2018 Sabah state election
9 May 2018
All 60 seats to the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  GS
Leader Mohd. Shafie Apdal Musa Aman Paumin @ Mohd. Aminuddin Aling
Party Pakatan Harapan
Warisan		 Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
Leader since 17 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 election 11 seats, 29.6%
(Pakatan Rakyat)		 48 seats, 55.78% No seat, 2.76%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats before 6 45 Steady
Seats won 29 29 0
Seat change Increase23 Decrease16 Steady
Popular vote 398,533 355,091 11,241
Percentage 47.19% 42.04% 1.33%
Swing Increase17.59% Decrease13.74% Decrease 1.43%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  PHRS PCS
Leader Dr. Jeffrey G. Kitingan Lajim Ukin Wilfred Bumburing
Party United Sabah Alliance (STAR) United Sabah Alliance (PHRS) Parti Cinta Sabah
Leader since 6 January 2012 (2012-01-06) 2016 2013
Leader's seat Tambunan Klias
(lost seat)		 Tamparuli
(lost seat)
Last election 1 seat, 5.63% New party New party
Seats before 1 1 1
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Decrease1
Popular vote 39,803 17,713 9,311
Percentage 4.71% 2.1% 1.1%
Swing Decrease0.92% Increase2.1% Increase1.1%
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.

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 NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation208,60024.7117–14
United Sabah Party70,9988.416–1
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation33,3953.965+1
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah8,0420.9510
Liberal Democratic Party15,0841.790–3
Malaysian Chinese Association14,9701.7700
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia4,0020.470–2
Total355,09142.0529–19
Sabah Heritage Party271,44632.1521New
Pakatan HarapanDemocratic Action Party78,9019.346+2
People's Justice Party47,7235.652–5
National Trust Party1930.0200
Total126,81715.028–3
United Sabah AllianceHomeland Solidarity Party39,8034.712+1
Sabah People's Hope Party17,7132.1000
Sabah Progressive Party5,0310.6000
Sabah People's Unity Party1,4910.1800
Total63,9787.582+2
Gagasan SejahteraPan-Malaysian Islamic Party11,2411.3300
Love Sabah Party9,3111.1000
Sabah Native Co-operation Party3,0590.3600
Sabah Nationality Party2,0180.2400
United Sabah National Organisation (New)1470.0200
State Reform Party1090.0100
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Dashboard PRU 14". Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia 14. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Muguntan Vanar; Fatimah Zainal (10 May 2018). "Hung assembly in Sabah sees intense political horse-trading". The Star. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Alyaa Azhar (10 May 2018). "Hung assembly in Sabah, Star to be kingmaker". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Chok Simyee (10 May 2018). "Jeffrey forms pact with BN to form coalition state government". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Avila Geraldine; Norasikin Daineh (11 May 2018). "Warisan now has 35 seats, enough to form state government: Shafie [NSTTV]". New Straits Times. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sabah having two CMs sparks constitutional crisis?". The Borneo Post. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Ruzaini Zulkepli (13 May 2018). "Empat lagi ADUN BN sertai Mohd Shafie?" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Fatimah Zainal (14 May 2018). "Two more Upko reps join Shafie". The Star. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Rodelio Junjun Taucan (12 May 2018). "Tun Juhar arah Musa letak jawatan". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Ruzaini Zulkepli (13 May 2018). "Warisan tidak akan sama dengan UMNO - Shafie Apdal" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Fatimah Zainal (13 May 2018). "Musa Aman: I'm still the Chief Minister". The Star. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Istana serah surat kepada Musa" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  13. ↑ Samantha Khor (14 May 2018). "[BREAKING] Musa Aman Is No Longer Chief Minister Of Sabah". Says.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Snap polls called for Sabah as Shafie dissolves state assembly". Malay Mail. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Shafie: Fresh polls within 60 days, voters can decide between Musa and me". Malaysiakini. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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