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Sabah People's Hope Party

*Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah*
Sabah People's Hope Party Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah
Malay name	Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah; حزب أمل شعب صباح
Chinese name	沙巴人民希望党; 沙巴人民希望黨; Shābā rénmín xīwàng dǎng
Abbreviation	Harapan Rakyat / HR / PHRS
President	Liew Yun Fah
Deputy President	Rina Jainal
Founders	Lajim Ukin (2016–2019); Liew Yun Fah (re-established in 2020);
Founded	25 October 2016; September 2020 (2020 state election; re-established)
Dissolved	5 April 2019 (Dissolved under Lajim Ukin, re-established under Liew Yun Fah in 2020)
Split from	WARISAN (2022)
Headquarters	Tawau, Sabah
Ideology	Regionalism
Regional affiliation	United Sabah Alliance (2017–2018); Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2023)
Colours	Light blue, white and red
Dewan Negara:	0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat (in Sabah):	0 / 25
Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah:	1 / 79
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Party flag
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Sabah People's Hope Party (Malay: Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah (Harapan Rakyat /HR/PHRS) simplified Chinese: 沙巴人民希望党; traditional Chinese: 沙巴人民希望黨) is a Sabah-based party located in Tawau city, founded by Lajim Ukin and Liew Yun Fah. Its ideology is based on Sabah regionalism which supports Sabah state administration by local-based parties and to reduce the control of peninsula-based parties over the state, such as Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional.

First established in 2016, the party was temporarily dissolved in 2019 to allow members to join Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU). In 2020, it was founded once again ahead of snap election.

History

The party was formed on 25 October 2016, founded by Lajim Ukin.^[1]^[2] It was previously a party in the alliance of United Sabah Alliance (USA) from 2017 until 2018.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2019, Harapan Rakyat planned and was supposed to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to dissolve the party and absorb its 64,000 members into Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) at the launch of the party's Sabah chapter on 6 April 2019 in Kota Kinabalu.^[6]^[7]

Somehow the dissolution was deferred and registration of party was left to remains dormant until it was revived and reestablished again ahead of the September 2020 Sabah state election which allowed the party led by new president, Liew Yun Fah to participate in the snap polls.^[8]^[9] To date, the only member of the party who is the member of legislative (MLA) is Rina Jainal of Kukusan seat, who defected from the WARISAN party in 2022.^[10]

On 5 April 2023, the party has officially been admitted into Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) after its membership application had been accepted by the coalition.^[11]

Elected representatives

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

1 / 79

State	No.	Federal Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Party
Sabah	P191	Kalabakan	N71	Kukusan	Rina Jainal		PHRS
Total	Sabah (1)

General election results

Election	Total seats won	seats contested	Total votes	Voting Percentage	Outcome of election	Election leader
2018	0 / 222	25	37,708	0.31%	0 seat; No representation in Parliament	Lajim Ukin
2022	0 / 222		1,173	0.01%	0 seat; No representation in Parliament	Zainal Nasirudin