1999 Sabah state election

1999 Sabah state election
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All 48 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bernard Giluk Dompok[1] Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Party PDS PBS
Alliance Barisan Nasional
Leader since 1998[2] 1985
Leader's seat Moyog (defeated) Tambunan
Last election 23[3] 25
Seats won 31[4] 17
Seat change Increase8 Decrease8
Chief Minister before election

Bernard Giluk Dompok
BN-PDS

Elected Chief Minister

Osu Sukam
BN-UMNO

The 1999 Sabah state election was held between Friday, 12 March and Saturday, 13 March 1999.[5] The election was won by Barisan Nasional increasing the number of seats it won in the 1994 election from 23 to 31.[6][7]

  1. ^ Bangkuai, Joniston (1 March 1999). "BN presents 11 new faces". news.google.com. New Straits Times. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ This is the year that Bernard Dompok becomes the BN state chairman. He had held the PDS leadership since 1994.
  3. ^ The count includes seats won in the 1994 Sabah state election by UMNO, SAPP, LDP and AKAR, the component parties of BN at the time.
  4. ^ The count includes seats won by UMNO, SAPP, LDP and PDS, the component parties of BN.
  5. ^ Singh, Sarban (24 February 1999). "Sabah polls will be held on March 12, 13". news.google.com. New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "BN menang di Sabah -- Memperoleh 31 daripada 48 kerusi yang dipertandingkan". Archived from the original on 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  7. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Sabah '99". www.utusan.com.my. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.