Kota Kinabalu is a federal constituency in West Coast Division (Kota Kinabalu District and Penampang District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1974, from 2004 to present.
The federal constituency was created in the 1966 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics https://ge15.orientaldaily.com.my/seats/sabah/p As of 2020, Kota Kinabalu has a population of 114,202 people.
History The constituency was first delineated as Jesselton. For the 1969 General Elections, this constituency was referred to as Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu). For Parliamentary sittings (1971–1974), member of Parliament of this area was referred as Kota Kinabalu. It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.
Polling districts According to the gazette issued on 21 November 2025, the Kota Kinabalu constituency has a total of 22 polling districts. State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocationLikas (N19)Bandar Utara172/19/01Dewan Serbaguna Kompleks Sukan LikasBandar Selatan172/19/02Kolej Vokasional LikasLikas Barat172/19/03SMK Perempuan LikasLikas172/19/04SK St. AgnesLikas Tengah172/19/05SJK (C) St. James Likas Likas Selatan172/19/06SM Kian KokLikas Park172/19/07SMK LikasDah Yeh Villa172/19/08 SM Tshung Tsin Sabah SK Api-ApiApi-Api (N20)Kampong Ayer172/20/01SJK (C) Chung Hwa Kg Air, KaramunsingJalan Istana172/20/02Tadika Tzu YuJalan Kebajikan172/20/03Pusat Tingkatan Enam Maktab SabahSunny Garden172/20/04SK Sacred HeartJalan Bandaran172/20/05SJK (C) Chung Hwa Kg Air Kota KinabaluLuyang (N21)Jalan Rumah Sakit172/21/01Tadika Peak Nam ToongLuyang172/21/02SJK (C) Anglo-ChineseFoh Sang172/21/03 Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Gaya Dewan Serbaguna Wisma PertanianJindo172/21/04Dewan Serbaguna LuyangBukit Padang172/21/05Dewan Foochow Bukit PadangKepayan Ridge172/21/06SM Maktab SabahTaman Fu Yen172/21/07SMK Taman Tun FuadJalan Penampang172/21/08SK Sri GayaLido172/21/09SMK Tinggi Kota Kinabalu
Representation history Members of Parliament for Kota Kinabalu Parliament No Years Member PartyVote Share Constituency createdJesselton 1969-1971 Parliament was suspended 3rd P109 1971-1973 Pang Tet Tshung (彭德聪) 7,488 74.63% 1973-1974 Constituency abolished, renamed to Gaya Constituency re-created from Gaya and Tanjong AruKota Kinabalu 11th P172 2004-2008 Yee Moh Chai (于墨斋) 15,993 64.82% 12th 2008–2013 Hiew King Cheu (邱庆洲) 9,464 34.31%13th 2013-2015 Jimmy Wong Sze Phin(黄仕平)28,516 73.15%2015–2018 14th 2018–2022 Chan Foong Hin (陈泓缣)31,632 74.76% 15th 2022–present 31,359 71.08%
State constituency Parliamentaryconstituency State constituency 1967–1974 1974–1985 1985–1995 1995–2004 2004–2020 2020–present Kota Kinabalu Api-Api Jesselton Bandar Likas Luyang Tanjong Aru
Historical boundaries State Constituency Area 1966 2003 2020 Api-Api Api-Api Damai Karamunsing Kota Kinabalu Taman Seputeh Api-Api Bukit Bandaran Kota Kinabalu Taman Sang Kancil Taman SeputehJesselton Bandar Api-Api Bukit Padang Luyang Kolombong Pulau Gaya Likas Likas Jalan Tuaran Taman Bunga Raya Taman Happy Garden Taman Yakim Jaya Damai Jalan Tuaran Likas Taman Happy Garden Taman Yakim JayaLuyang Kepayan Ridge Kopungit Luyang Taman Milek Taman Waja Kepayan Ridge Kopungit Lintas Luyang Taman MilekTanjong Aru Karamunsing Kepayan Lido Putatan Ramayah Sembulan
Current state assembly members No.State ConstituencyMemberCoalition (Party)N19LikasTham Yun FookWARISANN20Api-ApiLoi Kok LiangN21LuyangSamuel Wong Tshun Chuen
Local governments & postcodes No.State ConstituencyLocal GovernmentPostcodeN19LikasKota Kinabalu City Hall 80000, 88100, 88200, 88300, 88400, 88450, 88460, 88500, 88502, 88506 Kota Kinabalu 89500 PenampangN20Api-ApiN21Luyang Kota Kinabalu City Hall Penampang Municipal Council (Taman Fraser area)
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