1989 Ranau by-election

1989 by-election in Sabah, Malaysia 1989 Ranau by-election Sabah by-election no 1986 Sabah state election 1986 1990 Sabah state election 1990 N14 Ranau seat in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly 9 December 1989 PBS Siringan Gubat PBS BN Parti Bersatu Sabah 3647 57.26% AKAR Mark Koding People's Justice Front AKAR 2517 39.52% MOMOGUN Mohamad Rustim Sulaiman blue MOMOGUN 205 3.22% Ranau assemblyman Mark Koding AKARMark Koding was a member of the Parti Bersatu Sabah prior to his resignation from the party and joining Akar. At the time of his official resignation, he is a member of Akar. Siringan Gubat PBS(BN) The 1989 Ranau by-election is a by-election for the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat of Ranau that were held on 9 December 1989.Bingkasan Joseph Bangkuai Joniston PBS' retains Ranau with win by Gubat https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MbJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6154%2C2621176 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 10 December 1989 It was called following the resignation of the incumbent, Mark Koding Mark Koding ms Mark Koding on 28 October 1989. Background Mark Koding was first elected to the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat of Ranau at the 1985 Sabah state election, as a candidate for Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). PBS won the election to become the new government of Sabah. He retained the seat in the state snap election held the year after, as PBS once again won the election with a bigger majority to continue governing Sabah, and within a few months after the election were accepted into Barisan Nasional, the federal government coalition at the time.Forsythe Colin Profiles of Candidates https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yllPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5794%2C2697052 news.google.com New Straits Times 11 August 2024 26 November 1989 Prior to that, Mark contested as an independent and won the federal seat of Kinabalu at the 1978 Malaysian general election, defeating then incumbent Abdul Ghani Gilong of United Sabah National Organization. He then joined Sabah People's United Front (Berjaya), the party that had helped campaigned for him during the election, and won the seat again, this time uncontested, in the 1982 Malaysian general election. He has held the Kinabalu federal seat until the 1986 Malaysian general election, when he were not selected to defend the seat. By this time he had joined PBS, after exiting Berjaya in 1984 with several of the party's dissidents. On 24 September 1989, Mark resigned from PBS to join a new party, Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat (Akar) which he had formed with Pandikar Amin Mulia (ex-PBS and USNO) and Kalakau Untol Kalakau Untol ms Kalakau Untol (ex-PBS).26 September 1989 Mark Koding letak jawatan Mark Koding resigns Berita Harian (Singapore) msBingkasan Joseph Mark Koding quits PBS to join new party https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l1lPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5916%2C2330792 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 25 September 1989Akar party registered, to contest Ranau polls https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l1lPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4111%2C2327059 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 25 September 1989 This is after he were removed from the Sabah Deputy Chief Minister role, which he had held since 1985, by PBS leader and Sabah Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan on 21 August 1989 due to accusations that he and a group of PBS members were planning a coup against Joseph.Yunus Nor Hawa PM: It is a Sabah State matter http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/Digital_Content/Prominent_Leaders/Mahathir/News_1968-2004/1989-1992/1989/00008526.pdf lib.perdana.org.my New Straits Times 9 August 2024 23 August 1989 He was also stripped of PBS vice-president and Sabah Minister of Industrial Development role, and were suspended from the party membership alongside many of his supporters including Pandikar and Kalakau; both of the latter alongside many suspended members later quit PBS to setup Akar. Under the Sabah constitution at the time, assembly members who resigned from the party that he/her won the seat, have to also resign the seat. The seat of Ranau was declared vacant by the Speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, Hassan Alban Sandukong, on 4 October 1989.Koding says he's now Akar assemblyman https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19891016&printsec=frontpage&hl=en news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 16 October 1989 However the resignation letter from Mark were only sent and confirmed by the Election Commission on 28 October 1989, causing the delay of the election dates announcement. The dates of the election, nomination and other important date were announced by Election Commission on 1 November 1989.Ranau polls date fixed for Dec 9 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bqpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5060%2C246498 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 2 November 1989 Nomination and campaign On the day Mark announced his resignation from PBS, 24 September 1989, he also announced he would defend the seat under his new party Akar. He also claims that he is the first assemblymen for the new party, since no dates yet have been set by Election Commission of the by-election (at the time), he is still the Ranau assemblymen. Hours after the nomination closed, it was announced that Mark will take over the Akar's pro tem party president role from the previous pro tem president, Kalakau Untol who were made Akar's deputy president.Bangkuai Joniston Koding named Akar president https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yllPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5652%2C2693623 news.google.com New Straits Times 11 August 2024 26 November 1989 PBS, at the time a coalition member of Barisan Nasional (BN), announced Siringan Gubat @ Alliance, Mark's ex-political secretary when he was in PBS, as their candidate. The announcement were made by its secretary general and the by-election operations director for PBS, Joseph Kurup on 7 November 1989.PBS names Koding's ex-aide as candidate https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dKpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4177%2C1787709 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 8 November 1989 Other parties expressing their interest in contesting the by-election, but at the end only Parti Momogun announced they will field their candidate, Mohamad Rustim Sulaiman in an official statement from the party on 24 November 1989.It's likely to be a four-cornered fight in Ranau https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yVlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2164%2C2458675 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 25 November 1989 On the nomination day, 25 November 1989, it was confirmed that there will be a 3-way fight between Siringan of PBS-BN, Mark of Akar and Rustim of Momogun after nominations closed.Bingkasan Joseph Three-cornered fight for Ranau https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yllPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1772%2C2687761 news.google.com New Straits Times 9 August 2024 26 November 1989 During the campaigning period, Akar claimed that several top PBS assemblymen and member of parliament will join them, though the only prominent PBS members who joined them through this period are two nominated assemblymen, Saman Haji Ghulam and Amat Awang Matnassir.Bingkasan Joseph Bangkuai Joniston Two Muslim PBS leaders quit https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KbJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4083%2C3663 news.google.com New Straits Times 10 August 2024 1 December 1989 Both has been Assistant Minister to Chief Minister Office and political secretary to Chief Minister, respectively, and followed ex-political secretary to Minister of Industrial Development, Juhar Mahiruddin who joined Akar on nomination day. The campaigning period is also held at the backdrop of Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) probe into malpractices in Yayasan Sabah, where Joseph's brother Jeffery Kitingan is the chairman. Joseph himself is not actively campaigning in the by-election, as he were involved in the ACA's investigation. This issue have been used by Akar in their election campaign against PBS. There were also reports of violence at party campaign.Police to probe into attack at PBS' ceramah https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2879%2C849995 news.google.com New Straits Times 10 August 2024 4 December 1989 Timeline The key dates are listed below. DateEvent16 November 1989Issue of the Writ of Election25 November 1989Nomination Day25 November- 8 December 1989Campaigning Period Early polling day for postal and overseas voters9 December 1989Polling Day Results Election result 1989 Sabah 9 December 1989 Ranau (state constituency) Ranau yes yes yes Upon the resignation of incumbent, Mark Koding Parti Bersatu Sabah Siringan Gubat 3,647 57.26 4.2 Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat Mark Koding 2,517 39.52 39.52 Sabah National Momogun Party Mohamad Rustim Sulaiman 205 3.22 3.22 Total valid votes 6,369 100.00 Total rejected ballots 88 Unreturned ballots ? Turnout 6,457 79.02 3.35 Registered electors 8,171 Majority 1,130 ? ? Parti Bersatu Sabah ? ? Previous results Sabah 1986 Ranau (state constituency) Ranau yes yes Parti Bersatu Sabah Mark Koding 3,599 61.46 Sabah People's United Front Benedict Yasin 2,257 38.54 Total valid votes 5,856 100.00 Total rejected ballots 61 Unreturned ballots Turnout 5,917 75.67 Registered electors 7,819 Majority 1,342 13.34 Parti Bersatu Sabah ? Sabah Polls Results https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19860507&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 11 August 2024 news.google.com New Straits Times 7 May 1986 2 Aftermath Mark, after his defeat to Siringan, dismissed the result as a 'temporary setback' as majority gained by PBS is not big and said Akar will be more prepared in the upcoming state election.Temporary setback, says Koding https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MrJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6671%2C2935343 news.google.com New Straits Times 10 August 2024 11 December 1989 Mark will face Siringan in Ranau two more times in the future: in 1990 Sabah state election, held less than a year after this by-election, and the 1994 Sabah state election. Both times, Mark of Akar lost to Siringan of PBS. Siringan were sworn in as the new assemblymen for Ranau on 11 December 1989 before Sabah Legislative Assembly Speaker, Hassan Alban Sandukong, together with 2 new nominated assemblymen.Bingkasan Joseph Gubat sworn in as Assemblymen https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M7JUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1285%2C3213474 news.google.com New Straits Times 10 August 2024 12 December 1989 Notes References Malaysia Politics Category:By-elections in Malaysia Category:Elections in Sabah