Kukusan

Kukusan
Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rina Jainal; GRS
;
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2020
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	12,640

Kukusan 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]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kukusan's electorate as of 2020

Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (49.12%)

Sabah Bumiputera (19.57%)

Other ethnicities (15.96%)

Chinese (15.35%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kukusan constituency has a total of 5 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Kukusan (N70)	Muhibbah Raya	191/70/01	SK Muhibbah Raya SK Bahagia
	Sentosa	191/70/02	SJK (C) Yuk Chin
	Kukusan	191/70/03	SMK Kuhara
	Padang Terbang	191/70/04	SK Bandar Tawau SK Bandar Tawau II
	Banyan	191/70/05	SA Islamiah Tawau

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kukusan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tanjong Batu
16th	2020–2022	Rina Jainal	WARISAN
	2022–2023		PHRS
	2023–present		GRS (PHRS)

Election results

Sabah state election, 2020: Kukusan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Rina Jainal	2,834	41.54
	BN	Chaya Sulaiman	2,824	41.40
	Pakatan HarapanRS	Wong Jin Soon	796	11.67
	United Sabah National Organisation (Baru)	Ismail Idris	80	1.17
	Love Sabah Party	Taufik Muin	75	1.10
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Rosdina Mohd Noor	34	0.50
	GAGASAN	Lee Boon King	21	0.31
Total valid votes			6,667	97.73
Total rejected ballots			102	1.50
Unreturned ballots			56	0.82
Turnout			6,822	53.97
Registered electors			12,640
Majority			10	0.14
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

References

^ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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[1] Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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