Liawan (state constituency)

Liawan is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.

Liawan

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Annuar Ayub GRS
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors (2020)	17,446

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Liawan's electorate as of 2020

  Sabah Bumiputera (68.48%)

  Chinese (15.40%)

  Malay-Muslim Bumiputera (10.34%)

  Other ethnicities (5.79%)

History

Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Liawan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bingkor
12th	2004 – 2008	Sairin Karno	BN (UMNO)
13th	2008 – 2013
14th	2013 – 2018
15th	2018 – 2020	Rasinin Kautis	WARISAN
16th	2020 – 2022	Annuar Ayub	PN (STAR)
	2022 – present		GRS (STAR)

Election results

Sabah state election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Annuar Ayub	4,628	38.44	25.15
	Sabah Heritage Party	Rasinin Kautis	3,987	33.11	13.82
	Independent	Jake Nointin	1,835	15.24	15.24
	PBS	Daniel Kinsik	1,084	9.00	9.00
	Love Sabah Party	Mazlan Abdul Latiff	209	1.74	0.45
	LDP	Yatin Kukung	45	0.37	0.37
	United Sabah National Organisation (Baru)	Leong Chau Chu	43	0.36	0.36
Total valid votes			11,831	98.26
Total rejected ballots			144	1.20
Unreturned ballots			65	0.54
Turnout			12,040	69.01	10.30
Registered electors			17,446
Majority			641	5.33	4.83
	Liawan gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Nasional		Swing		WARISAN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Rasinin Kautis	6,387	46.93	46.93
	BN	Sairin Karno	5,005	36.77	9.97
	STAR	Kong Fui Seng	1,809	13.29	4.66
	Love Sabah Party	Hussein Kassim @ Jaimis Madatin	176	1.29	1.29
Total valid votes			13,377	98.29
Total rejected ballots			154	1.13
Unreturned ballots			79	0.58
Turnout			13,610	79.31	2.62
Registered electors			17,161
Majority			1,382	10.16	5.06
	Liawan gain from Sabah Heritage Party		Swing		BN
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Sabah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sairin Karno	5,383	46.74	12.93
	PKR	Paul Bunsu Gitang	3,631	31.52	1.98
	STAR	Nicholas James Guntobon	2,067	17.95	17.95
	SAPP	Pauket Yadiloh @ Jahari Tahir	236	2.05	2.05
	Independent	Nusleh Madarak	18	0.16	0.16
Total valid votes			11,315	98.41
Total rejected ballots			172	1.49
Unreturned ballots			11	0.10
Turnout			11,518	81.93	10.88
Registered electors			14,056
Majority			1,752	15.22	10.95
	Liawan hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Sabah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sairin Karno	4,661	59.67	11.04
	PKR	Jius Awang	2,617	33.50	33.50
	DAP	Yangul Modiadau @ Lawrence Edau	286	3.66	3.66
	Independent	Yapilin Nawawi	104	1.33	1.33
Total valid votes			7,668	98.17
Total rejected ballots			143	1.83
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			7,811	71.05	7.38
Registered electors			10,994
Majority			2,044	26.17	23.44
	Liawan hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Sabah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sairin Karno	4,709	70.71
	Independent	Lawrence Gimbang	1,405	21.10
	Independent	Paul Kadau	476	7.15
Total valid votes			6,590	98.95
Total rejected ballots			67	1.01
Unreturned ballots			3	0.05
Turnout			6,660	63.67
Registered electors			10,461
Majority			3,304	49.61
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SABAH BAGI TAHUN 2004".