Sabah state election, 2008

The 2008 Sabah state election was held on March 8, 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 amount 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 February 13, 2008, after state Chief Minister Musa Aman obtained consent from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah.cite news|publisher=Daily Express, Sabah|title=2004 seats formula: CM |url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=55835|date=February 14, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-26] The nomination day was held on February 24, 2008. On this day, Ramlee Marbahan of BN won the seat of N.54 Bugaya unopposed. Barisan Nasional also won 2 parliamentary seats on nomination day. [cite news|publisher=New Straits Times|url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2168675/Article/index_html|title=Body find only incident|date=February 25, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-26]

On February 27, 2008, the PKR candidate Mohaspa Mohd Hassan pulled out of the election, thus awarding the N.41 Gum Gum seat to Zakaria Mohd Edris. [cite news|publisher=The Star|title=Gum Gum state seat goes to BN after PKR withdraws|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/2/27/election2008/20080227195136&sec=election2008|date=February 27, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-28]

Table of results

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