# Darau
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{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district
| name = Darau
| state = Sabah
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| state-rep = Azhar Matussin
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| state-rep-party = Heritage Party (Malaysia)
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| state-status = active
| state-created = 2019
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| state-election-first = 2020
| state-election-last = 2025
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'''Darau''' is a state constituency in [Sabah](/source/Sabah), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), that is represented in the [Sabah State Legislative Assembly](/source/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](/source/2020_Sabah_state_election)[{{cite web |last1=Daim |first1=Nuradzimmah |last2=Pei Ying |first2=Teoh |title=Sabah gets 13 more state seats |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/07/505144/sabah-gets-13-more-state-seats |website=News Straits Times |publisher=NSTP publisher |access-date=23 September 2020}}]
== Demographics ==
As of 2020, Darau has a population of 64,825 people.[{{Cite web |last=Malaysia |first=Department of Statistics |title=N.17 Darau Kawasanku {{!}} OpenDOSM |url=https://open.dosm.gov.my/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=open.dosm.gov.my |language=en-GB}}]{{Pie chart|thumb=left|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Darau's electorate as of 2025|label1=Muslim Bumiputera|value1=78.00|color1=purple|label4=Other ethnicities|value4=1.00|color4=yellow|label3=[Chinese](/source/Malaysian_Chinese)|value3=8.00|color3=red|label2=Non-Muslim Bumiputera|value2=13.00|color2=blue}}
==History==
=== Polling districts ===
According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Darau constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.[{{cite web |date=31 October 2022 |title=Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf |website=Attorney General's Chambers}}]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%"
!State constituency
!Polling District
!Code
!Location
|-
| rowspan="8" |Darau (N17)
|Likas Baru
|171/17/01
|
* Dewan Serbaguna DBKK Likas
* Dewan Amil Jaya, DBP Cawangan Sabah
|-
|Likas Darat
|171/17/02
|SK Likas
|-
|Kampong Likas
|171/17/03
|SA Negeri Kampung Likas Kota Kinabalu
|-
|Bangka-Bangka
|171/17/04
|SRS Datuk Simon Fung
|-
|Kurol Melangi
|171/17/05
|[SMK All Saints](/source/All_Saints_Secondary_School)
|-
|Darau
|171/17/06
|SK Darau
|-
|Warisan
|171/17/07
|SMK Inanam
|-
|Rampayan
|171/17/08
|Institut Sinaran Kota Kinabalu
|}
===Representation history===
{| class=wikitable
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! colspan="4" | Members of the Legislative Assembly for Darau
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! Assembly !! Years !! Member !! Party
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| ''Constituency created from [Karambunai](/source/Karambunai_(state_constituency))''[{{Cite web |title=HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS |url=https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/2020-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_2019_DUN_REDELINEATION_IMPACT.csv |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=GitHub |language=en}}]
|-
| [16th](/source/16th_Sabah_State_Legislative_Assembly) || 2020–2025 || rowspan=2|[Azhar Matussin](/source/Azhar_Matussin) || rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{Sabah Heritage Party/meta/shading}}" | '''[WARISAN](/source/Sabah_Heritage_Party)'''
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|17th
|2025–present
|}
==Election results==
{{MASelec/top|Sabah|2025|Darau (state constituency)|Darau|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Heritage Party (Malaysia)|[Azhar Matussin](/source/Azhar_Matussin)|8,360|39.94|{{decrease}} 7.36}}
{{MASelec|Gabungan Rakyat Sabah|Mohamed Razali Razi|8,297|39.64|{{increase}} 39.64}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Arfandy Abdul Rahman|2,394|11.44|{{decrease}} 31.28}}
{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Nabila Norsahar|1,076|5.14|{{increase}} 5.14}}
{{MASelec|Social Democratic Harmony Party|Nordin Thani|553|2.64|{{increase}} 2.64}}
{{MASelec|Sabah Dream Party|Meriah Osman|253|1.21|{{increase}} 1.21}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|20,933|}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|274|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|45|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|21,252|64.37|{{increase}} 2.51}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|33,016}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|63|0.30|{{decrease}} 4.28}}
{{MASelec/hold|Sabah Heritage Party|}}
{{MASelec/source|hide={{cite web|url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/3240929/P.U.%20(B)%20439_2025.pdf |title=RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES}}}}{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Sabah|2020|Darau (state constituency)|Darau|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Sabah Heritage Party|[Azhar Matussin](/source/Azhar_Matussin)|5,805|47.30|}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Jumat Idris|5,243|42.72|}}
{{MASelec|Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)|Sumali @ Marino Ahmad|322|2.62|}}
{{MASelec|Love Sabah Party|Ansari Abdullah|280|2.28|}}
{{MASelec|United Sabah National Organisation (New)|Laliman Kemad|244|1.99|}}
{{MASelec|Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah|Dasim @ Ricky Jikah|34|0.28|}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|11,926|97.18}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|312|2.54}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|32|0.26}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|12,272|66.88}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|18,350}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|562|4.58}}
{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.|}}
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== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Malaysian state constituencies}}
{{Coord missing|Malaysia}}
Category:State constituencies in Sabah
{{Malaysia-state-constituency-stub}}
{{Sabah-stub}}
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