2008 Sabah state election

State election in Sabah, Malaysia Sabah legislative 2004 Sabah state election 2004 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2004-2008)#Sabah 2013 Sabah state election 2013 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2008-2013)#Sabah All 60 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly 31 8 March 2008 130x130px File:Sabah Chiefminister Musa-Aman-01.png Musa Aman 1996 Sungai Sibuga UMNO Barisan Nasional 000080 59 59The count includes seats won by UMNO, SAPP, LDP, UPKO, MCA, PBRS and PBS, the component parties of BN. 3x4.svg Hiew King ChewSabah BN staves off swing against coalition https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2008/03/10/sabah-bn-staves-off-swing-against-coalition/ The Star The Star (Malaysia) 1 January 2023 en 10 March 2008 Not contesting DAP DAP-PAS-PKR coalition 0 1 1 Chief Minister Musa Aman BN-UMNO Musa Aman BN-UMNO thumb|400px|right|Map of Sabah electoral districts. Parliamentary districts are denoted by "P", while state assembly districts are denoted by "N". The 2008 Sabah state election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008, simultaneously with the 12th general election of Malaysia. 60 state assembly seats were contested. The election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition with a similar number of seats won as in the previous election, where they won 59 seats. One seat was won by Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the previous election, BN won 59 seats, while one seat was won by an independent candidate. Other parties contesting in this election are Democratic Action Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, BERSEKUTU, Pasok, Setia, and 47 independent candidates. The 25 parliamentary seats were also contested the same time. This is the second time the state election of Sabah is held simultaneously with the general (parliamentary) elections, the first time being in the 2004 general elections. The State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 13 February 2008, after state Chief Minister Musa Aman obtained consent from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah.Daily Express, Sabah 2004 seats formula: CM http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=55835 14 February 2008 26 February 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110603232044/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=55835 3 June 2011 The nomination day was held on 24 February 2008. On this day, Ramlee Marbahan of BN won the seat of N.54 Bugaya unopposed. Barisan Nasional also won two parliamentary seats on nomination day.New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2168675/Article/index_html Body find only incident 25 February 2008 26 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080228104004/http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2168675/Article/index_html 28 February 2008 On 27 February 2008, the PKR candidate Mohaspa Mohd Hassan pulled out of the election, thus awarding the N.41 Gum Gum seat to Zakaria Mohd Edris.The Star Gum Gum state seat goes to BN after PKR withdraws http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/2/27/election2008/20080227195136&sec=election2008 27 February 2008 28 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521100111/http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F2%2F27%2Felection2008%2F20080227195136&sec=election2008 21 May 2011 dead dmy-all Results Barisan Nasional 8 United Malays National Organisation 180170 32 0 United Sabah Party 68221 12 –1 United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation 28191 6 +1 Sabah Progressive Party 27230 4 0 Liberal Democratic Party 11800 3 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 6162 1 0 Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 5496 1 0 327270 59 0 Pakatan Rakyat 4 People's Justice Party 137576 0 0 Democratic Action Party 25937 1 +1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 1007 0 0 164520 1 1 Federated Sabah People's Front 5095 0 0 Independents 29774 0 –1 13998 0 807862 The Star Parties representing Barisan Nasional Allocation of seats among parties within the ruling BN coalition is as follows. This formula was used in the 2004 election and has been retained for this election. Barisan Nasional coalition Party Seats contested Seats won Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 3 3 Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) 1 1 Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) 1 1 Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) 13 12 Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) 4 4 United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) 32 32 United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) 6 6 Parliamentary seats 2008 Malaysian general election The parliamentary election was held simultaneously nationwide with the state elections of all Malaysian states except Sarawak. Barisan Nasional had won two seats unopposed on nomination day itself—the P.182 Pensiangan seat by Joseph Kurup, and P.191 Kalabakan by Ghapur Salleh. The following is a summary of results for parliamentary seats in Sabah: Sabah parliamentary election, 2008 Party Votes Seats won (seats contested) Barisan Nasional 24 (25) BERSEKUTU 0 (2) Democratic Action Party 1 (5) Parti Keadilan Rakyat 0 (20) PAS 0 (1) Pasok 0 (3) Independent 0 (16) Total 25 References 2008 Category:2008 state elections in Malaysia