United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu Sabah), also abbreviated as Sabah UMNO, is a branch of the United Malays National Organisation in Sabah, Malaysia.
It operates with a degree of autonomy from the central leadership based in the peninsular Malaysia.
History Following the 1990 state election where the Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) failed to win any seats, it merged with the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) to form the Sabah chapter of the peninsula-based United Malays National Organisation. It was the ruling party in Sabah as part of the wider Barisan Nasional coalition from 1994 until the 2018 state election.
Following the party's defeat in 2018, Sabah UMNO chairman Hajiji Noor half the party's elected representatives, five members of parliament and nine state assemblymen, to leave the party and sit as independents. They subsequently joined the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), itself an UMNO splinter party, and formed its Sabah chapter.
Hajiji was replaced by Bung Moktar Radin, and the state chapter persisted despite concerns that it may be dissolved.
The party triggered the 2023 Sabah political crisis when it, as the leader of Barisan Nasional in the state, withdrew the coalition's support for the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah government led by Hajiji. This triggered a split within the state chapter as five assemblymen announced their support for Hajiji. The crisis ended when the central leadership of Barisan Nasional resolved to support Hajiji as chief minister, so as to reflect the parties' co-operation at the federal level as part of the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet. The five assemblymen who supported Hajiji later left the party to join Hajiji's Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN).
List of leaders
List of Chairmen No. Portrait Chairmen Term start Term end Time in office Deputy Chairmen 1 Mustapha Harun 199019944 years Unknown 2 Sakaran Dandai 199420028 years Shafie Apdal 3 Musa Aman 20039 December 201815 years Shafie Apdal Bung Moktar Radin 4 Hajiji Noor 10 December 201811 December 20181 day Yamani Hafez Musa 5 Bung Moktar Radin 12 December 20185 December 2025 Yakub Khan Abdul Rahman Dahlan 6 Jafry Ariffin 10 December 2025Incumbent Hasnol Ayub
Elected representatives Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament
Sabah UMNO has 6 members in the House of Representatives.
State No.Parliament Constituency MemberPartyP173 Putatan Shahelmey Yahya UMNOP176 Kimanis Mohamad Alamin UMNOP177 Beaufort Siti Aminah Aching UMNOP184 Libaran Suhaimi Nasir UMNOP187 Kinabatangan Naim Moktar UMNOP191 Kalabakan Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy UMNO Total
Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
StateNo.Parliament ConstituencyNo.State ConstituencyMemberParty P167Kudat N2 Bengkoka Harun Durabi UMNOP180Keningau N41 Liawan Nik Mohd Nadzri Nik Zawawi UMNOP187Kinabatangan N58 Lamag Mohd Ismail Ayob UMNO N59 Sukau Jafry Ariffin UMNOP188Lahad Datu N63 Kunak Anil Jeet Singh UMNO Total
General election results
Election Total seats won Seats contested Total votes Voting Percentage Outcome of election Election leader19959 Unknown Unknown9 seats; Governing coalitionSakaran Dandai199911 139,6542.10%2 seats; Governing coalitionOsu Sukam200413 93,8311.35%2 seats; Governing coalitionMusa Aman200813 154,2071.95%; Governing coalitionMusa Aman201314 258,2982.34%1 seat; Governing coalitionMusa Aman201814 199,3951.65%7 seats; Opposition coalitionlaterGoverning coalitionMusa Aman Hajiji Noor Bung Moktar Radin202211 185,0941.19%1 seat; Governing coalitionBung Moktar Radin
State election results State electionState Legislative AssemblySabahTotal won / Total contested2/3 majority1994199920042008201320182020After 2022 GE2025
See also List of political parties in Malaysia Politics of Malaysia Barisan Nasional
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