Darau 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]
 Sabah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Sabah Heritage Party | ||
| Constituency created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2020 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2020) | 18,350 | ||
Demographics
Ethnic breakdown of Darau's electorate as of 2020
Sabah Bumiputera (60.04%)
Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (18.72%)
Chinese (12.69%)
Other ethnicities (8.55%)
History
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Darau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Karambunai | |||
| 16th | 2020–present | Azhar Matussin (أزهر متوسّين) | WARISAN |
Election Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah Heritage Party | Azhar Matussin | 5,805 | 47.30 | |||
| BN | Jumat Idris | 5,243 | 42.72 | |||
| LDP | Sumali @ Marino Ahmad | 322 | 2.62 | |||
| Love Sabah Party | Ansari Abdullah | 280 | 2.28 | |||
| USNO | Laliman Kemad | 244 | 1.99 | |||
| GAGASAN | Dasim @ Ricky Jikah | 34 | 0.28 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,926 | 97.18 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 312 | 2.54 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 32 | 0.26 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,272 | 66.88 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,350 | |||||
| Majority | 562 | 4.58 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||