Labuk-Sugut (federal constituency)

Labuk-Sugut

Sabah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1966
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1969
Last contested	1982

Labuk-Sugut was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1966 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Labuk-Sugut
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ajad Oyung	USNO
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Ampong Puyon
6th	1982-1986	Hassan Alban Sandukong	Independent
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Hassan Alban Sandukong	6,120	60.74
	BN	Ampong Puyon	3,955	39.26
Total valid votes			10,075	100.00
Total rejected ballots			283
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,358	59.70
Registered electors			17,350
Majority			2,165
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ampong Puyon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			14,307
Majority			347
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Ajad Oyung won uncontested.
	BN	Ajad Oyung
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			9,930
Majority
	BN gain from USNO		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Ajad Oyung won uncontested.
	USNO	Ajad Oyung
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,742
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.