Balung

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

Demographics

As of 2020, Balung has a population of 70,671 people.

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Balung constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Balung (N67)	Kinabutan	190/67/01	SMK Kinabutan
Andrassy	190/67/02	SK Andrassy
Balung	190/67/03	SMK Balung
Kinabutan Besar	190/67/04	SMK Jalan Apas
Bukit Quoin	190/67/05	SK Bukit Quoin
Ranggau	190/67/06	SK Ranggau

Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Balung
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
3rd	1969–1971	Edwin Chan Foo Sang	Alliance (SCA)
4th	1971–1976
5th	1976–1979	Abu Bakar Titingan	Alliance (USNO)
1979–1981	Syed Abas Syed Ali	BN (BERJAYA)
6th	1981
1981–1985	Ahmad Bahrom Abu Bakar Titingan
7th	1985–1986
1986	PBS
8th	1986–1990
9th	1990	Ismail Jook	USNO
1990–1994	BN (UMNO)
10th	1994–1999	Abdul Manan Jakasa
11th	1999–2004
12th	2004–2008	Syed Abas Syed Ali
13th	2008–2013
14th	2013–2018
15th	2018	Osman Jamal
2018–2020	WARISAN
2020	Independent
16th	2020–2023	Hamild @ Hamid Awang	BN (UMNO)
2023–2025	GRS (GAGASAN)
17th	2025–present	Syed Ahmad Syed Abas

Sabah state election, 2025: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GRS	Syed Ahmad Syed Abas	4,717	35.86	35.86
	Heritage	Ahmad Frank Salazar @ Franco	3,372	25.64	10.78
	PN	Munizer Mahamaud	2,265	17.22	17.22
	BN	Erwan Palateh	1,688	12.83	30.76
	Homeland Solidarity Party	Chee Kheng Moi	373	2.84	2.84
	Independent	Shafie Hassan	218	1.66	1.66
	Sabah Clan Party	Norazizah Pelari @ Palari	154	1.17	1.17
	Independent	Hartono Muhamad Juno	144	1.09	1.09
	Sabah Dream Party	Ugis Pula	87	0.66	0.66
	Sabah People's Unity Party	Rosdiansa Mohd Noor	78	0.59	0.59
	PBK	Ahmad Awang	57	0.43	0.43
Total valid votes	13,153
Total rejected ballots	232
Unreturned ballots	15
Turnout	13,400	60.22	4.85
Registered electors	22,252
Majority	1,345	10.22	3.05
	GRS gain from BN	Swing	-
Source(s)(PDF).

Sabah state election, 2020: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamild @ Hamid Awang	3,524	43.59	2.22
	Sabah Heritage Party	Andi Rus Diana Andi Paladjareng	2,944	36.42	7.75
	Sabah People's Hope Party	Ariffin Kasim Ibong	1,213	15.00	12.82
	Love Sabah Party	Abdul Hamid Damang	110	1.36	1.36
	LDP	Cyril Aloysius	67	0.83	0.83
	USNO (Baru)	Labosa @ Ghazali Jakikan	33	0.41	0.71
	GAGASAN	Abu Bakar Jambuan	26	0.32	0.32
Total valid votes	7,917	97.93
Total rejected ballots	133	1.65
Unreturned ballots	34	0.42
Turnout	8,084	55.37	29.56
Registered electors	14,600
Majority	580	7.17	5.53
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 2018: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman Jamal	4,887	45.81	27.52
	Sabah Heritage Party	Andi Rus Diana Andi Paladjareng	4,713	44.17	44.17
	PAS	Amboase Romano	428	4.01	4.01
	Sabah People's Hope Party	Razali Hamzah	233	2.18	2.18
	USNO (Baru)	Alipa Jackery	119	1.12	1.12
Total valid votes	10,380	97.29
Total rejected ballots	252	2.36
Unreturned ballots	37	0.35
Turnout	10,669	84.93	5.85
Registered electors	14,541
Majority	174	1.64	50.43
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 2013: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Abas Syed Ali	7,843	73.33	2.79
	PKR	Frank Salazar @ Franco	2,274	21.26	0.27
	SAPP	Abdul Hamid	200	1.87	1.87
	Independent	Mohd Abdillah Timbasal	180	1.68	1.68
Total valid votes	10,497	98.14
Total rejected ballots	195	1.82
Unreturned ballots	4	0.04
Turnout	10,696	79.08	12.93
Registered electors	13,526
Majority	5,569	52.07	3.06
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s). Archived from on 2022-10-15.

Sabah state election, 2008: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Abas Syed Ali	5,160	76.12	9.35
	PKR	Mohd Abdillah Timbasal	1,423	20.99	15.88
Total valid votes	6,593	97.11
Total rejected ballots	188	2.77
Unreturned ballots	8	0.12
Turnout	6,779	66.15	6.96
Registered electors	10,248
Majority	3,737	55.13	24.26
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 2004: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Abas Syed Ali	5,019	85.47	40.18
	SETIA	Perdes Nelson	357	6.08	6.08
	PKR	Amir Manap	300	5.11	5.11
	PAS	Ahmad Awang	131	2.23	2.23
Total valid votes	5,807	98.89
Total rejected ballots	62	1.06
Unreturned ballots	3	0.05
Turnout	5,872	59.19	5.94
Registered electors	9,921
Majority	4,662	79.39	61.86
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 1999: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manan Jakasa	4,787	45.29	11.33
	PBS	Wong Fook Voon	2,934	27.76	13.05
	BERSEKUTU	Kassim Ibong	2,729	25.82	25.09
Total valid votes	10,450	98.86
Total rejected ballots	120	1.14
Unreturned ballots	0	0.00
Turnout	10,570	65.13	3.09
Registered electors	16,230
Majority	1,853	17.53	1.72
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 1994: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manan Jakasa	7,370	56.62	2.71
	PBS	Sari Suhut	5,312	40.81	2.65
	BERSEKUTU	Lung Wing Sang	95	0.73	0.73
	PAS	Ahmad Awang @ Madon	79	0.61	0.61
	Independent	Ismail Juma	35	0.27	0.27
Total valid votes	12,891	99.04
Total rejected ballots	125	0.96
Unreturned ballots	0	0.00
Turnout	13,016	68.22	4.70
Registered electors	19,079
Majority	2,058	15.81	15.36
	BN hold	Swing
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 1990: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	USNO	Ismail Jook	4,892	43.91	5.75
	PBS	Ahmad Bahrom Abu Bakar Titingan	4,841	43.46	6.10
	BERJAYA	Light Nanis	807	7.24	3.44
	LDP	Liew Chiew Chai	214	1.92	1.92
	PRS	Tandek Sedah	95	0.85	0.85
Total valid votes	10,450	98.86
Total rejected ballots	291	1.14
Unreturned ballots	0	0.00
Turnout	11,140	72.92	0.64
Registered electors	15,276
Majority	51	0.45	10.95
	USNO gain from PBS	Swing	?
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 1986: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PBS	Ahmad Bahrom Abu Bakar Titingan	4,099	49.56	19.51
	USNO	Ahmad Awang @ Madon	3,156	38.16	6.93
	BERJAYA	Lo Ah Su @ Lo Soo On	883	10.68	26.30
	SCCP	Chan Tze Hung Stephen	61	0.74	0.74
Total valid votes	8,199	99.13
Total rejected ballots	72	0.87
Unreturned ballots	0	0.00
Turnout	8,271	73.56	0.65
Registered electors	11,244
Majority	943	11.40	5.65
	PBS gain from BN	Swing	?
Source(s).

Sabah state election, 1985: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BERJAYA	Ahmad Bahrom Abu Bakar Titingan	2,417	36.98	15.78
	USNO	Pengiran Hashim Pengiran Ibrahim	2,041	31.23	2.54
	PBS	Geoffrey Yee Lung Fook	1,964	30.05	30.05
	BERSEPADU	Ahmad Benjamin	114	1.74	1.74
Total valid votes	6,536	98.85
Total rejected ballots	76	1.55
Unreturned ballots	0	0.00
Turnout	6,612	74.21	2.76
Registered electors	8,910
Majority	376	5.75	13.24
	BERJAYA hold	Swing
Source(s). New Straits Times. 1985-04-22.

Sabah state election, 1981: Balung
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BERJAYA	Syed Abas Syed Ali	2,440	52.76
	USNO	Pengiran Hashim Pengiran Ibrahim	1,562	33.77
	PAS	Michael S. Malanjun	113	2.44
	DAP	Liew Kong Khai	501	10.83
	PUSAKA	Ismail Juma	9	0.19
Total valid votes	4,625	98.44
Total rejected ballots	73	1.55
Unreturned ballots	0	0.00
Turnout	4,698	76.97
Registered electors	6,104
Majority	878	18.99
	BERJAYA hold	Swing
Source(s). New Straits Times. 1981-03-29.