Masiung Banah

Masiung Banah (born 19 May 1972) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuamut since March 2008. He is a member and one of the Vice Presidents of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Masiung Banah PGDK ASDK BSK MLA
Ministerial Roles (Sabah)
2013–2018	Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports
2018	Minister of Youth and Sports
Vice President of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2023 Serving with Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif & Rubin Balang
President	Hajiji Noor
Division Chairman of N57 Kuamut Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
President	Hajiji Noor
Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018	United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation
2018	United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation
2018–2020	Heritage Party
2020–2023	Independent
Since 2023	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Masiung Banah (1972-05-19) 19 May 1972 (age 53) Kinabatangan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) (until 2018) WARISAN (2018−2020) Independent (2020−2023) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023)
Spouse	Grace Elvira Ewon Ebin
Relations	Ewon Ebin (Father-in-law)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[1][2][3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N47 Kuamut		Masiung Banah (UPKO)	3,784	51.48%		Mustapa Datu Tambuyong (IND)	2,112	28.74%	7,650	1,672	67.33%
							Abdul Razak Jamil (PKR)	1,143	15.55%
							Duin Bintarang (IND)	206	2.80%
							Jusing Sabran (DAP)	105	1.43%
2013			Masiung Banah (UPKO)	7,607	64.51%		Mustapa Datu Tambuyong (PKR)	2,989	25.35%	12,142	4,618	81.60%
							Edward Podok (STAR)	1,196	10.14%
2018			Masiung Banah (UPKO)	8,042	59.00%		Norfaizah Chua (WARISAN)	3,921	29.07%	14,093	4,121	78.80%
							James Ait (STAR)	1,132	8.31%
							Jumaidin Lakalla (PAS)	330	2.12%
							Edward Podok (PCS)	205	1.50%
2020	N57 Kuamut		Masiung Banah (IND)	2,802	39.11%		Bensom Inggam (UPKO)	1,824	25.47%	7,164	978	72.70%
							Juhari Janan (UMNO)	1,547	21.59%
							Mohd Meszi Ng Abdullah (PCS)	721	10.06%
							Ationg Tituh (GAGASAN)	270	3.77%

Honours

• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2014)^[4][5]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2009)^[6]
  • Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2000)^[7]