Silam (state constituency)

{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district

| name = Silam

| state = Sabah

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| state-rep = Dumi Pg. Masdal

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| state-rep-party = Sabah Heritage Party

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| state-created = 2019

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| state-election-first = 2020

| state-election-last = 2020

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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{{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

{{Pie chart|thumb=left|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Silam's electorate as of 2020|label2=Malay-Muslim Bumiputera|value2=24.23|color2=purple|label3=Chinese|value3=16.40|color3=red|label4=Other ethnicities|value4=12.35|color4=yellow|label1=Sabah Bumiputera|value1=47.02|color1=blue}}

History

= Polling districts =

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Silam constituency has a total of 7 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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119123334/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2022 |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=Attorney General's Chambers}}

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!State constituency

!Polling District

!Code

!Location

rowspan="7" |Silam (N62)

|Sepagaya

|188/62/01

|SK Teruasan

Sakar

|188/62/02

|SK Tanjong Paras

Bandar Lahad Datu

|188/62/03

|SK Lahad Datu III

Lapangan Terbang

|188/62/04

|SMK St. Dominic

Panji Baru

|188/62/05

|SK St. Dominic

Taman Fajar

|188/62/06

|SJK (C) Siew Ching

Silam

|188/62/07

|SK Silam

=Representation history=

class=wikitable ! colspan="4" \| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Silam
Assembly ! Years ! Member ! Party
colspan=4 align=center \| Constituency renamed from Lahad Datu
16th \| 2020–present \| Dumi Pg. Masdal (دومي ڤڠيران مسدال) \| bgcolor="{{Sabah Heritage Party/meta/shading}}"\| WARISAN

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! colspan="4" | Members of the Legislative Assembly for Silam

Assembly

! Years

! Member

! Party

colspan=4 align=center | Constituency renamed from Lahad Datu

16th

| 2020–present

| Dumi Pg. Masdal (دومي ڤڠيران مسدال)

| bgcolor="{{Sabah Heritage Party/meta/shading}}"| WARISAN

Election results

{{MASelec/top|Sabah|2020|Silam (state constituency)|Silam|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Abdul Hakim Gulam Hassan|3,658|37.83|}}

{{MASelec|United Sabah National Organisation (New)|Mohammad Hamdan Abdullah|54|0.56|}}

References

Category:Sabah state constituencies