha Harun	4,704	50.62	50.62
	Independent	Mohamad Lamrih @ Mohamad Ramli Mohamad Said	2,910	31.31	31.31
	BERJAYA	Mohamad Yussof Yaakub	1,679	18.07	18.07
Total valid votes			9,293	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,400	61.98	5.54
Registered electors			15,165
Majority			1,794	19.31	2.88
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986: Limbawang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Mustapha	4,240	50.54
	Independent	Taufick Ruschi	2,378	28.35
	Independent	Yusof Yacob	1,771	21.11
Total valid votes			8,389	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,545	56.44
Registered electors			15,139
Majority			1,862	22.19
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.