Kukusan

Kukusan

Sabah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rina Jainal Independent
Constituency created	2019
First contested	2020
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Electors (2025)	19,225

Kukusan is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the 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^[1]

Demographics

As of 2020, Kukusan has a population of 29,893 people.^[2]

Ethnic breakdown of Kukusan's electorate as of 2025

1. Muslim Bumiputera (82.0%)
2. Chinese (11.0%)
3. Non-Muslim Bumiputera (6.00%)
4. Other ethnicities (1.00%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kukusan constituency has a total of 5 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Kukusan (N70)	Muhibbah Raya	191/70/01	SK Muhibbah Raya SK Bahagia
	Sentosa	191/70/02	SJK (C) Yuk Chin
	Kukusan	191/70/03	SMK Kuhara
	Padang Terbang	191/70/04	SK Bandar Tawau SK Bandar Tawau II
	Banyan	191/70/05	SA Islamiah Tawau

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kukusan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tanjong Batu, Merotai and Sri Tanjong
16th	2020–2022	Rina Jainal	WARISAN
	2022–2023		PHRS
	2023–2025		GRS (PHRS)
17th	2025–present		Independent

Election results

Sabah state election, 2025: Kukusan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Rina Jainal	3,490	31.56	31.56
	Heritage	Ma'mun Sulaiman	2,840	25.68	15.86
	GRS	Samsiah Usman	2,063	18.65	18.65
	BN	Chaya Sulaiman	1,588	14.36	27.04
	PN	Francis @ Lawrance Yusop	725	6.56	6.56
	Homeland Solidarity Party	Ab Rahman Yahya	125	1.13	1.13
	Independent	Hairul Amin Arif	119	1.08	1.08
	Sabah Dream Party	Razik Muyong	45	0.41	0.41
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Ishak Ismail	39	0.35	0.35
	Sabah Native Co-operation Party	Mariani Sulaiman	25	0.23	0.23
Total valid votes			11,059
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			11,283	58.69	4.72
Registered electors			19,225
Majority			650	5.88	5.74
	Independent gain from Heritage		Swing		?
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES" (PDF).

Sabah state election, 2020: Kukusan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Sabah Heritage Party	Rina Jainal	2,834	41.54
	BN	Chaya Sulaiman	2,824	41.40
	Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah	Wong Jin Soon	796	11.67
	USNO (Baru)	Ismail Idris	80	1.17
	Love Sabah Party	Taufik Muin	75	1.10
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Rosdina Mohd Noor	34	0.50
	GAGASAN	Lee Boon King	21	0.31
Total valid votes			6,667	97.73
Total rejected ballots			102	1.50
Unreturned ballots			56	0.82
Turnout			6,822	53.97
Registered electors			12,640
Majority			10	0.14
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

References

1. Daim, Nuradzimmah; Pei Ying, Teoh. "Sabah gets 13 more state seats". News Straits Times. NSTP publisher. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.70 Kukusan Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.