Limbawang (federal constituency)

Limbawang

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

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

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
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1987	Abdul Hamid Mustapha	BN
	1987-1990	Mustapha Harun
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapha Harun	7,092	56.41
	Independent	Jusri Sahat	5,192	41.30
	DAP	Shi Bo Nguan	288	2.29
Total valid votes			12,572	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,711	69.02
Registered electors
Majority			1,900
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 18 April 1987 Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Hamid Mustapha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapha Harun	4,704	50.62
	Independent	Mohamad Lamrih @ Mohamad Ramli Mohamad Said	2,910	31.31
	BERJAYA	Mohamad Yussof Yaakub	1,679	18.07
Total valid votes			9,293	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,400	61.98
Registered electors			15,165
Majority			1,794
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Mustapha	4,240	50.54
	Independent	Taufick Ruschi	2,378	28.35
	Independent	Yussof Yakob	1,771	21.11
Total valid votes			8,389	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,545	56.44
Registered electors			15,139
Majority			1,862
This was a new constituency created.