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2008 Sabah state election

State election in Sabah, Malaysia

Field	Value
country	Sabah
type	legislative
previous_election	2004 Sabah state election
previous_year	2004
previous_mps	List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2004-2008)#Sabah
next_election	2013 Sabah state election
next_year	2013
elected_mps	List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2008-2013)#Sabah
seats_for_election	All 60 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	31
election_date	8 March 2008
image_size	130x130px
image1	File:Sabah Chiefminister Musa-Aman-01.png
leader1	Musa Aman
leader_since1	1996
leaders_seat1	Sungai Sibuga
party1	UMNO
alliance1	Barisan Nasional
colour1	000080
last_election1	59
seat_change1
seats1	59
image2	3x4.svg
leader2	Hiew King Chew
leaders_seat2	Not contesting
party2	DAP
alliance2	DAP-PAS-PKR coalition
last_election2	0
seat_change2	1
seats2	1
title	Chief Minister
before_election	Musa Aman
before_party	BN-UMNO
after_election	Musa Aman
after_party	BN-UMNO

Map of Sabah electoral districts. Parliamentary districts are denoted by "P", while state assembly districts are denoted by "N".

The 2008 Sabah state election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008, simultaneously with the 12th general election of Malaysia. 60 state assembly seats were contested. The election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition with a similar number of seats won as in the previous election, where they won 59 seats. One seat was won by Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the previous election, BN won 59 seats, while one seat was won by an independent candidate. Other parties contesting in this election are Democratic Action Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, BERSEKUTU, Pasok, Setia, and 47 independent candidates. The 25 parliamentary seats were also contested the same time. This is the second time the state election of Sabah is held simultaneously with the general (parliamentary) elections, the first time being in the 2004 general elections.

The State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 13 February 2008, after state Chief Minister Musa Aman obtained consent from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah. The nomination day was held on 24 February 2008. On this day, Ramlee Marbahan of BN won the seat of N.54 Bugaya unopposed. Barisan Nasional also won two parliamentary seats on nomination day.

On 27 February 2008, the PKR candidate Mohaspa Mohd Hassan pulled out of the election, thus awarding the N.41 Gum Gum seat to Zakaria Mohd Edris.

Results

Parties representing Barisan Nasional

Allocation of seats among parties within the ruling BN coalition is as follows. This formula was used in the 2004 election and has been retained for this election.

Party		Seats contested		Seats won
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS)
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS)
Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO)

Parliamentary seats

Main article: 2008 Malaysian general election

The parliamentary election was held simultaneously nationwide with the state elections of all Malaysian states except Sarawak. Barisan Nasional had won two seats unopposed on nomination day itself—the P.182 Pensiangan seat by Joseph Kurup, and P.191 Kalabakan by Ghapur Salleh. The following is a summary of results for parliamentary seats in Sabah:

Party		Votes		Seats won (seats contested)
Barisan Nasional
BERSEKUTU
Democratic Action Party
Parti Keadilan Rakyat
PAS
Pasok
Independent
Total

References

The count includes seats won by UMNO, [[Sabah Progressive Party. SAPP]], [[Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia). LDP]], [[United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation. UPKO]], [[Malaysian Chinese Association. MCA]], [[Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah. PBRS]] and [[Parti Bersatu Sabah. PBS]], the component parties of BN.
(10 March 2008). "Sabah BN staves off swing against coalition". The Star (Malaysia).
(14 February 2008). "2004 seats formula: CM". Daily Express, Sabah.
(25 February 2008). "Body find only incident". New Straits Times.
(27 February 2008). "Gum Gum state seat goes to BN after PKR withdraws". The Star.

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