Beaufort (federal constituency)

Beaufort

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Azizah Mohd Dun BN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Beaufort is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 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 Kota Klias, Malabau, Kabulu, Takuli, Limbawang, Klias Baru, Bandar Beaufort, Bingkul, Jimpangah, Halogilat, Taman Wawasan, Tenambak, Temporong, Sitombok, Palu Palu, Bundu, Melampai, Mansud, Karukan, Kilugus, Tanjung Aru, Malikai, Menumbok.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Beaufort
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Nurnikman Abdullah	BN
10th	1999-2004	Anifah Aman
11th	2004-2008	Azizah Mohd Dun
12th	2008-2012	Lajim Ukin
	2012-2013		Independent
13th	2013-present	Azizah Mohd Dun	BN

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azizah Mohd Dun	12,827	50.52
	PKR	Lajim Ukin	12,155	47.87
	STAR	Guan Dee Koh Hoi	409	1.61
Total valid votes			25,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			559
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			26,000	86.39
Registered electors			30,097
Majority			673
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lajim Ukin	14,780	79.27
	PKR	Lajim Md Yusof	3,866	20.73
Total valid votes			18,646	100.00
Total rejected ballots			681
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			19,346	72.22
Registered electors			26,788
Majority			10,914
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Azizah Mohd Dun won uncontested.
	BN	Azizah Mohd Dun
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anifah Aman @ Haniff Amman	16,009	63.48
	PBS	AK Aliuddin Pengiran Tahir	9,209	36.52
Total valid votes			25,218	100.00
Total rejected ballots			440
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			25,707	64.26
Registered electors
Majority			6,800
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nurnikman Abdullah	14,719	58.84
	PBS	Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar	10,076	40.28
	Independent	Anis Tuali	221	0.88
Total valid votes			25,016	100.00
Total rejected ballots			338
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			25,376	70.31
Registered electors
Majority			4,643
This was a new constituency created.