United Malays National Organisation of Sabah

United Malays National Organisation of Sabah
United Malays National Organisation of Sabah
Malay name	Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu Malaysia Sabah
Abbreviation	Sabah UMNO
Chairman	Vacant
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Rahman Dahlan
Founder	Mahathir Mohamad ; Anwar Ibrahim ; Abdul Ghafar Baba ; Mustapha Harun ; Harris Salleh
Founded	1990;35 years ago
Preceded by	USNO ; BERJAYA
Membership (2025)	10,457 (estimated in Sabah)
National affiliation	Barisan Nasional (since 1990); Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022)1; National Unity Government (since 2022)
Regional affiliation	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (2020–2025)2
Colours	Red and white
Slogan	United, Loyal, In Service; Bersatu, Bersetia, Berkhidmat
Dewan Negara Malaysia	1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat Malaysia	5 / 26 (Sabah and Labuan seats)
Sabah State Legislative Assembly	4 / 79
Chief ministers in Malaysia ; (Sabah Chief Minister)	0 / 1
Party flag
	Politics of Malaysia ; Political parties ; Elections ; 1As partners at the federal and state level.; 2 UMNO Sabah was a member of the coalition from 2020 but was not included when formalised in 2022. It has provided support for a Gabungan Rakyat Sabah-led government since 2020, though not unanimously.

Last updated December 07, 2025

United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu Sabah), also abbreviated as Sabah UMNO, is a branch of the United Malays National Organisation in Sabah, Malaysia.

History

Following the 1990 state election where the Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) failed to win any seats, it merged with the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) to form the Sabah chapter of the peninsula-based United Malays National Organisation.^[1] It was the ruling party in Sabah as part of the wider Barisan Nasional coalition from 1994 until the 2018 state election.

Following the party's defeat in 2018, Sabah UMNO chairman Hajiji Noor half the party's elected representatives, five members of parliament and nine state assemblymen, to leave the party and sit as independents.^[2] They subsequently joined the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), itself an UMNO splinter party, and formed its Sabah chapter.

Hajiji was replaced by Bung Moktar Radin, and the state chapter persisted despite concerns that it may be dissolved.^[3]

The party triggered the 2023 Sabah political crisis when it, as the leader of Barisan Nasional in the state, withdrew the coalition's support for the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah government led by Hajiji.^[4] This triggered a split within the state chapter as five assemblymen announced their support for Hajiji.^[5] The crisis ended when the central leadership of Barisan Nasional resolved to support Hajiji as chief minister, so as to reflect the parties' co-operation at the federal level as part of the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet.^[6] The five assemblymen who supported Hajiji later left the party to join Hajiji's Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN).^[7]

List of leaders

List of Chairmen

No.	Chairmen	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Deputy Chairmen
1	Mustapha Harun (born 1918, death 1995) MLA for Bengkoka-Banggi, 1967–1976 MLA for Banggi, 1976–1981 MLA for Usukan, 1985–1986, 1987–1994	1990	1994	4 years	Unknown
2	Sakaran Dandai (born 1930, death 2021) MLA for Semporna, 1967–1985 MLA for Sulabayan, 1985–1990, 1994	1994	2002	8 years	Shafie Apdal (1995-2001)
3	Musa Aman (born 1951) MLA for Sungai Sibuga, 1994-2020	2003	9 December 2018	15 years	Shafie Apdal (2004/2005-2014/2015) Bung Moktar Radin (unknown date)
4	Hajiji Noor (born 1956) MLA for Sulaman, since 1990	10 December 2018	11 December 2018	1 day	Yamani Hafez Musa (2018)
5	Bung Moktar Radin (born 1958, death 2025) MP for Kinabatangan, 1999-2025, MLA for Lamag, 2020-2025	12 December 2018	5 December 2025	6 years, 360 days	Yakub Khan (2018–2023) Abdul Rahman Dahlan (since 2023)

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

Sabah UMNO has 5 members in the House of Representatives.

State	No.	Parliament Constituency	Member
Sabah
	P173	Putatan	Shahelmey Yahya	UMNO
	P176	Kimanis	Mohamad Alamin	UMNO
	P177	Beaufort	Siti Aminah Aching	UMNO
	P184	Libaran	Suhaimi Nasir	UMNO
	P191	Kalabakan	Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy	UMNO
	Total	Sabah (5)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

4 / 79

State	No.	Parliament Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member
Sabah	P167	Kudat	N2	Bengkoka	Harun Durabi	UMNO
	P180	Keningau	N41	Liawan	Nik Mohd Nadzri Nik Zawawi	UMNO
	P187	Kinabatangan
	P187	Kinabatangan	N59	Sukau	Jafry Ariffin	UMNO
	P188	Lahad Datu	N63	Kunak	Anil Jeet Singh	UMNO
Total	Sabah (4)

General election results

Election	Total seats won	Seats contested	Total votes	Voting Percentage	Outcome of election	Election leader
1995	9 / 192	9 (under BN)	Unknown	Unknown	9 seats; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Sakaran Dandai
1999	11 / 193	11 (under BN)	139,654	2.10%	2 seats; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Osu Sukam
2004	13 / 219	13 (under BN)	93,831	1.35%	2 seats; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman
2008	13 / 222	13 (under BN)	154,207	1.95%	; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman
2013	14 / 222	14 (under BN)	258,298	2.34%	1 seat; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman
2018	7 / 222	14 (under BN)	199,395	1.65%	7 seats; Opposition coalition (Barisan Nasional) later Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman (resigned) Hajiji Noor (resigned) Bung Moktar Radin
2022	6 / 222	11 (under BN)	185,094	1.19%	1 seat; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Bung Moktar Radin

State election results

State election	State Legislative Assembly
State election	Sabah	Total won / Total contested

2/3 majority	2 / 3	2 / 3
1994	19 / 48	19 / 31
1999	24 / 48
2004	32 / 60	32 / 32
2008	32 / 60	32 / 32
2013	31 / 60	31 / 32
2018	17 / 60	17 / 32
2020	14 / 73	14 / 33
After 2022 GE (not including appointed members)	10 / 79	10 / 33
2025	4 / 79	4 / 41

References

↑ "The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Sabah, East Malaysia: An Overview 1990-1994 International" (PDF). Hamdan Aziz (Ph.D) & Syahrin Said, Department of Nationhood and Civilization Studies, Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 12. 2017. ISSN 2222-6990 . Retrieved 25 September 2021– via HR Mars.
↑ "UMNO Sabah lumpuh". Berita Harian .
↑ "Bung Moktar dilantik Pengerusi Perhubungan UMNO Sabah baharu". Berita Harian .
↑ "New political crisis in Malaysia as Sabah government falls after Umno exits". South China Morning Post. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
↑ "Sabah chief minister Hajiji reshuffles Cabinet, drops UMNO state chief Bung Moktar". CNA. Channel News Asia. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
↑ "BN sokong Hajiji sebagai Ketua Menteri". 12 February 2023.
↑ "5 Adun Sabah keluar UMNO umum sertai Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah dipimpin Hajiji Noor bersama 3 Adun Bebas". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

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[UMNOsabah-1] "The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Sabah, East Malaysia: An Overview 1990-1994 International" (PDF). Hamdan Aziz (Ph.D) & Syahrin Said, Department of Nationhood and Civilization Studies, Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 12. 2017. ISSN 2222-6990 . Retrieved 25 September 2021– via HR Mars.

[2] "UMNO Sabah lumpuh". Berita Harian .

[3] "Bung Moktar dilantik Pengerusi Perhubungan UMNO Sabah baharu". Berita Harian .

[4] "New political crisis in Malaysia as Sabah government falls after Umno exits". South China Morning Post. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[5] "Sabah chief minister Hajiji reshuffles Cabinet, drops UMNO state chief Bung Moktar". CNA. Channel News Asia. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[6] "BN sokong Hajiji sebagai Ketua Menteri". 12 February 2023.

[7] "5 Adun Sabah keluar UMNO umum sertai Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah dipimpin Hajiji Noor bersama 3 Adun Bebas". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

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