2026 Kinabatangan by-election

2026 Kinabatangan by-election

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P187 Kinabatangan seat in the Dewan Rakyat
BN WARISAN Candidate TBA TBA Party UMNO WARISAN Alliance BN
MP before election Bung Moktar Radin (died) BN (UMNO) Elected MP TBA TBA

By-elections in Kinabatangan are scheduled to be held in 2026 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Kinabatangan . It was called following the death of Bung Moktar Radin on 5 December 2025. ^[1] Bung served as the Kinabatangan MP from 1999. The by-election is expected to be held concurrently with the 2026 Lamag by-election, the state seat Bung held.

The election is the fourth federal by-election since GE15. ^{[note 1]}

Background

Kinbatangan is a Sabah Bumiputera-majority seat comprising 65.0% of the overall voters, followed by 27.6% Malay-Muslim Bumiputera, 5.40% of other ethnicities and 2.0% Chinese.

Bung Moktar died on 5 December 2025 at Kota Kinabalu Gleneagles Hospital, ^[2] after being hospitalized for kidney failure and a lung infection. ^[3]

Nomination

BN is expected to nominate a candidate to contest the by-election and defend the seat.

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

Date	Event
5 December 2025	Bung Moktar Radin died in office as the Kinabatangan MP
TBA	Issue of the Writ of Election
TBA	Nomination Day
TBA	Campaigning Period
TBA	Early Polling Day For Postal, Overseas and Advance Voters
TBA	Polling Day

Results

Malaysian general by-election, TBA: Kinabatangan
Upon the death of the incumbent, Bung Moktar Radin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	Heritage	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Total valid votes			TBA	100.00
Total rejected ballots			TBA
Unreturned ballots			TBA
Turnout			TBA	TBA
Registered electors
Majority			TBA

Previous results

Malaysian general election, 2022 : Kinabatangn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Mokhtar Radin	16,842	57.43	12.13
	Heritage	Mazliwati Abdul Malek Chua	12,512	42.62	19.44
Total valid votes			29,354	100.00
Total rejected ballots			452
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			29,882	65.56	11.91
Registered electors			44,773
Majority			4,330	14.81	29.24
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753262/PUB619_2022.pdf

Notes

1. Not counting the federal by-election for Padang Serai and state by-election for Tioman, both which were delayed to 7 December 2022 because of death of respective candidates after nomination day for GE15. Both by-elections and results are considered as part of the 2022 general election and 2022 Pahang state election.

References

1. Vanar, Mugunthan (5 December 2025). "Sabah BN chairman Bung passes away". The Star. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
3. "Bung Moktar hospitalised with kidney failure and severe lung infection - Jafry". New Straits Times. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.