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my.sabah.n17 N17 · State assembly · Sabah

N17 Darau is a state assembly seat in Sabah, last contested in 2025. Azhar Matussin (WARISAN) won the state election on 29 Nov 2025 with 8,360 votes, a majority of 63.

Results

State election, 29 Nov 2025

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Azhar Matussin wonWARISAN8,36039.9%
Mohamed Razali Mohamed RaziGAGASAN, GRS8,29739.6%
Arfanshah Abdul GafarUMNO, BN2,39411.4%
Nabila NorsaharBERSATU, PN1,0765.1%
Nordin A H ThaniKDM5532.6%
Meriah OsmanIMPIAN2531.2%

Majority 63. Turnout 64.4%: 21,252 ballots from 33,016 voters, 274 rejected.

State election, 26 Sep 2020

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Azhar Matussin wonWARISAN, WARISAN+5,80548.7%
Jumat IdrisUMNO, GRS5,24344.0%
Sumali @ Marino AhmadLDP3222.7%
Ansari AbdullahPCS2802.3%
Laliman KemadUSNO2442.0%
Dasim @ Ricky JikahGAGASAN340.3%

Majority 562.

Source: Election Commission of Malaysia (SPR). Figures from GE15 (November 2022) on are SPR's own, read from dashboard.spr.gov.my; earlier contests are SPR's published results as held in our records.

Canonical idmy.sabah.n17
Current nameDarau
Former namesPetagas · Sungai Sibuga · Tanjong Aru — also matched, at lower confidence
Last seen2025
Total mentions14
Mentioned as
  • darau6
  • dun darau6
  • adun darau1
  • kerusi dun darau1
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Covered by
  • Sabah Media5
  • Utusan Borneo2
  • umno-online.my2
  • Berita Harian1
  • Harian Metro1
  • Sabah Post1
…and 2 more outlets.

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