1981 Sabah state election

State election in Sabah, Malaysia Sabah 1963 legislative 1976 Sabah state election 1976 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1974-78)#Sabah 1985 Sabah state election 1985 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1978-82)#Sabah All 48 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly 25 23–28 March 1981 130x130px 3x4.svg Harris Salleh 1976 Tenom BERJAYA Barisan Nasional (federal) 000000 28 seats 16 44 143557 61.36% Tun mohd said keruak-tyt7.png Said Keruak 1978 Usukan USNO Barisan Nasional (federal) Barisan Sabah (state) 005500 20 seats 17 3 47069 20.12% 3x4.svg Steven Chan Tze HiangTunku: Do not spoilt votes https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uwdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4Y0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892%2C2097466 31 December 2022 11 March 1981 11 Bandar Tawau Sabah Chinese Consolidated Party Barisan Sabah (state) – 25 New 1 14511 6.20% Chief Minister Harris Salleh Barisan Nasional, (BERJAYA) Harris Salleh Barisan Nasional, (BERJAYA) The 1981 Sabah state election was held between Monday, 23 March and Saturday, 28 March 1981. This was the fourth state election to take place. The Sabah State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 21 February 1981, 2 months earlier than the expiry of the Assembly term on 26 April 1981. Candidates nomination took place on 7 March 1981. Laporan Pilihan Raya Umum Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, Tahun 1981, Suruhanjaya Pilihan RayaWho's where for the five-day polls https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uAdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4Y0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790%2C1458066 31 December 2022 8 March 1981 9 In the election, BERJAYA Party led by Harris Salleh, an ally of federal government party Barisan Nasional (BN), won the election with a supermajority of 44 seats out of 48, and thus continued its governance of the state won since the last election on 1976.It's a knock-out by Berjaya https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3wLP7v6BnpwC&dat=19810329&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 31 December 2022 29 March 1981 1 USNO, another component party of BN but opposition to BERJAYA on state level, created a coalition, Barisan Sabah, with PASOK and SCCP to fight BERJAYA. However the result were disastrous to the new coalition as they only won 4 seats; USNO reduced from 20 to 3 seats, SCCP winning one seat and PASOK none. Results Sabah People's United Front 143557 44 +16 United Sabah National Organisation 47069 3 –17 Sabah Chinese Consolidated Party 14511 1 New United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation 17250 0 New Parti Perhimpunan Sosial Bersatu 1984 0 New Democratic Action Party 1673 0 New United Sabah People's Organisation 20 0 New SEDAR 56 0 New Independents 7853 0 0 4295 0 314974 HLSC Tindak Malaysia Github https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1981-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/1981_SABAH_DUN_RESULTS.csv CSV Historical election results - 1981 Sabah state elections github.com Aftermath 1985 Sabah state election Harris were sworn in as Chief Minister for his second term, along with sworn in of his cabinet minister, on 30 March.Omar Amin We'll follow Hussein's advice - Harris https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zQdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4Y0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6652%2C6435696 news.google.com New Straits Times 8 July 2024 31 March 1981 After USNO and Barisan Sabah's comprehensive defeat in the election, Said Keruak stepped down as USNO leader,Usno chief to step down https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19810411-1.2.77.9 13 January 2023 The Straits Times New Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 11 April 1981 17 replaced by Mustapha Harun, the former USNO leader and former Chief Minister.Datuk Teddy Chin The rise, fall and rise again of Usno https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/read/4797/the-rise-fall-and-rise-again-of-usno/ www.dailyexpress.com.my Daily Express (Malaysia) 1 January 2023 3 July 2022 USNO would later expelled from BN in 1984, due to Mustapha's action against BN, one of which opposing the move to make Labuan a Federal Territory.Bernama Usno expelled from National Front https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19840416-1.2.33.1 21 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 16 April 1984 16 Internal clashes within BERJAYA led to Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the party's vice-president, exiting BERJAYA with several of the party assemblymen and formed Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).February 2011 Arnold Puyok https://www.irasec.com/IMG/UserFiles/Files/04_Publications/Notes/Political_Development_in_Sabah-1985_2010.pdf Political Development in Sabah, 1985-2010. Challenges in Malaysian Federalism and Ethnic Politics irasec.com 9 April 2023 Discussion paper Pairin also won a December 1984 by-election, as an independent, in the Tambunan seat he had to vacate due to his resignation from BERJAYA and Sabah Assembly.Kitingan beats Berjaya man in Tambunan by-election https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-q1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=548DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740%2C6441108 5 January 2023 31 December 1984 1 These events led to Harris calling a snap election in March 1985, with the election held on 20–21 April 1985. PBS succeeded in toppling the BERJAYA government, winning 25 seats and setting in motion the 1985-1986 constitutional crisis in Sabah. References Category:Sabah state elections Sabah