Tanjong Aru (federal constituency)

Tanjong Aru
Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1986
Last contested	1999

Tanjong Aru was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tanjong Aru
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Hsing Yin Shean	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Joseph Voon Shin Choi	PBS
9th	1995-1999	Yee Moh Chai
10th	1999-2004	Yee Moh Chai
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Yee Moh Chai	11,826	50.02
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Philip Yong Chiew Lip	11,281	47.72
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Oh Choo Hong	534	2.26
Total valid votes			23,641	100.00
Total rejected ballots			111
Unreturned ballots			275
Turnout			24,027	58.01
Registered electors
Majority			545
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PBS

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Yee Moh Chai	10,306	44.35
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Joseph Voon Shin Choi	8,788	37.82
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Fung Ket Wing	4,142	17.83
Total valid votes			23,236	100.00
Total rejected ballots			151
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			23,463	64.96
Registered electors
Majority			1,518
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PBS

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Joseph Voon Shin Choi	8,504	51.55
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Jabar	4,687	28.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Hsing Yin Shean	2,507	15.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	AKAR	Pandikar Amin Mulia	763	4.62
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Charles Tulis @ Mohd. Salleh	37	0.22
Total valid votes			16,498	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,671	55.97
Registered electors
Majority			3,817
	[[\|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	Hsing Yin Shean	5,981	54.27
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Chong Eng Leong	4,468	40.54
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BERJAYA	Charles Fung Mosuil	572	5.19
Total valid votes			11,021	100.00
Total rejected ballots			85
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,106	51.45
Registered electors			21,587
Majority			1,513
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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