Batu Sapi

Batu Sapi is a federal constituency in Sandakan Division (Sandakan District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

Batu Sapi (P185)

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan GRS
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	119,698
Electors (2022)[2]	43,916
Area (km²)	454
Pop. density (per km²)	263.7

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

https://ge15.orientaldaily.com.my/seats/sabah/p

Ethnic breakdown of Batu Sapi's electorate as of 2022

1. Sabah Bumiputera (32.4%)
2. Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (31.7%)
3. Chinese (27.9%)
4. Other ethnicities (7.9%)

Age breakdown of Batu Sapi's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (7%)
2. 21-29 (24.05%)
3. 30-39 (22.23%)
4. 40-49 (15.32%)
5. 50-59 (13.32%)
6. 60-69 (10.09%)
7. 70-79 (4.57%)
8. 80-89 (2.03%)
9. above 90 (1.4%)

Gender breakdown of Batu Sapi's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (51.63%)
2. Female (48.37%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Batu Sapi constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Sekong (N53)	Jalan Sibuga	185/53/01	SMA Tun Juhar SK Mawar
	Kampung Gas	185/53/02	SK Gas SK Bambangan
	Jalan Batu Sapi	185/53/03	SMK Batu Sapi
	Tronglit	185/53/04	SK Pulau Timbang
	Sekong	185/53/05	SK Segaliud
	Lupak Meluas	185/53/06	SK Kg Bahagia
	Pulau Sanghai	185/53/07	SK Pulau Sanghai
Karamunting (N54)	Cecily	185/54/01	SJK (C) Yuk Choi
	Tanah Merah	185/54/02	SJK (C) Sung Siew
	Jalan Leila	185/54/03	Tadika Sung Siew
	Kampung Gelam	185/54/04	Perpustakaan Wilayah Sandakan SK Bandar Sandakan
	Karamunting	185/54/05	SK Karamunting
	Bokara	185/54/06	SK Sri Melanta Jaya

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Sapi
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Libaran and Sandakan
11th	P185	2004-2008	Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah (蒋国华)	BN (PBS)
12th		2008-2010
		2010-2013	Tsen Thau Lin (曾道玲)
13th		2013-2018
14th		2018-2020	Liew Vui Keong (刘伟强)	WARISAN
		2020-2022	Vacant[N 1]
15th		2022	Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (خَيْرُٱلْفِرْدَوْس أَكْبَرخَان)	GRS (BERSATU)
		2022–present		GRS (Direct)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1967–1974	1974–1985	1985–1995	1995–2004	2004–2020	2020–present
Batu Sapi					Karamunting
					Sekong

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N53	Sekong	Alias Sani	WARISAN
N54	Karamunting	George Hiew Vun Zin	GRS (GAGASAN)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N53	Sekong	Sandakan Municipal Council	90000 Sandakan 90200 Kinabatangan
N54	Karamunting

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022: Batu Sapi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GRS	Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan	12,152	44.95	44.95
	PH	Liau Fui Fui	7,331	27.11	27.11
	Heritage	Alias Sani	7,218	26.70	29.08
	GTA	Boni Yusuf Abdullah @ Narseso P Juanico	176	0.65	0.65
	Independent	Othman Ahmad	160	0.59	0.59
Total valid votes			27,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			479
Unreturned ballots			92
Turnout			27,608	61.57	12.20
Registered electors			43,916
Majority			4,821	17.84	2.02
	GRS gain from Heritage		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018: Batu Sapi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Liew Vui Keong	12,976	55.78	55.78
	BN	Tsen Thau Lin	8,357	35.93	21.51
	Amanah	Hamza A. Abdullah @ Hamzah	980	4.21	4.21
	PAS	Norsah Bongsu	948	4.08	36.68
Total valid votes			23,261	100.00
Total rejected ballots			655
Unreturned ballots			113
Turnout			24,029	73.77	3.72
Registered electors			32,574
Majority			4,619	19.86	3.18
	Sabah Heritage Party gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 246/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 320/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013: Batu Sapi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tsen Thau Lin	13,085	57.44	6.78
	PAS	Hamza A. Abdullah @ Hamzah	9,287	40.76	40.76
	STAR	Saiful Bahari Rashada Ahmad	410	1.80	1.80
Total valid votes			22,782	100.00
Total rejected ballots			574
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			23,400	77.49	16.46
Registered electors			30,199
Majority			3,798	16.68	25.11
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 183/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sabah [P.U. (B) 224/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general by-election, 4 November 2010: Batu Sapi
Upon the death of incumbent, Chong Ket Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tsen Thau Lin	9,773	64.22	2.06
	PKR	Umsery @ Ansari Abdullah	3,414	22.43	22.43
	SAPP	Yong Teck Lee	2,031	13.35	13.35
Total valid votes			15,218	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			15,613	61.03	2.03
Registered electors			25,582
Majority			6,359	41.79	17.47
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil P.185 Batu Sapi". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

Malaysian general election, 2008: Batu Sapi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah	9,479	62.16	62.16
	Independent	Chung Kwong Wing	5,771	37.84	37.84
Total valid votes			15,250	100.00
Total rejected ballots			730
Unreturned ballots			418
Turnout			16,398	63.06
Registered electors			26,004
Majority			3,708	24.32
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004: Batu Sapi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Chong Ket Wah won uncontested.
	BN	Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

Notes

1. Vacant from 2 October 2020 until the 2022 Malaysian general election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to 2021 Malaysian Proclamation of Emergency in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.