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Table 2.15 Implied state seat status based on GE14 results

BN state seats Estimated BN/ PBB SUPP/UPP PRS PDP TOTAL
GPS vote share
White BN > 65% 27 0 5 0 32
Grey BN 50%–65% 13 1 3 2 19
Black BN < 50% 6 19 3 3 31
46 20 11 5 82

Voting Patterns in Sabah
Sabah’s electoral geography includes three distinct areas, divided by the ethnic
background of the population residing there. Of the 25 parliamentary districts,
17 are considered Muslim Bumiputera districts. is segment is further
divided between eastern and western Muslim Bumiputera, di erentiated by
the concentration of Brunei Malay, Bajau, and Illanun in the west, and Bugis
and Suluk subethnic groups in the east. e second area includes seven non-
Muslim Bumiputera districts located in the interior of the state, astride the
Crocker mountain range, populated by the largely Christian Kadazan, Dusun,
and Murut ethnic groups. Finally, the third area consists of two predominantly
ethnic-Chinese districts, centred on the cities of Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan
(Table 2.16).

Table 2.16 Sabah parliamentary constituencies by ethnic breakdown and
winning party in GE14

EAST & WEST COAST INTERIOR REGION URBAN CENTRES
Muslim Bumiputera-majority Non-Muslim Bumiputera- Chinese-majority-
districts majority districts districts
BN PH+Warisan BN PH+Warisan BN PH+Warisan
Kudat Kota Belud Kota Marudu Penampang Kota Kinabalu
Kimanis Sepanggar Tuaran Ranau Sandakan
Beaufort Putatan Keningau* Tenom
Sipitang Papar Pensiangan
Beluran Batu Sapi
Libaran Silam
Kinabatangan Semporna
Tawau
Kalabakan
Note: *Je rey Kitingan won Keningau running under STAR, but the party then
endorsed BN Sabah.

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