Bandau (state constituency)
| Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Independent | ||
| Constituency created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2020 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2025) | 27,390 | ||
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]
Demographics
As of 2020, Bandau has a population of 35,063 people.[3]
Ethnic breakdown of Bandau's electorate as of 2025
- Non-Muslim Bumiputera (52.0%)
- Muslim Bumiputera (43.0%)
- Chinese (3.80%)
- Other ethnicities (1.20%)
History
Polling districts
According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bandau constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.[4]
| 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[5] | |||
| 16th | 2020–2022 | Wetrom Bahanda | GRS (BERSATU) |
| 2022–2025 | KDM | ||
| 17th | 2025–present | Maijol Mahap | Independent |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Maijol Mahap | 3,996 | 22.78 | 22.78 | ||
| GRS | Redonah Bahanda | 3,752 | 21.39 | 21.39 | ||
| PH | Zaidi Jatil | 2,631 | 15.00 | 15.00 | ||
| KDM | Jaiping Minsu | 2,471 | 14.09 | 14.09 | ||
| Heritage | Rizam Abd Rahman | 1,613 | 9.20 | 15.88 | ||
| Homeland Solidarity Party | Shirewin D Patrick | 1,189 | 6.78 | 6.78 | ||
| UPKO | Suzie Salapan | 859 | 4.90 | 4.90 | ||
| Independent | Jolius Majawai | 472 | 2.69 | 2.69 | ||
| BN | Willey Lampaki | 380 | 2.17 | 2.17 | ||
| Sabah Dream Party | Sauting Rabuyot | 97 | 0.55 | 0.55 | ||
| ASPIRASI | Norman Tulang | 30 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| PBK | Robbin Banati | 28 | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||
| Sabah Nationality Party | Sitti Haima Jailani | 24 | 0.14 | 0.14 | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,542 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 380 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 44 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,966 | 65.59 | 2.61 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,390 | |||||
| Majority | 244 | 1.39 | 32.35 | |||
| Independent gain from PN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PN | Wetrom Bahanda | 5,863 | 58.82 | |||
| Sabah Heritage Party | Majamis Timbong | 2,500 | 25.08 | |||
| USNO (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. | ||||||
References
- ^ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh (17 July 2019). "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Dashboard SPR".
- ^ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.06 Bandau Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
- ^ "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-10.