2018 Sabah state election

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2018 Sabah state election
Flag of Sabah.svg
  2013 9 May 2018 2020  

All 60 seats to the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Shafie Apdal July 2018.jpg Sabah Chiefminister Musa-Aman-01.png GS
Leader Mohd. Shafie Apdal Musa Aman Paumin @ Mohd. Aminuddin Aling
Party Pakatan Harapan
Warisan
Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
Leader since17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)27 March 2003 (2003-03-27)2012
Leader's seat Senallang Sungai Sibuga Not contesting
(ran in Tuaran - lost seat)
Last election11 seats, 29.6%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
48 seats, 55.78%No seat, 2.76%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats before645Steady2.svg
Seats won29290
Seat changeIncrease2.svg23Decrease2.svg16Steady2.svg
Popular vote398,533355,09111,241
Percentage47.19%42.04%1.33%
SwingIncrease2.svg17.59%Decrease2.svg13.74%Decrease2.svg 1.43%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Jeffrey Kitingan.jpg PHRSPCS
Leader Dr. Jeffrey G. Kitingan Lajim Ukin Wilfred Bumburing
Party United Sabah Alliance (STAR) United Sabah Alliance (PHRS) Parti Cinta Sabah
Leader since6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)20162013
Leader's seat Tambunan Klias
(lost seat)
Tamparuli
(lost seat)
Last election1 seat, 5.63%New partyNew party
Seats before111
Seats won200
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote39,80317,7139,311
Percentage4.71%2.1%1.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.92%Increase2.svg2.1%Increase2.svg1.1%

Chief Minister before election

Musa Aman
Barisan Nasional

Chief Minister-designate

Musa Aman
Barisan Nasional

The 2018 Sabah state election took place on 9 May 2018 in concurrence with the 14th Malaysian general election. This election was to elect 60 members of the 15th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 7 April 2018.

Contents

Barisan Nasional (BN), with the most seats, would be able to form a minority government alone. But BN and Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) decided to form a group of 31 seats, which would allow them to form a coalition government. Musa Aman reinstalled as Chief Minister on 10 May 2018.

However, Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) (including 6 BN assemblymen who switched allegiance to WARISAN), Democratic Action Party (DAP) and People's Justice Party (PKR), with confidence and supply of United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO), managed to form a pact of 39 seats in order to form a coalition government.

Governor Juhar Mahiruddin installed Mohd. Shafie Apdal as the 15th Chief Minister on 12 May 2018. That marks the end of 24-year rule of BN in Sabah and the change of governing party in Sabah for the fifth time since 1963.

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 29 governmental seats (later with addition of 10 members from non-governmental seats (6 from UPKO and 4 from UMNO) that decided to support the creation of new state government) and 31 non-governmental seats (later became 21 seats after 10 of them decided to support new government) filled the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 11 safe seat and 4 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has 2 safe seats and 5 fairly safe seats.

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
MelalapPeter AnthonyWARISAN46.81
LiawanRasinin KautisWARISAN47.75
BanggiMohamad MohamarinWARISAN47.79
PetagasUda SulaiWARISAN47.97
KunakNorazlinah ArifWARISAN48.20
TungkuAssaffal P. AlianWARISAN49.89
BongawanDr. Daud YusofWARISAN50.62
Gum-GumArunarsin TaibWARISAN51.10
SinduminDr. Yusof YacobWARISAN51.90
MerotaiSarifuddin HataWARISAN51.94
Tanjong KaporBen Chong Chen BinWARISAN54.31
Pantai ManisAidi MoktarWARISAN54.52
KarambunaiAzhar MatussinWARISAN54.66
Lahad DatuDumi Pg. MasdalWARISAN55.58
Fairly safe
Tanjong PapatFrankie Poon Ming FungDAP56.20
Tanjong AruJunz Wong Hong JunWARISAN56.23
SekongArifin AsgaliWARISAN56.55
Api-ApiChristina Liew Chin JinPKR57.04
Safe
MoyogJennifer LasimbangWARISAN61.39
InanamKenny Chua Teck HoPKR62.33
KaramuntingHiew Vun ZinWARISAN63.67
ElopuraCalvin Chong Ket KiunDAP68.68
KapayanJanie LasimbangDAP71.95
Sri TanjongJimmy Wong Sze PhinDAP72.00
SulabayanJaujan SambakongWARISAN74.91
SenallangMohd. Shafie ApdalWARISAN75.97
BugayaManis Buka Mohd. DarahWARISAN77.51
LikasTan Lee FattDAP82.57
LuyangGinger Phoong Jin ZheDAP84.38
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
BingkorRobert Tawik @ NordinSTAR33.19
KundasangJoachim GunsalamPBS37.14
MatunggongJulita MajunkiPBS41.80
KiuluJoniston BangkuaiPBS42.39
PitasBolkiah IsmailUMNO44.40
KliasIsnin AliasnihUMNO44.94
TamparuliJahid JahimPBS45.46
SebatikAbd. Muis PichoUMNO46.70
TambunanDr. Jeffrey Gapari @ Geoffrey KitinganSTAR46.78
BalungOsman JamalUMNO47.08
KadamaianEwon BenedickUPKO47.80
PaginatanAbidin MadingkirUPKO48.84
TempasukMusbah JamliUMNO50.82
Tanjong BatuHamisa SamatUMNO50.92
TandekAnita BarantingPBS51.21
UsukanJaplin AkimUMNO52.40
KemabongJamawi Ja’afarUMNO52.68
SookEllron Alfred AnginPBRS53.21
ApasNizam Abu Bakar TitinganUMNO53.58
Sungai SibugaMusa AmanUMNO53.59
LabukAbd. Rahman KongkawangPBS53.64
Kuala PenyuLimus JuryUPKO54.64
KawangGhulam Haidar Khan BahadarUMNO54.97
SugutJames RatibUPKO55.77
Fairly safe
LumadanMatbali MusahUMNO56.65
MembakutMohd. Arifin Mohd. ArifUMNO57.22
KuamutMasiung BanahUPKO59.00
SukauSaddi Abdu RahmanUMNO59.14
NabawanBobbey Ah Fang SuanUPKO59.52
Safe
KaranaanMasidi ManjunUMNO63.98
SulamanHajiji Mohd. NoorUMNO69.62

Results

The following political parties contested in this election. The following is a summary of results of this election.

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 208,60024.7117–14
United Sabah Party 70,9988.416–1
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation 33,3953.965+1
Liberal Democratic Party 15,0841.790–3
Malaysian Chinese Association 14,9701.7700
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 8,0420.9510
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 4,0020.470–2
Total355,09142.0529–19
Sabah Heritage Party 271,44632.1521New
Pakatan Harapan Democratic Action Party 78,9019.346+2
People's Justice Party 47,7235.652–5
National Trust Party 1930.0200
Total126,81715.028–3
United Sabah Alliance Homeland Solidarity Party 39,8034.712+1
Sabah People's Hope Party 17,7132.1000
Sabah Progressive Party 5,0310.6000
Sabah People's Unity Party 1,4910.1800
Total63,9787.582+2
Gagasan Sejahtera Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 11,2411.3300
Love Sabah Party 9,3111.1000
Sabah Native Co-operation Party 3,0590.3600
Sabah Nationality Party 2,0180.2400
United Sabah National Organisation (New) 1470.0200
State Reform Party 1090.0100
Independents1,0790.1300
Total844,356100.00600
Valid votes844,35697.42
Invalid/blank votes22,3692.58
Total votes866,725100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,117,87777.53
Source: lection Commission of Malaysia [1]

Aftermath

Government formation

In the 2018 general election, WARISAN together with the coalition of Pakatan Harapan (PH) are tied up with 29-29 seats with the Barisan Nasional in the election. [2] Jeffrey Kitingan with his party of Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) under the United Sabah Alliance (USA) which are not aligned from either the two sides, has won two seats in the election and subsequently emerged as the decision maker for the formation of a state government from the two sides. [3] Kitingan then decide to team up with the BN to form coalition state government with him appointed as a Deputy Chief Minister while Musa Aman from BN to become the Chief Minister for another 5 years under the new coalition government. [4] However, the situation changed when six seats assemblymen from the BN allied parties of United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) and United Sabah People's Party (PBRS) switched their allegiance to WARISAN, giving Shafie an advantage with 35 seats which is sufficient to establish a coalition state government. [5] Earlier, Musa Aman had initially been sworn in as Chief Minister following the help of two seats from STAR. This situation has left Sabah with two ruling Chief Ministers, the second time in its history since the dispute between PBS and USNO in 1980s.

The result of these events sparks a constitutional crisis in Sabah, and the need to review and change the current constitution so as to curb the "allegiance switching" of assemblymen, after the swearing-in ceremony of the chief minister. [6] Another four seats assemblymen from BN allied parties of UMNO and UPKO switching their allegiance to WARISAN on 13 May 2018. [7] [8] The Yang di-Pertua Negeri (TYT) Juhar Mahiruddin also had requested for Musa to step down, [9] [10] despite Musa still stressing that he still the rightful Chief Minister. [11] Musa was then issued a letter from the TYT that he is no longer the Chief Minister effective from 12 May 2018 that was delivered into his residence on 14 May 2018. [12] [13]

Snap election

The state government led by Shafie only lasts 26 months, when another constitutional crisis between Shafie and Musa resulted in the Governor of Sabah, Juhar Mahiruddin decision to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly on the advice of Shafie on 30 June 2020. [14] The 2020 election took place on 26 September 2020. [15]

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