2026 Lamag by-election

2026 Lamag by-election

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N58 Lamag seat in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
BN GRS Candidate TBA TBA Party UMNO GAGASAN Alliance BN GRS   WARISAN PN Candidate TBA TBA Party WARISAN BERSATU Alliance PN
Lamag assemblyman before election Bung Moktar Radin (deceased) BN (UMNO) Elected Lamag assemblyman TBA TBA

A by-election in Lamag is scheduled to be held in 2026 for the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat of Lamag . It was called following the death of Bung Moktar Radin on 5 December 2025. ^[1] Bung served as the Lamag MLA from 2020. The by-election is expected to be held concurrently with the 2026 Kinabatangan by-election, the federal seat Bung held.

The election is the first by-election since the 2025 Sabah state election which was held on 29 November 2025, only 6 days before Bung's death. ^[2] Bung defended the seat and was reelected as the Lamag MLA after very narrowly defeating independent candidate Mohd Ismail Ayub, Johainizamshah Johari of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), Saifulah Lokman of the Heritage Party (WARISAN), Mazlin Madali of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Salahuddin Anoi of the Parti Impian Sabah (PIS) by a majority of only 153 votes. ^[3]

Background

Lamag is a Muslim Bumiputera-majority seat comprising predominantly 86.0% of the overall voters, followed by 13.6% non-Muslim Bumiputera and 0.40% Chinese.

Bung Moktar died on 5 December 2025 at Kota Kinabalu Gleneagles Hospital, ^[4] after being hospitalized for kidney failure and a lung infection. ^[5]

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 Lamag MLA
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

Sabah state by-election, TBA: Lamag
Upon the death of the incumbent, Bung Moktar Radin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	GRS	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	Heritage	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	PN	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

Sabah state election, 2025 : Lamag

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bung Moktar Radin	3,908	39.14	13.42
	Independent	Mohd Ismail Ayob	3,755	37.61	37.61
	GRS	Johainizamshah Johari	1,646	16.49	16.49
	Heritage	Mohd Saifulah Lokman	372	3.73	37.39
	PN	Mazlin Madali	258	2.58	2.58
	Sabah Dream Party	Salahuddin Anoi	45	0.45	0.45
Total valid votes			9,984
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				72.04
Registered electors			13,859
Majority			153	1.53	9.91
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [ citation needed ]

References

1. Sabah BN chairman Bung passes away
2. "Malaysia's BN leader Bung Moktar dies of illness, days after retaining seat in Sabah election". The Straits Times. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
3. "Bung Moktar retains Lamag seat in Sabah state election". The Sun. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
5. "Bung Moktar hospitalised with kidney failure and severe lung infection - Jafry". New Straits Times. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.