Gaya (federal constituency)

Gaya
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1974
Last contested	1999

Gaya was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Gaya
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Peter Lo Sui Yin	BN
5th	1978-1982	William Lye Chee Hien
6th	1982-1986	William Lye Chee Hien
7th	1986-1990	Gerard Math Lee Min	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	PBS
9th	1995-1999	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	BN
10th	1999-2002	Yong Teck Lee
10th	2002-2004	Liew Teck Chan
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 12 October 2002
The by-election was called due to the disqualification of incumbent, Yong Teck Lee after being found guilty of electoral fraud.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Yong Teck Lee was originally elected to serve in this constituency. Yong disqualified as Gaya MP and Likas assemblymen since September 2002 due to found guilty of corruption according to the Election Offences Act 1954. Liew was elected to Parliament in the Gaya by-election, 2002.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Liew Teck Chan	15,639	71.19
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Hiew King Cheu	3,716	16.92
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	KEADILAN	Liew Chin Jin @ Christina Hadikusumo	2,613	11.89
Total valid votes			21,968	100.00
Total rejected ballots			132
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,100	44.71
Registered electors			49,427
Majority			11,923
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Yong Teck Lee	15,315	56.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Johnny Goh Chin Lok	11,198	41.11
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Hamzah Abdullah	729	2.68
Total valid votes			27,242	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			27,405	58.14
Registered electors
Majority			4,117
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	12,336	46.67
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Johnny Goh Chin Lok	12,127	45.87
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Oswald Sipain Mojingol	1,541	5.83
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mohd Naser Mohd Noor	431	1.63
Total valid votes			26,435	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			26,732	66.66
Registered electors
Majority			209
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		PBS

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	10,675	56.91
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Fung Ket Wing	8,083	43.09
Total valid votes			18,758	100.00
Total rejected ballots			375
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,133	54.07
Registered electors
Majority			2,592
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PBS]]		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Gerard Math Lee Min	12,388	74.77
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Joseph Chia Swee Chung	4,180	25.23
Total valid votes			16,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,624	57.57
Registered electors			28,878
Majority			8,208
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|DAP]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	William Lye Chee Hien	13,113	55.48
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Oh Choo Hong	6,514	27.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SCCP	Tan Ching Chee	4,008	16.96
Total valid votes			23,635	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,955	60.48
Registered electors			39,606
Majority			6,599
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	William Lye Chee Hien	11,218	56.82
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Chin Nyuk Fatt	7,902	40.02
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SEDAR	Musa Taulani	624	3.16
Total valid votes			19,744	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			32,092
Majority			3,316
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Peter Lo Sui Yin won uncontested.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Peter Lo Sui Yin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,903
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-20.