Wetrom Bahanda

Wetrom bin Bahanda (born 25 May 1970) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Marudu since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandau since September 2020. He served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor from October 2020 to his resignation in October 2022. He is a member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) and was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and GRS as well as formerly the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has also served as the 1st Deputy President of KDM for the Muslim bumiputera quota since October 2022.^[1][2][3][4] He is also the older brother of Verdon Bahanda, the Kudat MP.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Wetrom Bahanda PGDK BSK MP MLA
State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah
In office 8 October 2020 – 21 October 2022 Serving with Abidin Madingkir
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Arifin Asgali
Succeeded by	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan
Constituency	Bandau
1st Deputy President of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (Muslim bumiputera)
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2022 Serving with Juil Nuatim (non-Muslim bumiputera, 2022–2023) & Priscella Peter (non-Muslim bumiputera, 2023–2025)
President	Peter Anthony (2022–2025) Priscella Peter (since 2025)
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Marudu
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Maximus Ongkili (BN–PBS)
Majority	8,174 (2022)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Bandau
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Position established
Majority	3,363 (2020)
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
2022–	Social Democratic Harmony Party
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–	Social Democratic Harmony Party
Personal details
Born	Wetrom bin Bahanda (1970-05-25) 25 May 1970 (age 55) Kota Marudu, Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2019–2022) Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2020–2022)
Spouse	Doreen Yubing
Relations	Verdon Bahanda (younger brother) Redonah Bahanda (Sister)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[5][6][7][8]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N06 Bandau		Wetrom Bahanda (BERSATU)	5,863	60.41%		Majamis Timbong (WARISAN)	2,500	23.18%	10,612	3,363	68.86%
							Azahari Amit (USNO Baru)	477	1.06%
							Webley Disim (PCS)	477	8.53%
							Raphael Biun (LDP)	331	1.11%
							Tolok Delly Surag (IND)	58	14.96%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P168 Kota Marudu		Wetrom Bahanda (KDM)	24,318	48.69%		Maximus Ongkili (PBS)	16,144	32.32%	49,946	8,174	61.86%
							Jilid Kuminding (WARISAN)	5,320	10.65%
							Shahrizal Denci (MUDA)	3,225	6.46%
							Norman Tulang (IND)	660	1.32%
							Mohd Azmi Zulkiflee (PEJUANG)	279	0.56%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal
• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2011)^[9]
  • Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2004)^[10]