1986 Sabah state election

1986 Sabah state election
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All 48 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Joseph Pairin Kitingan Mustapha Harun Mohammad Noor Mansoor
Party PBS USNO BERJAYA
Alliance Barisan Nasional (federal)
Leader since 1985 1961
Leader's seat Tambunan Not contesting Buang Sayang
Last election 25 seats 16 seats 6 seats
Seats won 34 12 1
Seat change Increase9 Decrease4 Decrease5
  Fourth party
 
Leader Unknown
Party SCCP
Leader's seat Unknown
Last election Not contesting
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase1
Chief Minister before election

Joseph Pairin Kitingan
PBS

Elected Chief Minister

Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Barisan Nasional, (PBS)

The 1986 Sabah state election was held between Sunday, 4 May and Monday, 5 May 1986. The snap election was called by chief minister Pairin Kitingan in response to civil disturbances and political defections following the results of the 1985 state election.[1]

The election was won by Pairin's Parti Bersatu Sabah which kept all its seats and gained 9 more (4 from USNO, 4 from Berjaya and the only seat held by Pasok).[2] Berjaya lost all 6 seats it held (4 to PBS, 1 to USNO and 1 to SCCP) but gained one new seat from USNO. USNO had a net loss of 4 seats (losing 4 to PBS and exchanging 1 with Berjaya).

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Sabah Party (PBS)166,13653.7134+9
United Sabah National Organisation (Usno)62,67420.2612–4
Sabah People's United Front (Berjaya)54,12417.501–5
Sabah Chinese Consolidated Party (SCCP)7,6022.461New
United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation (Pasok)1,6150.5200
Sabah Chinese Party (SCP)4,0061.300New
Independents13,1494.2500
Total309,306100.00480
Valid votes309,30698.96
Invalid/blank votes3,2391.04
Total votes312,545100.00
Registered voters/turnout423,09773.87
Source: HLSC[3]

Aftermath

The SCCP candidate who has won in the election, quit his party and joined PBS 2 days after the election.[4] This was the final state election SCCP participates, as the party were dissolved before the 1990 state election.

Pairin was sworn in as Chief Minister on the next day after the election results, together with the state EXCO members.[5] Pairin also announces PBS have applied to join Barisan Nasional (BN) as component party on the same day.[6] PBS were accepted as BN component party in June, as well as USNO, who were readmitted into BN having been expelled in 1984.[7][8]

Berjaya later would pull out of BN before the 1986 Malaysian general election.[9]

References

  1. ^ Suhaini Aznam (22 June 2008). "Is snap polls the answer?". The Star. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  2. ^ Ravi Nambiar; Zainon Ahmad; Eddy Hiew (7 May 1986). "PBS wins by a landslide". news.google.com. New Straits Times via Google News. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Malaysia - Pilihan Raya - Pilihan Raya Umum Sabah ( 1986 )". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. ^ "SCCP man officially joins PBS". news.google.com. New Straits Times via Google News. 9 May 1986. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ Ravi Nambiar (8 May 1986). "Pairin sworn in as Chief Minister". news.google.com. New Straits Times via Google News. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "PBS re-applied to join BN even before the polls". news.google.com. New Straits Times via Google News. 8 May 1986. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ Bernama; New Straits Times (7 June 1986). "Pairin gembira PBS diterima masuk Barisan". eresources.nlb.gov.sg (in Malay). Berita Harian (Singapura). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. ^ Bernama (5 June 1986). "BN - PBS/USNO" (PDF). lib.perdana.org.my. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ^ Berita Harian Malaysia; Bernama (21 July 1986). "Berjaya keluar dari Barisan Nasional". eresources.nlb.gov.sg (in Malay). Berita Harian (Singapura). Retrieved 2 August 2024.