Honours
Sabah :-
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2014)
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Masiung Banah | |
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| Ministerial roles (Sabah) | |
| 2013–2018 | Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports |
| 2018 | Minister of Youth and Sports |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2008–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation |
| 2019–2020 | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation |
| 2020–2021 | Independent |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (coalition - direct member) |
| 2023– | Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Masiung Banah 19 May 1972 Kinabatangan,Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah,Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) (Until 2020) Independent (Until 2021) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (Since 2022)(coalition direct member) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Since 2023)(official party) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (−2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (Since 2022)(direct member) |
| Spouse | Grace Elvira Ewon Ebin |
| Relations | Ewon Ebin (father-in-law) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Masiung Banah is a Malaysian politician who has been the State Minister of Youth and Sports and also a Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN) member,one of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) component parties. He has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuamut since March 2008. In 2023,he was appointed as Vice President III of Sabah People's Ideas Party along with Arifin Bin Mohd Arif (Vice President I) and Rubin Balang (Vice President II).
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2008 | N47 Kuamut | Masiung Banah (UPKO) | 3,784 | 51.48% | Mustapa Datu Tambuyong (IND) | 2,112 | 28.74% | 7,650 | 1,672 | 67.33% | ||
| Abdul Razak Jamil (PKR) | 1,143 | 15.55% | ||||||||||
| Duin Bintarang (IND) | 206 | 2.80% | ||||||||||
| Jusing Sabran (DAP) | 105 | 1.43% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Masiung Banah (UPKO) | 7,607 | 64.51% | Mustapa Datu Tambuyong (PKR) | 2,989 | 25.35% | 12,142 | 4,618 | 81.60% | |||
| Edward Podok (STAR) | 1,196 | 10.14% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Masiung Banah (UPKO) | 8,042 | 59.00% | Norfaizah Chua (WARISAN) | 3,921 | 29.07% | 14,093 | 4,121 | 78.80% | |||
| James Ait (STAR) | 1,132 | 8.31% | ||||||||||
| Jumaidin Lakalla (PAS) | 330 | 2.12% | ||||||||||
| Edward Podok (PCS) | 205 | 1.50% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N57 Kuamut | Masiung Banah (IND) | 2,802 | 39.11% | Bensom Inggam (UPKO) | 1,824 | 25.47% | 7,164 | 978 | 72.70% | ||
| Juhari Janan (UMNO) | 1,547 | 21.59% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Meszi Ng Abdullah (PCS) | 721 | 10.06% | ||||||||||
| Ationg Tituh (GAGASAN) | 270 | 3.77% | ||||||||||
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2014)
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