Silam (state constituency)

Silam
Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Dumi Pg. Masdal; Sabah Heritage Party
;
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2020
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	17,395

Silam is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. Previously this constituency was named Lahad Datu before swaping change to named Silam from name of parliamentary on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election^[1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Silam's electorate as of 2020

Sabah Bumiputera (47.02%)

Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (24.23%)

Chinese (16.40%)

Other ethnicities (12.35%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Silam
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency renamed from Lahad Datu
16th	2020–present	Dumi Pg. Masdal (دومي ڤڠيران مسدال)	WARISAN

Sabah state election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Dumi Pg. Masdal	5,200	53.78
	PN	Abdul Hakim Gulam Hassan	3,658	37.83
	Love Sabah Party	Matusin Sunsuang	196	2.03
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Erwan Johan	156	1.61
	GAGASAN	Ahmad Tiong	122	1.26
	USNO (Baru)	Mohammad Hamdan Abdullah	54	0.56
Total valid votes			9,386	97.07
Total rejected ballots			263	2.72
Unreturned ballots			20	0.21
Turnout			9,669	55.58
Registered electors			17,395
Majority			1,542	15.95
This was a new constituency created.

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

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