2008 Sabah state election

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2008 Sabah state election
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  2004 8 March 2008 2013  

All 60 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Sabah Chiefminister Musa-Aman-01.png 3x4.svg
Leader Musa Aman Hiew King Chew [1]
Party UMNO DAP
Alliance Barisan Nasional
Leader since1996
Leader's seat Sungai Sibuga Not contesting
Last election590
Seats won59 [2] 1
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1

Chief Minister before election

Musa Aman
BN-UMNO

Elected Chief Minister

Musa Aman
BN-UMNO

Map of Sabah electoral districts. Parliamentary districts are denoted by "P", while state assembly districts are denoted by "N". Sabah constituencies.PNG
Map of Sabah electoral districts. Parliamentary districts are denoted by "P", while state assembly districts are denoted by "N".

The 2008 Sabah state election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008, simultaneously with the 12th general election of Malaysia. 60 state assembly seats were contested. The election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition with a similar number of seats won as in the previous election, where they won 59 seats. One seat was won by Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the previous election, BN won 59 seats, while one seat was won by an independent candidate. Other parties contesting in this election are Democratic Action Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, BERSEKUTU, Pasok, Setia, and 47 independent candidates. The 25 parliamentary seats were also contested the same time. This is the second time the state election of Sabah is held simultaneously with the general (parliamentary) elections, the first time being in the 2004 general elections.

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The State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 13 February 2008, after state Chief Minister Musa Aman obtained consent from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah. [3] The nomination day was held on 24 February 2008. On this day, Ramlee Marbahan of BN won the seat of N.54 Bugaya unopposed. Barisan Nasional also won two parliamentary seats on nomination day. [4]

On 27 February 2008, the PKR candidate Mohaspa Mohd Hassan pulled out of the election, thus awarding the N.41 Gum Gum seat to Zakaria Mohd Edris. [5]

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 180,17034.21320
United Sabah Party 68,22112.9512–1
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation 28,1915.356+1
Sabah Progressive Party 27,2305.1740
Liberal Democratic Party 11,8002.2430
Malaysian Chinese Association 6,1621.1710
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 5,4961.0410
Total327,27062.14590
Pakatan Rakyat People's Justice Party 137,57626.1200
Democratic Action Party 25,9374.921+1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 1,0070.1900
Total164,52031.2411
Federated Sabah People's Front 5,0950.9700
Independents29,7745.650–1
Total526,659100.00600
Valid votes526,65997.41
Invalid/blank votes13,9982.59
Total votes540,657100.00
Registered voters/turnout807,86266.92
Source: The Star

Parties representing Barisan Nasional

Allocation of seats among parties within the ruling BN coalition is as follows. This formula was used in the 2004 election and has been retained for this election. [3]

Barisan Nasional coalition
PartySeats contestedSeats won
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)33
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)11
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS)11
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS)1312
Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP)44
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)3232
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO)66

Parliamentary seats

The parliamentary election was held simultaneously nationwide with the state elections of all Malaysian states except Sarawak. Barisan Nasional had won two seats unopposed on nomination day itselfthe P.182 Pensiangan seat by Joseph Kurup, and P.191 Kalabakan by Ghapur Salleh. The following is a summary of results for parliamentary seats in Sabah:

Sabah parliamentary election, 2008
PartyVotesSeats won (seats contested)
Barisan Nasional 24 (25)
BERSEKUTU0 (2)
Democratic Action Party 1 (5)
Parti Keadilan Rakyat 0 (20)
PAS 0 (1)
Pasok 0 (3)
Independent 0 (16)
Total25

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  2. The count includes seats won by UMNO, SAPP, LDP, UPKO, MCA, PBRS and PBS, the component parties of BN.
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