2004 Sabah state election

2004 Sabah state election

21 March 2004
All 60 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Musa Aman John@Johan Ghani Abd Kahar Abd Rahman Party UMNO Independent keADILan Alliance Barisan Nasional Barisan Alternatif Leader since 2003 Unknown Leader's seat Sungai Sibuga Kuala Penyu Tandek (defeated) Last election 31 New party Seats won 59[1] 1 0 Seat change 28 1   Fourth party   Leader Hiew King Chew Party Democratic Action Party Leader since Unknown Leader's seat Inanam (defeated) Last election Did not contest Seats won 0 Seat change
Chief Minister before election Musa Aman BN-UMNO Elected Chief Minister Musa Aman BN-UMNO

The 2004 Sabah state election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004, concurrently with the 2004 Malaysian general election. This election featured 12 new state seats increasing the total seats from 48 to 60. There was also an additional three parliament seats in Sabah following the 2003 delineation of electoral boundaries. The Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition comprehensively won this election after the only major opposition party in Sabah, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) re-joined the BN coalition in 2002.

Results

See also: 2004 Malaysian general election

Barisan Nasional won 59 out of 60 state seats. Out of the 59 seats won, 8 seats was won uncontested. One state seat was won by independent candidate Johan Ghani in Kuala Penyu.^[2][3]

BN also won 24 out of 25 parliamentary seats in Sabah, where 9 seats was won uncontested. One parliamentary seat was won by independent candidate Chong Hon Ming in Sandakan.

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional (BN)		United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	32	+8
			United Sabah Party (PBS)	13	-4
			United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO)	5	New
			Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP)	4	+1
			Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	3	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	1	+1
			Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS)	1	+1
		Total		59	+8
	Barisan Alternatif (BA)		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	0	0
			Parti Keadilan Nasional (keADILan)	0	New
	Democratic Action Party (DAP)			0	0
	United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party (SETIA)			0	0
	Federated Sabah People's Front (BERSEKUTU)			0	0
	United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation (PASOK)			0	0
	Independents			1	+1
Total				60	+12

References

1. The count includes seats won by UMNO, SAPP, LDP, UPKO, MCA, PBRS and PBS, the component parties of BN.
2. "Sabah O Sabah: SABAH 2004 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". 25 March 2004.
3. "Undi.info".