2022 Bugaya by-election

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2022 Bugaya by-election
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N66 Bugaya seat in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
CandidateJamil HamzahAbdul Aziz Mohd IbnoZulfadzli Shi Ahmad
Party WARISAN UMNO IND
Alliance BN-GRS
Popular vote11,3824,753693
Percentage64.06%26.75%3.90%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
CandidateArastam PandorogKaril KurainiMohd. Hassan Abu Bakar
Party PKR PPRS PEJUANG
Alliance PH GTA
Popular vote562150130
Percentage3.16%0.84%0.73%
 Seventh party
 
CandidateNazmahwati Wali
Party PBM
Popular vote98
Percentage0.55%
MLA before election

Manis Muka Mohd Darah (died)
(WARISAN)

Elected MLA

Jamil Hamzah
(WARISAN)

The 2022 Bugaya by-election was a by-election held on 19 November 2022 for the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat of Bugaya. [1] It was called following the death of the incumbent, Manis Muka Mohd Darah on 17 November 2020. [2] [3] Manis Muka was a 2-term state assemblywoman first elected at the 2018 Sabah state election. She was a member of the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN).

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The by-election was to be held within 60 days after the seat was declared vacant, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sabah, then Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin advised the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to declare an emergency to postpone the by-election. [4] The emergency proclamation was eventually revoked on 7 October 2022. [5] The by-election was held concurrently with the 2022 Malaysian general election and the 2022 Malaysian state elections for the state assemblies of Pahang, Perak and Perlis.

Nominations

Candidates for the Bugaya by-election has been set by Election Commission (EC) to be on 5 November, the same as the general election and the state election for Perak, Perlis and Pahang. [6] After the nomination closed, 7 candidates were approved by EC: Jamil Hamzah from WARISAN, Abdul Aziz Mohd Ibno from Barisan Nasional (BN), Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad as independent, Karil Kuraini from Parti Perpaduan Rakyat Sabah (PPRS), Arastam Pandorog from Pakatan Harapan (PH), Hassan Abu Bakar from Homeland Fighter's Party (PEJUANG), and Nazmawati Walli from Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM). [7]

Jamil, a syariah lawyer by trade, is the WARISAN Central Youth Exco member, and the party's Semporna branch committee member. [8] [9] He is also the nephew of the party leader Shafie Apdal, who announced Jamil's candidacy on 3 November. [10] [11]

Abdul Aziz were announced as BN candidate on 2 November. [12] A former teacher, Abdul Aziz is the UMNO deputy chief for its Semporna branch. [13] [14] He has said that improving the basic infrastructure in the constituency would be his focus if he is elected. [15] He also determined to resume projects under BN that were stopped after its defeat in the 2018 Sabah state election, such as building a hospital in Semporna. [13]

The independent candidate, Jufazli Shi Ahmad or Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad is political activist and analyst, known for his outspoken views on Malaysian and Sabah politicians on social media such as Youtube and TikTok. [16] [17] He is said to be former Democratic Action Party (DAP) member (although the membership claim was disputed by DAP), [18] and has been arrested in 2019 on charges on defamation against the Prime Minister at the time Mahathir Mohamad. [16] [19] He has contested in the 2020 state election before in the Tanjong Papat seat, losing his deposit after only gaining 553 votes. [20] In his campaign, Zulfadzli stated he wants to help highlight the water and road in the area and improve it if he is elected. [21] He has also cited his advantage as a local, having been born and raised in Kampung Bugaya, and also his ethnicity as a Bajau, which forms the majority in the constituency, to help him in the election. [21] He also utilized his social media as his main campaign channel to the voters, going viral with his promises in one of his videos to build 'golden road' in the area, which he explained meant to be improving the potholed roads. [22]

Arastam, the PH candidate from its People's Justice Party (PKR) component party, is a deep sea fish businessman by trade. [17] The party's vice chief for its Semporna branch, Arastam were named by PKR on 31 October to contest the seat and also the federal seat of Semporna. [23]

The PPRS candidate, Karil, is a former military personnel in the Malaysian Armed Forces. [24] [25] Karil has said his passion to 'defend the community' are his motivation to contest in the election. [26]

Analysts such as Dr Romzi Ationg and Dr Zaini Othman saw the by-election to be a straight fight between 2 heavyweight parties in Sabah, WARISAN and BN despite having 7 candidates in the election. [27]

Results

Sabah state by-election, 19 November 2022: Bugaya
Upon the death of incumbent, Manis Muka Mohd Darah
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Sabah Heritage Party Jamil Hamzah11,38264.06-8.25
BN Abdul Aziz Mohd Ibno4,75326.75N/A
PH Arastam Pandorog5623.16N/A
Independent Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad6933.90N/A
Sabah People's Unity Party Karil Kuraini1500.84+0.43
Homeland Fighters' Party Mohd. Hassan Abu Bakar1300.73N/A
PBM Nazmahwati Wali980.55N/A
Total valid votes17,768100.00
Total rejected ballots???
Unreturned ballots??
Turnout???
Registered electors?
Majority6,629
Bugaya hold Swing WARISAN

Previous results

Sabah state election, 2020 : Bugaya
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Sabah Heritage Party Manis Muka Mohd Darah 8,55772.31-2.55
PN Mohd Daud Tampokong2,55221.56N/A
Love Sabah Party Jihek Basanu1150.97N/A
United Sabah National Organisation (Baru) Ahmad Kenajaan990.84N/A
Independent Rasidan Abdul Latiff920.78N/A
Sabah People's Unity Party Taraji Jamdi490.41+0.01
Independent Abdul Jan Muammil310.26N/A
Total valid votes11,49597.14
Total rejected ballots2852.41
Unreturned ballots540.46
Turnout11,83458.39
Registered electors20,267
Majority6,005
Bugaya hold Swing WARISAN
Source(s)
"RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Aftermath

Jamil, the winner in the by-election, were sworn in as the new MLA for Bugaya in front of the Sabah Assembly Speaker on 25 November, at the start of the 3rd Session of the 16th Sabah Assembly sitting. [28]

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