2020 Sabah state election

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2020 Sabah state election
Flag of Sabah.svg
  2018 26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) Before December 2025  

All 73 elected seats in the Legislative Assembly
37 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,124,598
Turnout66.61%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Hajiji Noor.png Shafie Apdal.jpg Anifah Aman meeting Iranian FM Javad Zarif(Cropped).jpg
Leader Hajiji Noor Shafie Apdal Anifah Aman
Party BERSATU Sabah WARISAN PCS
Alliance GRS WARISAN+ Alliance with PKAN
Leader since12 September 2020 (2020-09-12)17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)26 July 2020 (2020-07-26)
Leader's seat Sulaman Senallang Bongawan
(lost seat)
Last election40.08%, 26 seats [lower-alpha 1] 49.78%, 34 seats [lower-alpha 2] 0 seats, 1.07%
Seats before0
Seats won38320
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote316,112317,99129,118
Percentage43.22%43.42%3.98%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.14 ppDecrease2.svg6.36 ppIncrease2.svg2.91 pp

 Fourth party
  Dr. Ationg Tituh.jpg
Leader Dr. Ationg Tituh
Party GAGASAN
Alliance Gagasan Borneo
Leader since28 August 2013 (2013-08-28)
Leader's seat Kuamut
(lost seat)
Last election0 seats, 0.87%
Seats before0
Seats won0
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote9,118
Percentage0.98%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.91 pp

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Results by constituency

Chief Minister before election

Shafie Apdal
WARISAN

Elected Chief Minister

Hajiji Noor
GRS Party

The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 [1] to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020. [2]

Contents

The state snap election was called prematurely after a political crisis arose. Both Shafie Apdal, incumbent Chief Minister and leader of Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition government and Musa Aman, leader of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition opposition claimed to have the majority to form the government. However, the Governor of Sabah, Juhar Mahiruddin decided to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly on the advice of Shafie. [3]

The state election was conducted under the New Normal and special standard operating procedures (SOP) imposed by the Electoral Commission (EC) as the country is still observing the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) due to COVID-19 pandemic. [4]

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition won the election with a simple majority of 38 seats. Hajiji Noor from BERSATU–PN was sworn in as Chief Minister 3 days later. The alliance of Perikatan Nasional with 17 seats, Barisan Nasional with 14 seats, and PBS with 7 seats made GRS the biggest electoral coalition in Sabah since September 2020.

This was the first Sabah state election not held on the same day as the Malaysia general election since 1999, when Sabah held its election on March that year as opposed to the general election date on November 1999.

Background

The 14th general election witnessed 29 seats from the government side and 31 seats from the non-government side filled the State Legislative Assembly. This count, however, did not include six seats from United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) and four from UMNO that switched allegiance from Musa to Shafie. The government side has 11 safe seats and four fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has two safe seats and fivefairly safe seats.

2018 Sabah state election
GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
MelalapPeter AnthonyWARISAN46.81
LiawanRasinin KautisWARISAN47.75
BanggiMohamad MohamarinWARISAN47.79
PetagasUda SulaiWARISAN47.97
KunakNorazlinah ArifWARISAN48.20
TungkuAssaffal P. AlianWARISAN49.89
BongawanDr. Daud YusofWARISAN50.62
Gum-GumArunarsin TaibWARISAN51.10
SinduminDr. Yusof YacobWARISAN51.90
MerotaiSarifuddin HataWARISAN51.94
Tanjong KaporBen Chong Chen BinWARISAN54.31
Pantai ManisAidi MoktarWARISAN54.52
KarambunaiAzhar MatussinWARISAN54.66
Lahad DatuDumi Pg. MasdalWARISAN55.58
Fairly safe
Tanjong PapatFrankie Poon Ming FungDAP56.20
Tanjong AruJunz Wong Hong JunWARISAN56.23
SekongArifin AsgaliWARISAN56.55
Api-ApiChristina Liew Chin JinPKR57.04
Safe
MoyogJenifer LasimbangWARISAN61.39
InanamKenny Chua Teck HoPKR62.33
KaramuntingHiew Vun ZinWARISAN63.67
ElopuraCalvin Chong Ket KiunDAP68.68
KapayanJanie LasimbangDAP71.95
Sri TanjongJimmy Wong Sze PhinDAP72.00
SulabayanJaujan SambakongWARISAN74.91
SenallangMohd. Shafie ApdalWARISAN75.97
BugayaManis Buka Mohd. DarahWARISAN77.51
LikasTan Lee FattDAP82.57
LuyangGinger Phoong Jin ZheDAP84.38
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
BingkorRobert Tawik @ NordinSTAR33.19
KundasangJoachim GunsalamPBS37.14
MatunggongJulita MajunkiPBS41.80
KiuluJoniston BangkuaiPBS42.39
PitasBolkiah IsmailUMNO44.40
KliasIsnin AliasnihUMNO44.94
TamparuliJahid JahimPBS45.46
SebatikAbd. Muis PichoUMNO46.70
TambunanDr. Jeffrey Gapari @ Geoffrey KitinganSTAR46.78
BalungOsman JamalUMNO47.08
KadamaianEwon BenedickUPKO47.80
PaginatanAbidin MadingkirUPKO48.84
TempasukMusbah JamliUMNO50.82
Tanjong BatuHamisa SamatUMNO50.92
TandekAnita BarantingPBS51.21
UsukanJaplin AkimUMNO52.40
KemabongJamawi Ja’afarUMNO52.68
SookEllron Alfred AnginPBRS53.21
ApasNizam Abu Bakar TitinganUMNO53.58
Sungai SibugaMusa AmanUMNO53.59
LabukAbd. Rahman KongkawangPBS53.64
Kuala PenyuLimus JuryUPKO54.64
KawangGhulam Haidar Khan BahadarUMNO54.97
SugutJames RatibUPKO55.77
Fairly safe
LumadanMatbali MusahUMNO56.65
MembakutMohd. Arifin Mohd. ArifUMNO57.22
KuamutMasiung BanahUPKO59.00
SukauSaddi Abdu RahmanUMNO59.14
NabawanBobbey Ah Fang SuanUPKO59.52
Safe
KaranaanMasidi ManjunUMNO63.98
SulamanHajiji Mohd. NoorUMNO69.62

Constituencies

13 new seats are added into the existing 60 state constituencies as a result of redelineation of Sabah state constituencies approved by the Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019. [5] The new seats are Bengkoka, Bandau, Pintasan, Pantai Dalit, Darau, Tanjung Keramat, Limbahau, Tulid, Telupid, Sungai Manila, Lamag, Segama and Kukusan.

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Electoral map of Sabah, showing all 73 constituencies
The 13 new seats for this election Sabah New seats 2020.svg
The 13 new seats for this election
2020 Sabah state election constituencies
Federal seatNo.ConstituencyElectors
(2020) [6] [note 1]
Area
(km2) [7]
DensityDistrict [8] Last election
assemblyperson
Last election
held party (GE14)
MajorityCurrent assemblyperson's
represent party (2020 SE)
P.167 Kudat N01 Banggi 59616219.6 Kudat Mohamad Mohamarin WARISAN 379 WARISAN
N02 Bengkoka 1011||11.4 Pitas new seat
N03 Pitas 454||24.1 Pitas Bolkiah Ismail BN (UMNO)1282Uncontested
N04 Tanjong Kapor 23700214110.7 Kudat Chong Chen Bin WARISAN 2992 WARISAN
P.168 Kota Marudu N05 Matunggong 534||32.0 Kudat Julita Majungki BN (PBS)1687 PN+ (PBS)
N06 Bandau 756||19.3 Kota Marudu new seat
N07 Tandek 992||16.1 Kota Marudu Lasiah Baranting @ Anita BN (PBS)4592 PN (STAR) (contesting as independent)
P.169 Kota Belud N08 Pintasan 300||36.2 Kota Belud new seat
N09 Tempasuk 159||75.4 Kota Belud Musbah Jamli BN (UMNO)2264IND
N10 Usukan 95||177.7 Kota Belud Japlin Akim BN (UMNO)1225Uncontested
N11 Kadamaian 818||22.0 Kota Belud Ewon Benedick BN (UPKO)3294 WARISAN+ (UPKO)
P.170 Tuaran N12 Sulaman 113||103.6 Tuaran Hajiji Mohd. Noor BN (UMNO)7774 PN (BERSATU)
N13 Pantai Dalit 48||314.4 Tuaran new seat
N14 Tamparuli 289||57.4 Tuaran Jahid Jahim BN (PBS)2080 PN+ (PBS)
N15 Kiulu 676||16.1 Tuaran Joniston Bangkuai BN (PBS)1443 PN+ (PBS)
P.171 Sepanggar N16 Karambunai 88||222.3 Kota Kinabalu Azhar Matussin WARISAN 5366 WARISAN (contested in Darau)
N17 Darau 14||1,310.7 Kota Kinabalu new seat
N18 Inanam 26035215121.1 Kota Kinabalu Kenny Chua Teck Ho PH (PKR)7783 PN (STAR) (contesting as independent)
P. 172 Kota Kinabalu N19 Likas 12||1,244.9 Kota Kinabalu Tan Lee Fatt PH (DAP)7902 WARISAN+ (DAP)
N20 Api-Api 4||4,787.3 Kota Kinabalu Christina Liew PH (PKR)2954 WARISAN+ (PKR)
N21 Luyang 25775102,577.5 Kota Kinabalu Phoong Jin Zhe PH (DAP)12408 WARISAN+ (DAP)
P.173 Putatan N22 Tanjong Aru 30||498.0 Kota Kinabalu Junz Wong Hong Jun WARISAN 4610 WARISAN
N23 Petagas 15||917.5 Penampang (Putatan)Uda Sulai WARISAN 208Uncontested
N24 Tanjung Keramat 13||1,103.8 Penampang (Putatan)new seat
P.174 Penampang N25 Kapayan 30034191,580.7 Penampang & Kota Kinabalu Jannie Lasimbang PH (DAP)13250 WARISAN+ (DAP)
N26 Moyog 473||41.2 Penampang Jenifer Lasimbang WARISAN 4442Uncontested
P.175 Papar N27 Limbahau 512||24.9 Papar new seat
N28 Kawang 55||271.5 Papar Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar BN (UMNO)2862 PN (BERSATU)
N29 Pantai Manis 43||333.1 Papar Aidi Moktar WARISAN 2108Uncontested
P.176 Kimanis N30 Bongawan 657||25.5 Beaufort & Papar Daud Yusof WARISAN 795 WARISAN
N31 Membakut 292||46.6 Beaufort Mohd. Arifin Mohd. Arif BN (UMNO)2403 PN (BERSATU)
P.177 Beaufort N32 Klias 423||40.0 Beaufort Isnin Aliasnih BN (UMNO)2336 PN (BERSATU)
N33 Kuala Penyu 448||36.6 Kuala Penyu Limus Jury BN (UPKO)3545 PN (BERSATU)
P.178 Sipitang N34 Lumadan 1007||14.9 Beaufort Matbali Musah BN (UMNO)2935Uncontested
N35 Sindumin 2708||6.2 Sipitang Yusof Yakob WARISAN 760 WARISAN
P.179 Ranau N36 Kundasang 1836||8.2 Ranau Joachim Gunsalam BN (PBS)255 PN+ (PBS)
N37 Karanaan 185||72.6 Ranau Masidi Manjun BN (UMNO)3782 PN (BERSATU)
N38 Paginatan 1870||8.2 Ranau Abidin Madingkir BN (UPKO)2066 PN (STAR)
P.180 Keningau N39 Tambunan 1414||11.7 Tambunan Jeffrey Kitingan GSB (STAR)1037 PN (STAR)
N40 Bingkor 397||44.9 Keningau Robert Tawik @ Nordin GSB (STAR)165 PN (STAR)
N41 Liawan 420||41.5 Keningau Rasinin Kautis WARISAN 1382 WARISAN
P. 181 Tenom N42 Melalap 638||21.9 Tenom Peter Anthony WARISAN 293 WARISAN
N43 Kemabong 1819||8.3 Tenom Jamawi Ja’afar BN (UMNO)895 BN (UMNO) (contested in Melalap)
P.182 Pensiangan N44 Tulid 891012507.1 Keningau new seat
N45 Sook 1533||7.1 Keningau Ellron Alfred Angin BN (PBRS)4485 PN (STAR)
N46 Nabawan 6114||2.0 Nabawan Bobbey Ah Fang Suan BN (UPKO)2072Uncontested
P.183 Beluran N47 Telupid 895214076.4 Telupid new seat
N48 Sugut 786221973.6 Beluran James Ratib BN (UMNO)1521 BN (UMNO)
N49 Labuk 3844||3.0 Beluran Abd. Rahman Kongkawang BN (PBS)2600IND
P.184 Libaran N50 Gum-Gum 777||16.1 Sandakan Arunarsin Taib WARISAN 598 WARISAN
N51 Sungai Manila 16||797.6 Sandakan new seat
N52 Sungai Sibuga 2330837629.9 Sandakan Musa Aman BN (UMNO)2184Uncontested
P.185 Batu Sapi N53 Sekong 442||38.6 Sandakan Arifin Asgali WARISAN 2035Uncontested
N54 Karamunting 12||1,324.7 Sandakan Hiew Vun Zin WARISAN 3848 WARISAN
P.186 Sandakan N55 Elopura 25794191,357.6 Sandakan Chong Ket Kiun PH (DAP)6647 WARISAN+ (DAP)
N56 Tanjong Papat 4||3,571.8 Sandakan Poon Ming Fung PH (DAP)1816 WARISAN+ (DAP)
P.187 Kinabatangan N57 Kuamut 9854109540.9 Tongod & Kinabatangan Masiung Banah BN (UPKO)4121IND
N58 Lamag 815921423.8 Kinabatangan new seat
N59 Sukau 4972||2.2 Kinabatangan Saddi Abdul Rahman BN (UMNO)1628IND
P.188 Lahad Datu N60 Tungku 3297||4.0 Lahad Datu Assafal P. Alian WARISAN 1001 WARISAN
N61 Segama 1144||14.5 Lahad Datu new seat
N62 Silam 3049||5.7 Lahad Datu Dumi Masdal WARISAN 2932 WARISAN
N63 Kunak 1104||13.3 Kunak Norazlinah Arif WARISAN 268 WARISAN
P.189 Semporna N64 Sulabayan 234||59.9 Semporna Jaujan Sambakong WARISAN 4926 WARISAN
N65 Senallang 299||47.9 Semporna Shafie Apdal WARISAN 5301 WARISAN
N66 Bugaya 593||34.2 Semporna Manis Buka Mohd. Darah WARISAN 7851 WARISAN
P.190 Tawau N67 Balung 943||15.5 Tawau Osman Jamal BN (UMNO)174Uncontested
N68 Apas 370||52.4 Tawau Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan BN (UMNO)1787 PN (BERSATU)
N69 Sri Tanjong 26493191,394.4 Tawau Wong Sze Phin PH (DAP)9383Uncontested
P.191 Kalabakan N70 Kukusan 8||1,580.0 Tawau new seat
N71 Tanjong Batu 11||1,352.3 Tawau Hamisa Samat BN (UMNO)1986Uncontested
N72 Merotai 902||16.6 Tawau & Kalabakan Sarifuddin Hata WARISAN 2150 WARISAN
N73 Sebatik 1013136302.8 Kalabakan Abd. Muis Picho BN (UMNO)193 PN (BERSATU)


  1. Pink denotes constituencies that are more than 33% from mean value of Sabah electors, while light blue denotes lesser.

Departing incumbents

The following members of the 15th State Legislative Assembly did not participate in this election.

No.State ConstituencyDeparting MLAPartyDate confirmedFirst electedReason
N03 Pitas Bolkiah IsmailIND12 September 20202008Not seeking re-election
N10 Usukan Japlin AkimPN (BERSATU)10 September 20202018No nomination by the party
N23 Petagas Uda SulaiWARISAN10 September 2020 [9] 2018Not chosen by the party
N26 Moyog Jennifer Lasimbang WARISAN10 September 2020 [9] 2018Not chosen by the party
N29 Pantai Manis Aidi MoktarWARISAN10 September 2020 [9] 2018Not chosen by the party
N34 Lumadan Matbali MusahPN (BERSATU)10 September 20202018No nomination by the party
N46 Nabawan Bobbey Ah Fang SuanPN (BERSATU)10 September 20202004No nomination by the party
N52 Sungai Sibuga Musa Aman BN (UMNO)10 September 20201994No nomination by the party
N53 Sekong Arifin AsgaliWARISAN10 September 2020 [9] 2018Not chosen by the party
N67 Balung Osman JamalIND12 September 20202018Not seeking re-election
N69 Sri Tanjong Jimmy Wong Sze Phin PH (DAP)10 September 20202018Not chosen by the party
N71 Tanjong Batu Hamisa SamatIND12 September 20202008Not seeking re-election

Opinion polls

The following table shows recent opinion polling from last two weeks.

InstituteDate Warisan Plus (WARISAN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)Other
SEEDS Sabah [10] 25 September 202040.7%43.4%15.9%
Sabah state election, 20189 May 201845.93%46.13%7.94%

Results

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah government (41)Warisan-led opposition (32)*
177143823
Perikatan NasionalPBSBarisan NasionalOtherPakatan HarapanWARISAN
1167143623
BERSATUSTARPBSUMNODAPWARISAN
Sabah State Legislative Assembly, 26 September 2020 (73 seats)

Summary

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah United Malays National Organisation 122,35816.7314–3
Malaysian United Indigenous Party 86,38311.8111+11
United Sabah Party 49,9416.837+1
Homeland Solidarity Party 35,5864.876+4
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 9,6871.320–1
Malaysian Chinese Association 8,9481.2200
Sabah Progressive Party 3,1460.4300
Total316,04943.2238+7
Warisan Plus Sabah Heritage Party 186,74925.5423+2
Democratic Action Party 69,4779.5060
People's Justice Party 28,3723.8820
United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation 29,4734.031–5
National Trust Party 3,4700.4700
Total317,54143.4232+3
Love Sabah Party 29,1183.9800
Liberal Democratic Party 12,4471.7000
United Sabah National Organisation (New) 8,8151.2100
Sabah People's Hope Party 4,4150.6000
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah 3,7470.5100
Sabah People's Unity Party 2,1600.3000
Sabah Native Co-operation Party 6040.0800
Sabah Nationality Party 240.0000
Independents36,4114.983+3
Total731,331100.0073+13
Valid votes731,33197.63
Invalid/blank votes17,7522.37
Total votes749,083100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,124,59866.61
Source: Election Commission of Malaysia [11]

Seats that changed allegiance

No.SeatPrevious Party (2018)Current Party (2020)
N02 Flag of Sabah.svg Bengkoka new seat BN (UMNO)
N03 Flag of Sabah.svg Pitas BN (UMNO) Independent
N05 Flag of Sabah.svg Matunggong BN (PBS) PBS
N06 Flag of Sabah.svg Bandau new seat PN (BERSATU)
N07 Flag of Sabah.svg Tandek BN (PBS) PBS
N08 Flag of Sabah.svg Pintasan new seat PN (BERSATU)
N11 Flag of Sabah.svg Kadamaian BN (UPKO) UPKO
N12 Flag of Sabah.svg Sulaman BN (UMNO) PN (BERSATU)
N13 Flag of Sabah.svg Pantai Dalit new seat BN (UMNO)
N14 Flag of Sabah.svg Tamparuli BN (PBS) PBS
N15 Flag of Sabah.svg Kiulu BN (PBS) PBS
N16 Flag of Sabah.svg Karambunai WARISAN BN (UMNO)
N17 Flag of Sabah.svg Darau new seat WARISAN
N24 Flag of Sabah.svg Tanjung Keramat new seat BN (UMNO)
N27 Flag of Sabah.svg Limbahau new seat WARISAN
N28 Flag of Sabah.svg Kawang BN (UMNO) PN (BERSATU)
N29 Flag of Sabah.svg Pantai Manis WARISAN BN (UMNO)
N31 Flag of Sabah.svg Membakut BN (UMNO) PN (BERSATU)
N32 Flag of Sabah.svg Klias BN (UMNO) PN (BERSATU)
N33 Flag of Sabah.svg Kuala Penyu BN (UPKO) PN (BERSATU)
N34 Flag of Sabah.svg Lumadan BN (UMNO) PBS
N36 Flag of Sabah.svg Kundasang BN (PBS) PBS
N37 Flag of Sabah.svg Karanaan BN (UMNO) PN (BERSATU)
N38 Flag of Sabah.svg Paginatan BN (UPKO) PN (STAR)
N39 Flag of Sabah.svg Tambunan STAR PN (STAR)
N40 Flag of Sabah.svg Bingkor STAR PN (STAR)
N41 Flag of Sabah.svg Liawan WARISAN PN (STAR)
N43 Flag of Sabah.svg Kemabong BN (UMNO) Independent
N44 Flag of Sabah.svg Tulid new seat PN (STAR)
N45 Flag of Sabah.svg Sook BN (PBRS) PN (STAR)
N46 Flag of Sabah.svg Nabawan BN (UPKO) PN (BERSATU)
N47 Flag of Sabah.svg Telupid new seat PBS
N49 Flag of Sabah.svg Labuk BN (PBS) PN (BERSATU)
N51 Flag of Sabah.svg Sungai Manila new seat BN (UMNO)
N57 Flag of Sabah.svg Kuamut BN (UPKO) Independent
N58 Flag of Sabah.svg Lamag new seat BN (UMNO)
N61 Flag of Sabah.svg Segama new seat WARISAN
N68 Flag of Sabah.svg Apas BN (UMNO) PN (BERSATU)
N70 Flag of Sabah.svg Kukusan new seat WARISAN
N73 Flag of Sabah.svg Sebatik BN (UMNO) WARISAN

Election pendulum

The 14th general election witnessed 29 seats from the government side and 31 seats from the non-government side filled the State Legislative Assembly. This count, however, did not include 6 seats from United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) and 4 from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) that switched allegiance from Musa to Shafie. The government side has 11 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 2 safe seats and 5 fairly safe seats.[ citation needed ]

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
BengkokaHarun DurabiUMNO31.98
PintasanFairuz RenddanBERSATU33.31
KundasangDr. Joachim GunsalamPBS43.35
TulidFlovia NgSTAR33.45
LumadanRuslan MuharamPBS34.55
PaginatanAbidin MadingkirSTAR35.65
TandekHendrus AndingPBS36.87
KemabongRubin BalangIND38.48
MatunggongJulita MajungkiPBS39.09
KuamutMasiung BanahIND39.11
LiawanAnnuar Ayub AmanSTAR39.12
PitasRuddy AwahIND40.14
TelupidJohnnybone J. KurumPBS42.29
KarambunaiYakubah KhanUMNO42.86
BalungHamid AwangUMNO44.51
TempasukMohd. Arsad BistariUMNO45.35
LabukSamad JambriBERSATU46.11
SookEllron Alfred AnginSTAR46.71
Pantai ManisTamin @ Mohd. Tamin ZainalUMNO49.56
Kuala PenyuLimus JuryBERSATU49.56
Tanjung KeramatShahelmey YahyaUMNO51.75
KiuluJoniston Lumai @ BangkuaiPBS51.93
Sungai SibugaMohamad Hamsan Awang SupianUMNO52.70
LamagBung Moktar RadinUMNO54.06
Sungai ManilaMokran IngkatUMNO55.61
SukauJafry AriffinUMNO55.67
NabawanAbdul Ghani Mohamed YassinBERSATU55.94
Fairly safe
SugutJames RatibUMNO57.88
ApasNizam Abu Bakar TitinganBERSATU58.30
TamparuliJahid JahimPBS59.26
KliasIsnin AliasnihBERSATU59.90
Safe
BandauMohd. Fikri BahandaBERSATU60.41
MembakutMohd. Arifin Mohd. ArifBERSATU60.70
Tanjung BatuAndi Muhammad Suryady BandyUMNO62.08
Pantai DalitJasnih DayaUMNO62.73
UsukanSalleh Said KeruakUMNO65.28
SulamanHajiji Mohd. NoorBERSATU65.83
BingkorRobert Tawik @ NordinSTAR67.04
KawangGhulamhaidar Khan BahadarBERSATU71.24
KaranaanMasidi ManjunBERSATU73.70
TambunanDr. Jeffrey G. KitinganSTAR75.21
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Gum-GumArunarsin TaibWARISAN39.21
BongawanDaud YusofWARISAN42.26
KukusanRina JainalWARISAN42.53
SebatikHassan A. Gani Pg. AmirWARISAN44.58
PetagasAwang Ahmad Sah Awang SahariWARISAN45.49
BanggiMohammad MohamarinWARISAN45.89
MerotaiSarifuddin HataWARISAN47.83
KunakNorazlinah ArifWARISAN48.65
DarauAzhar MatussinWARISAN48.67
SinduminDr. Yusof YacobWARISAN48.96
TungkuAssaffal P. AlianWARISAN49.15
Tanjong KaporBen Chong Chen BinWARISAN49.84
MelalapPeter AnthonyWARISAN50.18
InanamPeto GalimPKR50.92
KadamaianEwon BenedickUPKO51.07
SegamaMohamaddin KetapiWARISAN52.41
SekongAlias SaniWARISAN55.07
SilamDumi Pg. MasdalWARISAN55.40
Fairly safe
LimbahauJuil NuatimWARISAN57.12
KaramuntingGeorge Hiew Vun ZinWARISAN58.76
Safe
Tanjong AruJunz Wong Hong JunWARISAN60.34
MoyogIgnatius Darell LeikingWARISAN62.83
Api-ApiChristina Liew Chin JinPKR67.80
Tanjong PapatFrankie Poon Ming FungDAP68.00
SulabayanJaujan SambakongWARISAN69.04
ElopuraCalvin Chong Ket KiunDAP73.61
BugayaManis Muka Mohd. DarahWARISAN74.44
Sri TanjongJustin Wong Yung BinDAP76.58
SenallangMohd. Shafie ApdalWARISAN77.16
KapayanJannie LasimbangDAP77.40
LikasTan Lee FattDAP86.33
LuyangPhoong Jin ZheDAP90.56

Aftermath

The GRS governing coalition formed on September 2020 after the victory consists of

Warisan saw a gain of 2 more seats from its previous 21 seats in the 2018 election. While its ally PKR and DAP retained their number of seats with 2 and 6 respectively. Warisan also made history by becoming the first and only single party in Sabah to not govern the state despite winning the most seats overall.[ citation needed ]

On the other side, STAR, led by Jeffrey Kitingan won 6 seats compared to 2 in the previous election, with most of the seats won hailing from the interior of Sabah which is dominated by the Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) community. UPKO, even though representing the KDM community, managed only 1 seat in this election, a loss from 6 seats in the previous election.[ citation needed ]

PPBM or Bersatu, despite being a Malay-based party from West Malaysia and contesting in Sabah for the first time, won 11 seats.[ citation needed ]

The elected assemblywoman for Bugaya, Manis Muka Mohd Darah from WARISAN later passed away on November 2020, triggering a by-election which was not held until November 2022, concurrently with the 2022 Malaysian general election. A few elected assemblymen also changed parties after the election; see List of seats that changed allegiance in Sabah after state election 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic

Following the Sabah state government's announcement on 9 August that the state election would be held on 26 September, several members of the public and democracy observers urged local authorities to consider postal voting due to the ongoing pandemic and in order to reduce virus transmissions during the election. [12] [13] On 21 August, the High Court dismissed an appeal by 33 Sabah assemblymen against Governor Juhar Mahiruddin's consent for the dissolution of Sabah's legislative assembly, allowing the state election to go ahead. [14] [15] On 11 September, the Federal Court dismissed Datuk Jahid Noordin Jahim's appeal to stop the election, allowing nominations to proceed the following day. [16]

The return of voters and politicians from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia has caused a significant influx of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Daily reported cases increased to three digit numbers. Several of these ministers and politicians had reportedly not complied with standard procedures around COVID-19. [17] [18] [19] On 14 October, the Federal Government announced the implementation of a Conditional Movement Control Order in Selangor, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur due to the rising number of cases. [20] [21]

Effects of the 2022 general election

Following the results of the Malaysian general election in November 2022, and the formation of government consisting of the alliance between Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional, GRS announced their inclusion into the alliance (despite GRS members Bersatu, SAPP and STAR aligning with Perikatan Nasional at the time), and signed a cooperation agreement with other parties involved on 16 December 2022. [22] On 10 December 2022, MLAs and MPs from Bersatu Sabah announced they will quit the party and become direct member of GRS, in line of the coalition at federal level. [23] [24] On 17 December 2022, GRS officially expelled Bersatu from the coalition. [25] STAR, another member party of both GRS and PN, announced its exit from PN on 5 December 2022. [26] SAPP is the only member party of both GRS and PN as of December 2022. [27]

Aside from the change above, the status quo is not changed for the government in Sabah. Even though PH and WARISAN is allied with GRS at federal level, they are still opposition to the GRS-led administration at state level. [28]

2023 political crisis

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The 2023 Sabah political crisis or widely reported on local media as Langkah Kinabalu or the Kinabalu Move, began on 6 January 2023, when the state government of Sabah led by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) collapsed when its coalition party Barisan Nasional (BN) withdrew its support. [29] The Leader of UMNO Sabah, a component party of BN, Bung Moktar Radin, Kinabatangan Member of Parliament (MP) and Lamag Assemblyman, cited a lack of confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister of Sabah Hajiji Noor in the withdrawal. UMNO Sabah want to change support from supporting GRS coalition to supporting the WARISAN Plus coalition. [30] On 9 January, both Malaysian leaders, prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi travelled to Kota Kinabalu to meet with Sabah political leaders. [31] This crisis resulted in the approval of the Anti-Switching Parties Law in Sabah (approved in 25 May 2023). [32]

As of 6 February, there have been no changes in the status quo regarding the government of Sabah, following the decision of 5 UMNO MLAs who publicly supported Hajiji despite Bung's decision, and a reshuffle of the state cabinet on 11 January as a result. [33] As of 25 May 2023, Sabah State Legislative Assembly finally approved the Anti-Switching Parties Law (Anti-frogs habit). [34]

See also

Notes

  1. Combined result of Barisan Nasional (excluding UPKO, which left BN and allied with Warisan between elections; Gerakan, which did not contest the election; and LDP, which also left BN and contested independently; 24 seats, 34.92%), STAR (2 seats, 4.59%) and SAPP (0 seats, 0.57%) in the last election. This was Bersatu's first election in Sabah.
  2. Combined result of Warisan (21 seats, 31.30%), Pakatan Harapan (8 seats, 14.63%) and UPKO (5 seats, 3.85%) in the last election. UPKO left BN and allied with Warisan in between elections.

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