Putatan (federal constituency)

Putatan

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Makin @ Marcus Mojigoh BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Putatan is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Pulau Gaya, Sembulan Utara, Sembulan Selatan, Tanjung Aru Timor, Tanjung Aru Barat, Lapangan Terbang, Muhibbah, Pasir Putih, Tanjung Aru Baru, Petagas, Sailan, Putatan, Papason, Lok Kawi, Tengah Padang.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Putatan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Makin @ Marcus Mojigoh	BN
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Makin @ Marcus Mojigoh	17,465	60.03
	DAP	Lee Han Kyun @ Joseph Lee	7,958	27.35
	STAR	Awang Ahmad Sah	2,604	8.95
	SAPP	Duli @ Dullie Mari @ Marie	1,068	3.67
Total valid votes			29,095	100.00
Total rejected ballots			665
Unreturned ballots			176
Turnout			29,936	79.85
Registered electors			37,490
Majority			9,507
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Makin @ Marcus Mojigoh	13,737	62.59
	PKR	Saukinah Yussof	7,292	33.23
	Independent	Ramzah Ahmad	918	4.18
Total valid votes			21,947	100.00
Total rejected ballots			608
Unreturned ballots			741
Turnout			23,296	66.68
Registered electors			34,935
Majority			6,445
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Makin @ Marcus Mojigoh	13,816	69.78
	KEADILAN	Awang Ahmad Sah	5,984	30.22
Total valid votes			19,800	100.00
Total rejected ballots			725
Unreturned ballots			727
Turnout			21,252	62.28
Registered electors
Majority			7,832
This was a new constituency created.