Homeland Solidarity Party

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Homeland Solidarity Party
Malay nameParti Solidariti Tanah Airku
AbbreviationSTAR
President Jeffrey Kitingan
Secretary-GeneralEdward Linggu Bukut
FounderJeffrey Kitingan
Split from State Reform Party Sarawak [1] [2]
PKR Sabah
Preceded by State Reform Party (Sabah Branch) - (Founded by Patau Rubis)
Headquarters Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Ideology Sabah regionalism
National affiliation Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022)
Regional affiliation United Sabah Alliance (2016–2018)
United Alliance of Sabah (2018–2020)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (2020–2025)
Colours  Light blue, red, orange and pink
Slogan
  • "Kalau bukan kita, siapa lagi? Kalau bukan sekarang, bila lagi?"
    (If not us, who? If not now, when?)
  • "Ini kali lah! Kita mesti menang!"
    (Now is the time! We must win!)
  • "STAR! STAR! STAR! - Bersatulah Rakyat Sabah!!"
    (STAR! STAR! STAR! - People of Sabah, unite!!)
AnthemBintang Borneo
Dewan Negara:
1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
Dewan Undangan Negeri:
6 / 79
State Chief Ministers (Sabah)
0 / 13
Election symbol
Homeland Solidarity Party Logo.svg
Website
www.starsabah.org
Jeffrey Kitingan, the 1st President and Founder of STAR (Sabahan Solidarity Party) Jeffrey Kitingan.jpg
Jeffrey Kitingan, the 1st President and Founder of STAR (Sabahan Solidarity Party)

Homeland Solidarity Party (Malay : Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku; abbrev: STAR) is a Sabah-based political party in Malaysia. The party was founded by Jeffrey Kitingan. [3] STAR was one of four founding parties of the United Sabah Alliance (USA) founded in 2016, United Alliance of Sabah (UAOS) founded in 2018, and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) founded in 2020.

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The party briefly entered into an alliance with the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition following the 2018 Sabah state election, forming the state government there. [4] It later joined the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, with Jeffrey Kitingan briefly serving as a federal minister. The party returned to power in Sabah as part of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), an informal alliance formed to contest 2020 Sabah state snap-election. It left Perikatan Nasional in 2022, [5] and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah in 2025.

The party's base mainly consist of Sabah's non-Muslim native population, which are often collectively referred to as the Kadazan-Dusun Murut (KDM). [6]

History

The party was originally founded as the STAR Sabah in 2012, becoming the Sabahan branch of the Sarawak-based State Reform Party (STAR). In 2016, it rebranded itself as the Homeland Solidarity Party (Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku) while retaining the STAR acronym, and broke away from the Sarawak-based mother party, which also underwent a rebranding exercise. [7]

It has been led by Jeffrey Kitingan, a Sabah rights activist [8] and the younger brother of one-time chief minister and former United Sabah Party leader Joseph Pairin Kitingan, since its founding.

Party Organisational Structure (2024–2027)

Source: [9]


Elected representatives

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

STAR currently has only one MP in the House of Representatives.

StateNo.Parliament ConstituencyMemberParty
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah P180 Keningau Jeffrey Kitingan STAR
Total Sabah (1)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

6 / 79
StateNo.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.Sabah State Legislative AssemblyMemberParty
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah P179 Ranau N38 Paginatan Abidin Madingkir STAR
P180 Keningau N39 Tambunan Jeffrey Kitingan STAR
N40 Bingkor Robert Tawik STAR
N41 Liawan Annuar Ayub STAR
P182 Pensiangan N44 Tulid Flovia Ng STAR
N45 Sook Ellron Alfred Angin STAR
Total Sabah (5)

STAR state governments

StateLeader typeMemberPartyState Constituency
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Jeffrey Kitingan STAR Tambunan

General election results

ElectionTotal seats wonSeats contestedTotal votesVoting PercentageOutcome of electionElection leader
2018
1 / 222
521,3610.18%Increase2.svg1 seats; Opposition coalition,
(United Sabah Alliance)
later Governing coalition,
(Perikatan Nasional)		 Jeffrey Kitingan
2022
1 / 222
229,8740.19%Steady2.svg; Governing coalition,
(Gabungan Rakyat Sabah)		 Jeffrey Kitingan

State election results

State electionState Legislative Assembly
Perlis State Legislative Assembly Kedah State Legislative Assembly Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Terengganu State Legislative Assembly Penang State Legislative Assembly Perak State Legislative Assembly Pahang State Legislative Assembly Selangor State Legislative Assembly Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Malacca State Legislative Assembly Johor State Legislative Assembly Sabah State Legislative Assembly Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Total won / Total contested
2/3 majority
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2016
10 / 82
2018
2 / 60
2 / 18
2020
6 / 73
6 / 6
2025
0 / 73
0 / 46

References

  1. ↑ "STAR Fully Committed To USA And Sabah's Full Autonomy – Jeffrey Kitingan". SabahKini. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Jenne Lajiun (15 July 2016). "Reformed, rebranded STAR now Sabah-based party". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Julia Chan (14 July 2016). "Jeffrey Kitingan announces new party name, disavows partnership in Saksama". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Chok Simyee (10 May 2018). "31 elected BN may unite under PBS". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sabah STAR quits Perikatan". The Star. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Chan, Julia (16 November 2023). "Sabah's PBS and STAR set aside rivalry for talks on better cooperation". Malay Mail. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  7. ↑ TAWIE, SULOK (27 June 2016). "Ahead of national polls, Sarawak and Sabah reform parties undergo rebranding exercise". Malay Mail. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Chan, Julia (24 September 2016). "The more, the merrier, Sabah parties say of Shafie Apdal entry". Malay Mail . Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Struktur Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Parti STAR Sabah Sesi 2024-2027". 12 July 2024.
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