Padas (federal constituency)

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

Padas
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished1995
First contested1986
Last contested1990

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

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It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Padas
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created, renamed from Ulu Padas
7th P149 1986-1990 Kadoh Agundong BN (PBS)
8th 1990-1995 Raden Malleh GR (PBS)
Constituency abolished, split into Sipitang and Tenom

State constituency

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Parliamentary
constituency
State constituency
1967–1974 1974–1985 1985–1995 1995–2004 2004–2020 2020–present
Padas Kemabong
Sipitang
Tenom

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PBS Raden Malleh 9,848 84.37   84.37
DAP Paul Kadau 1,824 15.63   15.63
Total valid votes 11,672 100.00
Total rejected ballots 791
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 12,463 51.65   7.59
Registered electors 24,629
Majority 8,024 68.74   38.14
PBS gain from BN Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %
BN Kadoh Agundong 7,014 65.30
BERJAYA Jinuin Jimin 3,727 34.70
Total valid votes 10,741 100.00
Total rejected ballots 187
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 10,928 59.24
Registered electors 18,447
Majority 3,287 30.60
This was a new constituency created.

References

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