17th Sabah State Legislative Assembly

The 17th Sabah State Legislative Assembly will be the term of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Sabah in Sabah, Malaysia. The 17th Assembly is expected to comprise 79 members, of whom 73 will be elected in the upcoming Sabah State Election, and 6 will be appointed by the Government. The term of the 17th Assembly will begin upon the successful conclusion of the state election and is scheduled to last for a maximum of five years ahead of the subsequent state election.

See also: 2025 Sabah state election

17th Sabah State Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Sabah
Meeting place	Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building
Election	2025 state election
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/dun
Members	73 elected members
Speaker	Kadzim M Yahya
Secretary	Rafidah Maqbol Rahman
Sovereign
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Musa Aman

Background

Speakership

• Speaker: Kadzim Yahya (non-MLA)
• Deputy Speaker:
  • Al Hambra Juhar (non-MLA)
  • Richard Yong Ke Wong (non-MLA)

Other parliamentary officers

• Secretary: Rafidah Maqbol Rahman
• Deputy Secretary: Jayreh Jaya
• Serjeants-at-Arms: Mohd Sabri Metan
• Deputy Serjeants-at-Arms: Mahar Rungkim

Government^[1]

• Leader of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and the component party, Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN):
  Hajiji Noor (Chief Minister & Sulaman MLA)
  • Acting Leader of the United Sabah Party (PBS):
    Joachim Gunsalam (Deputy Chief Minister & Kundasang MLA)
• Leader of the Barisan Nasional (BN) of Sabah and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Sabah :
  Vacant
• Leader of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) :
  Ewon Benedick (Deputy Chief Minister & Kadamaian MLA)
• Leader of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR):
  Jeffrey Kitingan (Tambunan MLA)
• Leader of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM):
  Rusdin Riman (Paginatan MLA)

Opposition

• Leader of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) of Sabah:
  Shafie Apdal (Leader of the Opposition & Senallang MLA)
• Leader of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) of Sabah:
  Aliakbar Gulasan (Karambunai MLA)

Government

Opposition

Whips

Current composition[2]

29 November 2025 Result (73 seats)
Coalition
29		25	6		5	3	2	1	1	1
GRS		WARISAN	BN		Independents	UPKO	STAR	PH	PN	KDM
Party Breakdown
23	6	25	5	1	5	3	2	1	1	1
GAGASAN	PBS	WARISAN	UMNO	PBRS	Independents	UPKO	STAR	PKR	PAS	KDM

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Position
P167	Kudat	N01	Banggi	Mohammad Mohamarin	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N02	Bengkoka	Harun Durabi	BN (UMNO)
		N03	Pitas	Ruddy Awah	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
		N04	Tanjong Kapor	Ben Chong Chen Bin	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
P168	Kota Marudu	N05	Matunggong	Julita Majungki	GRS (PBS)	Minister
		N06	Bandau	Maijol Mahap	Independent	Assistant Minister
		N07	Tandek	Hendrus Anding	GRS (PBS)	Assistant Minister
P169	Kota Belud	N08	Pintasan	Fairuz Renddan	Independent	Assistant Minister
		N09	Tempasuk	Mohd Arsad Bistari	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N10	Usukan	Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis	WARISAN	MP of Kota Belud
		N11	Kadamaian	Ewon Benedick	UPKO	Deputy Chief Minister MP of Penampang
P170	Tuaran	N12	Sulaman	Hajiji Noor	GRS (GAGASAN)	Chief Minister
		N13	Pantai Dalit	Jasnih Daya	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N14	Tamparuli	Wilfred Madius Tangau	UPKO	MP of Tuaran
		N15	Kiulu	Joniston Bangkuai	GRS (PBS)	Assistant Minister
P171	Sepanggar	N16	Karambunai	Aliakbar Gulasan	PN (PAS)
		N17	Darau	Azhar Matussin	WARISAN
		N18	Inanam	Edna Jessica Majimbun	WARISAN
P172	Kota Kinabalu	N19	Likas	Tham Yun Fook	WARISAN
		N20	Api-Api	Loi Kok Liang	WARISAN
		N21	Luyang	Samuel Wong Tshun Chuen	WARISAN
P173	Putatan	N22	Tanjung Aru	Junz Wong Hong Jun	WARISAN
		N23	Petagas	Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari	Independent
		N24	Tanjung Keramat	Shah Alfie Yahya Ahmad Shah	GRS (GAGASAN)
P174	Penampang	N25	Kapayan	Chin Tek Ming	WARISAN
		N26	Moyog	Donald Peter Mojuntin	UPKO
P175	Papar	N27	Limbahau	Juil Nuatim	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
		N28	Kawang	Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N29	Pantai Manis	Pg Saifuddin Pg Tahir Petra	GRS (GAGASAN)
P176	Kimanis	N30	Bongawan	Daud Yusof	WARISAN
		N31	Membakut	Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif	GRS (GAGASAN)	Minister
P177	Beaufort	N32	Klias	Isnin Aliasnih	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
		N33	Kuala Penyu	Limus Jury	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
P178	Sipitang	N34	Lumadan	Ruslan Muharam	GRS (PBS)	Assistant Minister
		N35	Sindumin	Yusri Pungut	WARISAN
P179	Ranau	N36	Kundasang	Joachim Gunsalam	GRS (PBS)	Deputy Chief Minister
		N37	Karanaan	Masidi Manjun	GRS (GAGASAN)	Deputy Chief Minister
		N38	Paginatan	Rusdin Riman	KDM
P180	Keningau	N39	Tambunan	Jeffrey Kitingan	STAR
		N40	Bingkor	Mohd Ishak Ayub	STAR	Assistant Minister
		N41	Liawan	Nik Mohd Nadzri Nik Zawawi	BN (UMNO)
P181	Tenom	N42	Melalap	Jamawi Ja'afar	PH (PKR)	Minister
		N43	Kemabong	Rubin Balang	GRS (GAGASAN)	Minister
P182	Pensiangan	N44	Tulid	Jordan Jude Ellron	Independent	Assistant Minister
		N45	Sook	Arthur Joseph Kurup	BN (PBRS)	Federal Deputy Minister MP of Pensiangan
		N46	Nabawan	Abdul Ghani Mohamed Yassin	GRS (GAGASAN)
P183	Beluran	N47	Telupid	Jonnybone Kurum	GRS (PBS)	Assistant Minister
		N48	Sugut	James Ratib	GRS (GAGASAN)	Minister
		N49	Labuk	Samad Jambri	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
P184	Libaran	N50	Gum-Gum	Arunarsin Taib	WARISAN
		N51	Sungai Manila	Hazeem Mubarak Musa	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N52	Sungai Sibuga	Nurulalsah Hassan Alban	WARISAN
P185	Batu Sapi	N53	Sekong	Alias Sani	WARISAN
		N54	Karamunting	Alex Wong Tshun Khee	WARISAN
P186	Sandakan	N55	Elopura	Calvin Chong Ket Kiun	WARISAN
		N56	Tanjong Papat	Alex Thien Ching Qiang	WARISAN
P187	Kinabatangan	N57	Kuamut	Masiung Banah	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N58	Lamag	Vacant
		N59	Sukau	Jafry Ariffin	BN (UMNO)	Minister
P188	Lahad Datu	N60	Tungku	Assaffal P. Alian	WARISAN
		N61	Segama	Muhammad Abdul Karim	WARISAN
		N62	Silam	Yusof Apdal	WARISAN
		N63	Kunak	Anil Jeet Singh	BN (UMNO)
P189	Semporna	N64	Sulabayan	Jaujan Sambakong	WARISAN
		N65	Senallang	Shafie Apdal	WARISAN
		N66	Bugaya	Jamil Hamzah	WARISAN
P190	Tawau	N67	Balung	Syed Ahamd Syed Abas	GRS (GAGASAN)
		N68	Apas	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan	GRS (GAGASAN)	Minister
		N69	Sri Tanjong	Justin Wong Yung Bin	WARISAN
P191	Kalabakan	N70	Kukusan	Rina Jainal	Independent	Assistant Minister
		N71	Tanjong Batu	Andi Md Shamsureezal Mohd Sainal	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
		N72	Merotai	Sarifuddin Hata	WARISAN
		N73	Sebatik	Manahing Tinggilani	WARISAN
Nominated Member				Ceasar Mandela Malakun	GRS (GAGASAN)	Assistant Minister
				Razali Razi	GRS (GAGASAN)
				Abdul Kassim Razali	GRS (GAGASAN)
				Chin Shu Ying	GRS (LDP)
				Grace Lee Li Mei	PH (PKR)
				Roger Chin Ken Fong	Independent

Changes in composition

Date	GRS	BN	UPKO	PH	KDM	WARISAN	STAR		PN	IND	Vacant	Government [3]
29 November 2025	29	6	3	1	1	25	2		1	5	0	44
2 December 2025	[N 1] 33			[N 2] 2			[N 3] 1	1		[N 4] 6		51
4 December 2025	33	5		2			1	1		6	[N 5] 1	50