1976 Sabah state election

State election in Sabah, Malaysia Sabah 1963 legislative 1971 Sabah state election 1971 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1969-74)#Sabah 1981 Sabah state election 1981 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1974-78)#Sabah All 48 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly 25 5–14 April 1976 Tun Fuad Stephens.jpg Fuad Stephens 1975 Kiulu BERJAYA Barisan Nasional (federal) New party 28 28 101,213 53.86% Mustapha Harun.jpg Mustapha Harun 1961 Banggi USNO Barisan Nasional (federal) Sabah Alliance (state) 29 seats 9 20 70,157 37.33% Chief Minister Said Keruak USNO Fuad Stephens BERJAYA The 1976 Sabah state election was held between Monday, 5 April and Saturday, 14 April 1976. This was the third state election to take place, and the first to feature opposition candidates since the first election on 1967, as the second state election on 1971 has all government candidates won uncontested.Bill Campbell Big Usno-Berjaya polls battle in Sabah shapes up https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760401-1.2.22 2 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 1 April 1976 5 The state assembly were dissolved on 23 January 1976,Sabah polls within 90 days https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760124-1.2.9 26 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 24 January 1976 1,32 en-SGEarly polls for Sabah https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DUo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3X0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2880%2C3040781 26 January 2023 New Straits Times via Google News 23 January 1976 1 and the nomination day was on 18 March 1976.Bill Campbell Sabah polls: Tun M files papers https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760319-1.2.10 26 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 19 March 1976 1 en-SG In the election, Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah (BERJAYA) led by Fuad Stephens, won the election with a majority of 28 seats out of 48 seats in the newly expanded state assembly, and ousted incumbent government United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) from power.Bill Campbell Shock win by Berjaya https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760415-1.2.2 2 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 15 April 1976 1Arkib Pusat Maklumat dan Parti Berjaya berkuasa di Sabah https://www.utusan.com.my/lipatan-sejarah/2021/04/parti-berjaya-berkuasa-di-sabah/ Utusan Malaysia 6 February 2023 ms-MY 16 April 2021 USNO, who is in coalition with Sabah Chinese Association (SCA) that governs the state for the past 9 years, only won 20 seats while SCA lost all their seats. Background and contesting parties BERJAYA was registered only less than a year earlier in July 1975, when some USNO members, dissatisfied with the party's direction under leadership of Mustapha Harun, chose to exit the party and form a new party.Arkib Pusat Maklumat dan Harris Salleh tubuh parti Berjaya https://www.utusan.com.my/lipatan-sejarah/2021/07/harris-salleh-tubuh-parti-berjaya/ Utusan Malaysia 23 January 2023 ms-MY 16 July 2021 BERJAYA applied and successfully joined Barisan Nasional after its registration. They would be later joined by then-Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah, Fuad Stephens, who resigned from his position to lead the new party as its president. Mustapha himself in October 1975 has resigned from his position of Sabah's Chief Minister, a position he had held since USNO won the first state election, though he remained party leader. His deputy, Said Keruak, replaced him and was Chief Minister heading into the 1976 election. USNO also had convincing wins against BERJAYA candidates in two December 1975 state by-elections, in Kuala Kinabatangan and Labuan. SCA, which was in the Sabah Alliance together with USNO, led by Michael Liaw, also contested in this election.Bill Campbell When their votes can tilt the power balance https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760402-1.2.24 23 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 2 April 1976 5 en-SG Among other parties contesting were the United Sabah People's Organization, led by Richard E. Lee and Joe Manjaji, as well as the Peninsula-based Malaysian Social Justice Party (PEKEMAS). Days before nomination day, BERJAYA suffered two setbacks when its secretary-general Mohammad Noor Mansor was detained under Internal Security Act, which made him unable to contest the electionBill Campbell Father of detained Berjaya leader to contest polls https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760318-1.2.6 28 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 18 March 1976 1 with the party nominating his father as the replacement candidate, and, Ghani Gilong, then a federal minister and one of the founders of BERJAYA party as well as its vice president, announced that he was leaving BERJAYA to return to USNO, his former party. At the time of the assembly's dissolution, out of 32 elected and 6 nominated members of the legislative assembly, Sabah Alliance held 34 seats, BERJAYA three seats and an independent held one. Results Sabah People's United Front 101213 28 New United Sabah National Organisation 70157 20 –9 Sabah Chinese Association 12075 0 –3 Malaysian Social Justice Party 2864 0 0 United Sabah People's Organisation 83 0 0 Independents 1527 0 0 4983 +16 239008 Tindak Malaysia Githubhttps://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1976-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_1976_DUN_RESULTS.csv CSV Historical election results - 1976 Sabah state elections github.com Aftermath Double Six Tragedy After BERJAYA's win in the election, Fuad was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.Bill Campbell FUAD TO SELL THOSE B-707s https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760416-1.2.2 2 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 16 April 1976 1Mustapha silent on shock defeat https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19760415-1.2.6 3 January 2023 New Nation (Singapore) eresources.nlb.gov.sg 15 April 1976 1 But Fuad's tenure was short-lived that lasted only for 44 days, as he and several of his cabinet ministers died in the helicopter crash on 6 June the same year. Harris Salleh, his deputy, would replace him as Chief Minister. In April 1978, Mustapha announced his resignation as president of USNO for health reasons and was replaced by his deputy, Said Keruak.Mustapha quits as Usno chief for health reasons https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19780405-1.2.105.6 27 April 2023 The Straits Times AFP eresources.nlb.gov.sg 5 April 1978 21 en-SG References Category:Sabah state elections Sabah