2013 Sabah state election

2013 Sabah state election

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All 60 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout784,638 (79.87%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  PR
Leader Musa Aman Lajim Ukin[1] Jeffrey Kitingan
Party BN PKR (PR[b]) STAR
Leader since 27 March 2003 (2003-03-27) 16 June 2013 6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)
Leader's seat Sungai Sibuga Klias Bingkor
Last election 59 seats[a] 1 seat[c] New party
Seats before 57 1 Steady
Seats won 48 11 1
Seat change Decrease11 Increase10 Increase1
Popular vote 427,890 248,185 43,167
Percentage 55.78% 32.36% 5.63%

  Fourth party
  SAPP
Leader Yong Teck Lee
Party SAPP
Leader since 21 January 1994 (1994-01-21)
Leader's seat Likas (lost)
Last election 4 seats[2]
Seats before 2
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease4
Popular vote 28,305
Percentage 3.69%

Parliamentary and state constituencies in Sabah

Chief Minister before election

Musa Aman
BN

Chief Minister-designate

Musa Aman
BN

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The 2013 Sabah state election was held on Sunday, 5 May 2013 concurrently with the 13th Malaysian general election. 60 state seats were contested to elect the state legislature in the Malaysian state of Sabah. This was the 12th state election in Sabah. The state legislative assembly was dissolved on 3 April 2013 following the announcement by Najib Razak to dissolve the federal Parliament earlier on the same day.[3] Sabahans would also elect 25 representatives to the federal legislature which would be covered as part of the general election.

The 2008 election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, winning 59 out 60 seats. After the 2008 election, the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) withdrew from the BN coalition, resulting in 2 state seats to move out of BN. As a result, the composition of parties in the state legislature prior to dissolution was BN with 57, SAPP with 2 and DAP with 1 seat.

The final results showed that BN would keep the assembly with 48 seats, a decrease of 11 seats. The newly formed Pakatan Rakyat won 11 seats, comparing to 1 in the last assembly. The Sabah chapter of State Reform Party also won 1 seat via its leader Jeffrey Kitingan, while another Sabah-based party SAPP was wiped out from the assembly.

The Sabah state election were conducted barely 3 months after the incident in Lahad Datu on February that year.


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  1. ^ "Lajim chosen as state opposition leader". The Borneo Post. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ^ SAPP contested under the BN ticket on the 2008 election
  3. ^ "Sabah state assembly dissolved for election". The Malaysian Insider. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.