Bengkoka

State constituency in Sabah, Malaysia
Malaysian electoral constituency
Bengkoka
Sabah constituency
State constituency
LegislatureSabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Harun Durabi
BN
Constituency created1974
Constituency abolished2004
Constituency re-created2019
First contested1974
Last contested2025
Demographics
Electors (2025)18,056

Bengkoka 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 Bengkoka's electorate as of 2025
  1. Non-Muslim Bumiputera (55.0%)
  2. Muslim Bumiputera (43.0%)
  3. Other ethnicities (1.70%)
  4. Chinese (0.30%)

History

As of 2020, Bengkoka has a population of 18,399 people.[2]

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bengkoka constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.[3]

State constituency Polling Districts Code Location
Bengkoka (N02) Mengkubau 167/02/01 SK Manggis/Mongkubou
Tanjung Piring 167/02/02 SK Mapan-Mapan
Mangkapon 167/02/03 SK Mangkapon Pitas
Kanibongan 167/02/04 SK Kanibongan
Pantai 167/02/05 SK Pantai
Kebatasan 167/02/06 SK Kusilad
Penapak 167/02/07 SK Pinapak
Dandun 167/02/08 SK Dandun
Senaja 167/02/09 SK Senaja
Pandan 167/02/10 SK Pandan Mandamai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bengkoka
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Bengkoka-Banggi[4]
5th 1976-1981 Abdul Salam Harun BN (USNO)
6th 1981-1985 Jasni Piut USNO
7th 1985-1986 Abdul Salam Harun
8th 1986-1990 Yussof Abd Manan
9th 1990-1994 Paul Tom Imbayan GR (PBS)
10th 1994-1999 Masrani Parman BN (UMNO)
11th 1999-2004
Constituency renamed to Pitas[5]
Constituency re-created from Banggi and Pitas[6]
16th 2020–2025 Harun Durabi BN (UMNO)
17th 2025–present

Election results

Sabah state election, 2025: Bengkoka
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Harun Durabi 2,485 20.96 Decrease 10.48
GRS Samuil Mopun 2,408 20.31 Increase 20.31
Homeland Solidarity Party Maklin Masiau 1,899 16.02 Increase 16.02
KDM Rahim Richard Mazagi 1,528 12.89 Increase 12.89
Heritage Fauziah Stephens 1,290 10.88 Increase 10.88
Independent Jomin Mogompit 1,084 9.14 Increase 9.14
UPKO Junsim Rumunzing 622 5.25 Increase 5.25
PN Berusli Kimin 310 2.61 Increase 2.61
Sabah Dream Party Matin Ugung 183 1.54 Increase 1.54
PBK Gunsanad Malingka 26 0.22 Increase 0.22
Independent Mohd Izahan Abdullah 21 0.18 Increase 0.18
Total valid votes 11,856
Total rejected ballots 117
Unreturned ballots 17
Turnout 12,050 66.74 Decrease 2.00
Registered electors 18,056
Majority 77 0.62 Decrease 15.94
BN hold Swing {{{2}}}
Source(s)
"RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES" (PDF).
Sabah state election, 2020: Bengkoka
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Harun Durabi 2,538 31.44
UPKO Junsim Rumunzing 1,201 14.88
Independent Maklin Masiau 1,149 14.23
PBS Dr. Samuil Mopun 898 11.12
Independent Pransol Tiying 731 9.05
Independent Akian Ah Kiew 576 7.13
Independent Mary Eugenie Dumpangol @ Aminah Ambrose 399 4.94
USNO (Baru) Omar Jalun 174 2.16
Love Sabah Party Jose Modsinupu 159 1.97
GAGASAN Sotijin Juhui 91 1.13
Sabah People's Unity Party Rita Cham 19 0.24
Total valid votes 7,935 98.29
Total rejected ballots 125 1.55
Unreturned ballots 13 0.16
Turnout 8,073 68.74
Registered electors 11,543
Majority 1,337 16.56
This was a new constituency created

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References

  1. ^ Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". New Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.02 Bengkoka Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  3. ^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1976-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_1974_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  5. ^ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2004-ELECTION-RESULTS/SABAH_2003_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  6. ^ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  7. ^ TindakMalaysia. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2020_ELECTION_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

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