Bandau (state constituency)

Bandau is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. This is one of the thirteen new state constituencies as result of approval from state legislative and Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election^[1][2]

Bandau

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wetrom Bahanda KDM
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2020
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	14,615

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bandau's electorate as of 2020

1. Sabah Bumiputera (86.7%)
2. Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (6.75%)
3. Chinese (4.62%)
4. Other ethnicities (1.98%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bandau constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bandau（N06）	Bintasan	168/06/01	SK Bengkongan
	Mangaris	168/06/02	SK Mangaris
	Tagaroh	168/06/03	SK Tagaroh
	Langkon	168/06/04	SK Langkon
	Panaitan	168/06/05	SK Panaitan
	Mangin	168/06/06	SK Mangin
	Ranau	168/06/07	SK Ranau
	Bongon	168/06/08	SJK (C) Khoi Ming
	Ongkilan	168/06/09	SK Ongkilan
	Taritipan	168/06/10	SK Taritipan
	Popok	168/06/11	SK Popok
	Tanjung Batu	168/06/12	SK Tanjung Batu
	Pangapuyan	168/06/13	SK Lampada

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bandau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Matunggong and Tandek[4]
16th	2020–2022	Wetrom Bahanda	GRS (BERSATU)
	2022–present		KDM

Election results

Sabah state election, 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	KDM
	GRS
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
Source(s) [citation needed]

Sabah state election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Wetrom Bahanda	5,863	58.82
	Sabah Heritage Party	Majamis Timbong	2,500	25.08
	United Sabah National Organisation (Baru)	Azahari Amit	477	4.79
	Love Sabah Party	Webley Disim	477	4.79
	LDP	Raphael Biun	331	3.32
	Independent	Delly Surag @ Tolok	58	0.58
Total valid votes			9,706	97.37
Total rejected ballots			225	2.26
Unreturned ballots			37	0.37
Turnout			9,968	68.20
Registered electors			14,615
Majority			3,363	33.74
This was a new constituency created.