Kawang (state constituency)

Kawang

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar GRS
Constituency created	1976
First contested	1976
Last contested	2020

Kawang is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.

History

Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kawang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bongawan
5th	1976	Fred Sinidol @ Tokudung	BERJAYA
	1976 – 1981		BN (BERJAYA)
6th	1981 – 1985
7th	1985 – 1986	Wenche Lajingah	PBS
8th	1986 – 1990	Ariah Tengku Ahmad
9th	1990 – 1994
10th	1994 – 1999	Osu Sukam	BN (UMNO)
11th	1999 – 2004
12th	2004 – 2008	Ghulamhaidar Khan
13th	2008 – 2013
14th	2013 – 2018
15th	2018
	2018 – 2019		IND
	2019 – 2020		PN (BERSATU)
16th	2020 –

Election results

Sabah state election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PN	Ghulamhaidar Khan	7,747	69.85	N/A
	[[|]]	WARISAN	Musli Sapan	2,653	23.92	-14.51
	[[|]]	PCS	Abdul Rahim Lassim	192	1.73	N/A
	[[|]]	USNO (Baru)	Awang Arip Nasib	163	1.47	N/A
	[[|]]	LDP	Janrywine J Lusin	119	1.07	N/A
Total valid votes			10,874	98.04
Total rejected ballots			181	1.63
Unreturned ballots			36	0.32
Turnout			11,091	74.28
Registered electors			14,932
Majority			5,094
	Kawang gain from PN		Swing		BN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ghulamhaidar Khan	10,388	53.04	-18.78
	[[|]]	WARISAN	Salleh Eddris	7,526	38.43	N/A
	[[|]]	HR	Matlin Jilon	781	3.99	N/A
	[[|]]	ANAK NEGERI	Wahid Ismail	201	1.03	N/A
Total valid votes			18,896	96.48
Total rejected ballots			322	1.64
Unreturned ballots			367	1.87
Turnout			19,585	84.78
Registered electors			23,102
Majority			2,862
	Kawang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ghulamhaidar Khan	12,301	71.82	+0.16
	[[|]]	PKR	Dzulkefli Safar	3,401	19.86	-1.28
	[[|]]	SAPP	Edward Dagul	906	5.29	N/A
	[[|]]	STAR	Akop Damsah @ Yakup Damsah	248	1.45	N/A
Total valid votes			16,418	95.85
Total rejected ballots			237	1.38
Unreturned ballots			35	0.20
Turnout			17,128	86.10
Registered electors			19,901
Majority			8,900
	Kawang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Sabah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ghulamhaidar Khan	8,605	71.66	-8.08
	[[|]]	PKR	Zavilin @ Evelyn Gabili	2,539	21.14	N/A
	[[|]]	IND	Pengiran Othman Rauf	295	2.46	N/A
	[[|]]	BERSEKUTU	Maiji Jaigul	144	1.20	N/A
Total valid votes			11,583	96.46
Total rejected ballots			262	2.18
Unreturned ballots			163	1.36
Turnout			12,008	77.02
Registered electors			15,591
Majority			6,066
	Kawang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Sabah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ghulamhaidar Khan	8,213	79.74	+22.94
	[[|]]	PASOK	Maiji Jaigul	1,934	18.78	N/A
Total valid votes			10,147	98.51
Total rejected ballots			142	1.38
Unreturned ballots			11	0.11
Turnout			10,300	70.43
Registered electors			14,624
Majority			6,279
	Kawang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Sabah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Osu Sukam	7,017	56.80	+7.65
	[[|]]	PBS	Ariah Tengku Ahmad	4,804	38.89	-9.59
	[[|]]	BERSEKUTU	Mohd Kanit Omar	282	2.28	N/A
	[[|]]	SETIA	Pengiran Othman Rauf	117	0.95	N/A
	[[|]]	IND	Sajit Singh @ Patrick Singh	49	0.40	N/A
Total valid votes			12,269	99.31
Total rejected ballots			85	0.69
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			12,354	79.92
Registered electors			15,458
Majority			2,213
	Kawang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Sabah state election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Osu Sukam	4,699	49.15	+8.54
	[[|]]	PBS	Ariah Tengku Ahmad	4,635	48.48	-0.66
	[[|]]	IND	Norbert Chin Chuan Siong	110	1.15	N/A
	[[|]]	IND	John Dagul	32	0.33	N/A
	[[|]]	IND	Duing Sumppang @ Uwing	12	0.13	N/A
Total valid votes			9,488	99.24
Total rejected ballots			73	0.76
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			9,561	81.11
Registered electors			11,787
Majority			64
	Kawang gain from BN		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1994".

Sabah state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PBS	Ariah Tengku Ahmad	3,956	49.14	-3.77
	[[|]]	BN	James Ghani	3,269	40.61	N/A
	[[|]]	IND	Wenches Lajingah	383	4.76	N/A
	[[|]]	BERJAYA	Kasim Salleh	209	2.60	-2.08
	[[|]]	PRS	Dzulkefli Safar	65	0.81	N/A
	[[|]]	AKAR	George Mikil	58	0.72	N/A
Total valid votes			9,740	98.63
Total rejected ballots			110	1.37
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			8,050	79.70
Registered electors			10,100
Majority			687
	Kawang hold		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1990".

Sabah state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PBS	Irene Daphne Pritchard @ Ariah Ahmad	3,188	52.91
	[[|]]	USNO	Nerawi Lampong	2,415	40.08
	[[|]]	BERJAYA	Malitim Lajami @ Malitin Lajame	282	4.68
Total valid votes			5,885	97.68
Total rejected ballots			140	2.32
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			6,025	82.69
Registered electors			7,286
Majority			773
	Kawang hold		Swing		PBS
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 1986".