Silam (federal constituency)

Silam

Sabah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Nasrun Mansor BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Silam is a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Belacha, Dam Road, North Road, Tengah Nipah, Segangan, Silabukan, Ulu Tungku, Tungku, FELDA Sahabat, Tambisan, Tanjung Labian, Ulu Segama, Sapagaya, Segama, Tabanac, Sakar, Lahad Datu Bandar, Lapangan Terbang, Singgah Mata, Panji Bahru, Taman Fajar, Mostyn, Madai, Kampong Kunak, Giram, Pangkalan Kunak, Kunak Jaya.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Silam
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Mohd. Salleh Abdullah	BN
5th	1978-1982	Sakaran Dandai
6th	1982-1986	Abdillah Abdul Hamid	Independent
7th	1986-1990	Railey Jeffrey	BN
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Samsu Baharun Abdul Rahman
12th	2008-2013	Salleh Kalbi
13th	2013-present	Nasrun Mansor

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nasrun Mansor	23,058	59.85
	PKR	Badrulamin Bahron	9,671	25.10
	Independent	Dumi Masdal	4,959	12.87
	STAR	Apas @ Nawawie Saking	841	2.18
Total valid votes			38,529	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			39,663	76.77
Registered electors			51,662
Majority			13,387
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Salleh Kalbi	18,111	68.52
	PKR	Hashbullah Imam Ohang	8,319	31.48
Total valid votes			26,430	100.00
Total rejected ballots			989
Unreturned ballots			138
Turnout			27,557	63.37
Registered electors			43,488
Majority			9,792
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samsu Baharun Abdul Rahman	16,613	73.91
	KEADILAN	Samsuri Baharuddin	5,865	26.09
Total valid votes			22,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,517
Unreturned ballots			146
Turnout			24,141	59.81
Registered electors
Majority			10,748
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	14,629	64.33
	KEADILAN	Badrulamin Bahron	8,110	35.67
Total valid votes			22,739	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots			99
Turnout			23,144	54.66
Registered electors
Majority			6,519
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	15,815	70.13
	PBS	Abdullah Minun Sahirun	6,737	29.87
Total valid votes			22,552	100.00
Total rejected ballots			424
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			23,057	58.32
Registered electors
Majority			9,078
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	10,322	55.26
	Independent	Mohamaddin Ketapi	8,269	44.27
	Independent	Hassan Malempeng	89	0.48
Total valid votes			18,680	100.00
Total rejected ballots			180
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,860	58.91
Registered electors
Majority			2,053
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Railey Jeffrey	4,299	45.74
	Independent	Mohd Yusof Yahya	1,796	19.11
	Independent	Madris Lee Buati	1,271	13.52
	Independent	Mohd Jhastu Batu Elas	1,054	11.21
	Independent	Zamrin Ismail @ Jamut	979	10.42
Total valid votes			9,399	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,514	42.99
Registered electors			22,130
Majority			2,503
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Abdillah Abdul Hamid
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sakaran Dandai
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Salleh Abdullah
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.