Honours
Sabah :-
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2011)
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Wetrom Bahanda | |
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| State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| In office 8 October 2020 –21 October 2022 Servingwith Abidin Madingkir | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Arifin Asgali |
| Succeeded by | Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan |
| Constituency | Bandau |
| 1st Deputy President of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (Muslim bumiputera) | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2022 Servingwith Juil Nuatim (non-Muslim bumiputera,2022–2023) | |
| President | Peter Anthony |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Marudu | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Maximus Ongkili (BN–PBS) |
| Majority | 8,174 (2022) |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Bandau | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 3,363 (2020) |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Social Democratic Harmony Party |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2022– | Social Democratic Harmony Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wetrom bin Bahanda 26 May 1971 Kota Marudu,Sabah,Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2019–2022) Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2020–2022) |
| Spouse | Doreen Yubing |
| Relations | Verdon Bahanda (younger brother) Redonah Bahanda (Sister) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Wetrom bin Bahanda (born 26 May 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Marudu since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandau since September 2020. He served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor from October 2020 to his resignation in October 2022. He is a member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) and was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU),a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and GRS as well as formerly the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has also served as the 1st Deputy President of KDM for the Muslim bumiputera quota since October 2022. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is also the older brother of Verdon Bahanda,the MP for Kudat.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 2020 | N06 Bandau,P168 Kota Marudu | Wetrom Bahanda (BERSATU) | 5,863 | 60.41% | Majamis Timbong (WARISAN) | 2,500 | 23.18% | 10,612 | 3,363 | 68.86% | ||
| Azahari Amit (USNO Baru) | 477 | 1.06% | ||||||||||
| Webley Disim (PCS) | 477 | 8.53% | ||||||||||
| Raphael Biun (LDP) | 331 | 1.11% | ||||||||||
| Tolok Delly Surag (IND) | 58 | 14.96% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Name | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P168 Kota Marudu,Sabah | Wetrom Bahanda (KDM) | 24,318 | 48.69% | Maximus Ongkili (PBS) | 16,144 | 32.32% | 49,946 | 8,174 | 61.86% | ||
| Jilid Kuminding (WARISAN) | 5,320 | 10.65% | ||||||||||
| Shahrizal Denci (MUDA) | 3,225 | 6.46% | ||||||||||
| Norman Tulang (Independent) | 660 | 1.32% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Azmi Zulkiflee (PEJUANG) | 279 | 0.56% | ||||||||||
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2011)
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