Sabah State Election 2018

222 of 222 parliament seats.

Sabah state election 2018. Election commission ec chairman abdul ghani salleh announced that a total of 447 candidates from 16 parties including 56 independents are standing in this election with voting to be held next. The immediate task is to ensure that in the sabah state general election on saturday warisan plus can win not only to form the sabah state government with shafie apdal as the sabah chief minister but to produce an electoral victory exceeding two thirds state assembly majority to end the culture of political frogs not only in sabah but also in. The 14th general election witnessed 29 governmental seats later with addition of 10 members from non governmental seats 6 from upko and 4 from umno that decided to support the creation of new state government and 31 non governmental seats later became 21 seats after 10 of them decided to support new government filled the sabah state legislative assembly. The elections will see shafie apdal leader of the sabah heritage party warisan that has governed the state since 2018 and his allies from opposition coalition pakatan harapan go up.

The 2018 sabah state election took place on 9 may 2018 in concurrence with the 14th malaysian general election. Barisan nasional bn with the most seats would be able to form a minority government alone. The coalition that won control of sabah in election 2018 dubbed warisan plus comprising warisan dap pkr upko and most recently amanah is seeking reelection. This election was to elect 60 members of the 15th sabah state legislative assembly.

The tussle for federal power comes as the campaigning for the sabah state election is reaching its final days before voters in the borneo state head to the polls on saturday sep 26.