1971 Sabah state election

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1971 Sabah state election
Not contested
All 32 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mustapha Harun Peter Lo Sui Yin
Party USNO SCA
Alliance Alliance (federal)
Sabah Alliance (state)		 Sabah Alliance (state)
Leader since 1961
Leader's seat Bengkoka-Banggi Not contesting
Last election 14 seats 5
Seats won 28 4
Seat change Increase14 Decrease1
Chief Minister before election

Mustapha Harun
USNO

 Elected Chief Minister

Mustapha Harun
USNO

The 1971 Sabah state election was to be held in October 1971, after the State Assembly was dissolved on 20 September 1971.[1] This was the second state election to take place.

After nominations closed on 5 October 1971, Sabah Alliance which consists of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and Sabah Chinese Association (SCA), won all the seats uncontested.[2] All the opposition nomination papers were rejected, or no nominations were sent at all.[2]

Results

Source: [3]

PartySeats+/–
United Sabah National Organisation28+14
Sabah Chinese Association4–1
Total320
No. State Constituency Member Party
USNO 28 | SCA 4
N01KudatAbdul Salam HarunAlliance (USNO)
N02Bengkoka-BanggiMustapha HarunAlliance (USNO)
N03LangkonIdrus MustakimAlliance (USNO)
N04TandekMajuning Majun @ Mohd OmarAlliance (USNO)
N05UsukanMohammad Said KeruakAlliance (USNO)
N06SorobIsmail GimbadAlliance (USNO)
N07SulamanDahlan HarunAlliance (USNO)
N08KiuluPayar JumanAlliance (USNO)
N09Jesselton BandarPang Tet TshungAlliance (SCA)
N10Tanjong AruHerman LupingAlliance (USNO)
N11MoyogPeter Joinud MojuntinAlliance (USNO)
N12PaparSalleh IbrahimAlliance (USNO)
N13BongawanAliudin HarunAlliance (USNO)
N14Kuala PenyuFadzil Wong Fook SiangAlliance (USNO)
N15 Labuan Harris SallehAlliance (USNO)
N16BeaufortMohd Dun BanirAlliance (USNO)
N17TenomTingkalor LampangAlliance (USNO)
N18Sipitang-Ulu PadasMohamed Yassin HashimAlliance (USNO)
N19KeningauAnthony Undan AndulagAlliance (USNO)
N20Pensiangan-SookStephen KorohAlliance (USNO)
N21RanauAbdul Ghani AhmadAlliance (USNO)
N22TambunanAnthony GibonAlliance (USNO)
N23Sandakan BandarTan Tze ShuAlliance (SCA)
N24 Elopura Ngui Tet MinAlliance (SCA)
N25SugutHabib Abdul Rahman Habib MahmudAlliance (USNO)
N26LabukSalleh OtikAlliance (USNO)
N27 Kuala Kinabatangan Salleh SulongAlliance (USNO)
N28LamagPg Mohd Ismail Pg SiatAlliance (USNO)
N29Lahad DatuJohari AriffAlliance (USNO)
N30SempornaSakaran DandaiAlliance (USNO)
N31MerotaiMohamad Kassim KamidinAlliance (USNO)
N32BalungEdwin Chan Foo SangAlliance (SCA)

Aftermath

Mustapha Harun, the leader of USNO & Sabah Alliance, and the Chief Minister before the election, were sworn in as Chief Minister for the second term, on 7 October.[4]

References

  1. "Sabah to go to the polls again". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. 21 September 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. "Sabah polls: Clean sweep by Alliance". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. 6 October 1971. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. "HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1971-SABAH-STATE-ELECTIONS/SABAH_1971_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  4. "Mustapha sworn in". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. 8 October 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 6 February 2023.