Sabah state election, 1994

The 1994 Sabah state election was held in February that year in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The election was one of the most controversial election in Sabah's political history. The election was won by the opposition party Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), winning 25 state electorates against 23 won by the nation's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. However, due to a major defection by members of PBS to BN shortly after the election, PBS was forced out of power resulting in BN forming government in Sabah. [cite news|publisher=New Straits Times|url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Columns/2086779/Article/index_html|auhtor=Kalimullah Hassan|title=OPINION: Reforms yes, but not through violence in the streets|accessdate=2008-01-18|date=November 18, 2007] The outcome of this election and the defections resulted in the term "katak" being coined in, the literal meaning of which is "frog", due the actions of PBS members "jumping" to another political party. [Chin, Ung-Ho. 1999. "Kataks, Kadazan-Dusun Nationalism and Development: The 1999 Sabah State Election", "Regime Change And Regime Maintenance In Asia And The Pacific" (Series No 24), Department Of Political And Social Change, Research School Of Pacific And Asian Studies, Australian National University (ISBN 0-7315-2678-3)]

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