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.
https://ge15.orientaldaily.com.my/seats/sabah/p As of 2020, Kota Kinabalu has a population of 114,202 people.
The constituency was first delineated as Jesselton. For the 1969 General Elections, this constituency was referred to as Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu). For Parliamentary sittings (1971âÂÂ1974), 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.
According to the gazette issued on 21 November 2025, the Kota Kinabalu constituency has a total of 22 polling districts.