Padas (federal constituency)

Malaysian electoral constituency

Padas Sabah constituency

Defunct federal constituency
Legislature| Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created| 1984
Constituency abolished| 1995
First contested| 1986
Last contested| 1990

Padas was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.

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[edit]

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

### Representation history[edit]

Members of Parliament for Padas

Parliament  | No | Years | Member | Party
Constituency created, renamed from Ulu Padas
7th | P149 | 1986-1990 | Kadoh Agundong | BN (PBS)
8th | 1990-1995 | Raden Malleh | GR (PBS)
Constituency abolished, split into Sipitang and Tenom

### State constituency[edit]

Parliamentary
constituency | State constituency

|

1967–1974 | 1974–1985 | 1985–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2020 | 2020–present
Padas |  | Kemabong |
Sipitang |
Tenom |

## Election results[edit]

Malaysian general election, 1990 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

|
|
|
|

| PBS | Raden Malleh | 9,848 | 84.37 |  84.37
| DAP | Paul Kadau | 1,824 | 15.63 |  15.63
Total valid votes  | 11,672 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 791
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 12,463 | 51.65 |  7.59
Registered electors  | 24,629
Majority  | 8,024 | 68.74 |  38.14
| PBS gain from BN | Swing | ?

Malaysian general election, 1986 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %

|
|
|

| BN | Kadoh Agundong | 7,014 | 65.30
| BERJAYA | Jinuin Jimin | 3,727 | 34.70
Total valid votes  | 10,741 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 187
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 10,928 | 59.24
Registered electors  | 18,447
Majority  | 3,287 | 30.60
This was a new constituency created.

## References[edit]

* "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.