Yang Berhormat Senator Puan
Noorita Sual
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Assumed office
20 March 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tenom
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byRaime Unggi
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byRiduan Rubin
(Independent)
Majority1,133 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2023–Pakatan Harapan
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2022Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Noorita binti Sual

(1980-04-28) 28 April 1980
Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Noorita binti Sual (born 28 April 1980) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as a Senator since March 2023. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenom from May 2018 to November 2022.[1][2] She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. She is the first Murut female lawyer in the Malaysian history.

Political career

Candidate of Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (2013)

In the 2013 Sabah state election, Noorita made her electoral debut after being nominated by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to contest for the Melalap state seat. She lost to Radin Malleh of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 2,599 votes.

Member of Parliament (2018–2022)

In the 2018 general election, Noorita was nominated by PH to contest for the Tenom federal seat. She won the seat and was elected into Parliament as the Tenom MP after defeating Rubin Balang of BN by majority of 1,108 votes.[3][4] Her victory also ended the long parliamentary service of BN of Tenom.

In the 2022 general election, Noorita was renominated by PH to defend the Tenom seat. She lost the seat after losing to Riduan Rubin, an independent candidate, member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) and son of Rubin by a minority of 1,108 votes.

Senator (since 2023)

On 20 March 2023, Noorita was appointed as a Senator by Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah, alongside Abun Sui Anyit, Anifah Aman, Professor Dr. Awang Sariyan, Isaiah Jacob, Low Kian Chuan, Mohd Hasbie Muda, Mohd Hatta Ramli, Roderick Wong Siew Lead and Sivarraajh Chandran.

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[5]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 Melalap Noorita Sual (DAP) 1,992 20.26% Radin Malleh (PBS) 4,643 47.22% 9,832 2,599 81.43%
Roger Stimin (SAPP) 2,044 20.79%
Kong Fui Seng (STAR) 924 9.40%
Parliament of Malaysia[6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 Tenom Noorita Sual (DAP) 11,363 49.35% Rubin Balang (UMNO) 10,230 44.43% 23,027 1,133 78.91%
Laimoi @ Yuslinah Laikim (STAR) 645 2.80%
2022 Noorita Sual (DAP) 8,919 31.13% Riduan Rubin (IND) 10,027 35.00% 28,649 1,108 68.14%
Jamawi Ja’afar (UMNO) 8,625 30.11%
Ukim Buandi (WARISAN) 992 3.46%
Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND) 86 0.30%

References

  1. ↑ "Rakyat berhak pilih ketua" (in Malay). Utusan Borneo. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pelantikan KK, JKKK, Kapitan Cina dibuat semula secara undi". Utusan Borneo (in Malay). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018 – via PressReader.
  3. ↑ Neil Brian Joseph (17 April 2018). "DAP to field two women in Tenom, Kapayan". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM - DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". resultpru13.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 26 November 2022.


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