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2022 Bugaya by-election

The 2022 Bugaya by-election was a by-election held on 19 November 2022 for the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat of Bugaya.[1] It was called following the death of the incumbent, Manis Muka Mohd Darah on 17 November 2020.[2][3] Manis Muka was a 2-term state assemblywoman first elected at the 2018 Sabah state election. She was a member of the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN).

2022 Bugaya by-election
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N66 Bugaya seat in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Jamil Hamzah Abdul Aziz Mohd Ibno Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad
Party WARISAN UMNO IND
Alliance BN-GRS
Popular vote 11,382 4,753 693
Percentage 64.06% 26.75% 3.90%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Arastam Pandorog Karil Kuraini Mohd. Hassan Abu Bakar
Party PKR PPRS PEJUANG
Alliance PH GTA
Popular vote 562 150 130
Percentage 3.16% 0.84% 0.73%
  Seventh party
 
Candidate Nazmahwati Wali
Party PBM
Popular vote 98
Percentage 0.55%
MLA before election

Manis Muka Mohd Darah (died)
(WARISAN)

Elected MLA

Jamil Hamzah
(WARISAN)

The by-election was to be held within 60 days after the seat was declared vacant, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sabah, then Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin advised the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to declare an emergency to postpone the by-election.[4] The emergency proclamation was eventually revoked on 7 October 2022.[5] The by-election was held concurrently with the 2022 Malaysian general election and the 2022 Malaysian state elections for the state assemblies of Pahang, Perak and Perlis.

Nominations

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Candidates for the Bugaya by-election has been set by Election Commission (EC) to be on 5 November, the same as the general election and the state election for Perak, Perlis and Pahang.[6] After the nomination closed, 7 candidates were approved by EC: Jamil Hamzah from WARISAN, Abdul Aziz Mohd Ibno from Barisan Nasional (BN), Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad as independent, Karil Kuraini from Parti Perpaduan Rakyat Sabah (PPRS), Arastam Pandorog from Pakatan Harapan (PH), Hassan Abu Bakar from Homeland Fighter's Party (PEJUANG), and Nazmawati Walli from Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM).[7]

Jamil, a syariah lawyer by trade, is the WARISAN Central Youth Exco member, and the party's Semporna branch committee member.[8][9] He is also the nephew of the party leader Shafie Apdal, who announced Jamil's candidacy on 3 November.[10][11]

Abdul Aziz were announced as BN candidate on 2 November.[12] A former teacher, Abdul Aziz is the UMNO deputy chief for its Semporna branch.[13][14] He has said that improving the basic infrastructure in the constituency would be his focus if he is elected.[15] He also determined to resume projects under BN that were stopped after its defeat in the 2018 Sabah state election, such as building a hospital in Semporna.[13]

The independent candidate, Jufazli Shi Ahmad or Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad is political activist and analyst, known for his outspoken views on Malaysian and Sabah politicians on social media such as Youtube and TikTok.[16][17] He is said to be former Democratic Action Party (DAP) member (although the membership claim was disputed by DAP),[18] and has been arrested in 2019 on charges on defamation against the Prime Minister at the time Mahathir Mohamad.[16][19] He has contested in the 2020 state election before in the Tanjong Papat seat, losing his deposit after only gaining 553 votes.[20] In his campaign, Zulfadzli stated he wants to help highlight the water and road in the area and improve it if he is elected.[21] He has also cited his advantage as a local, having been born and raised in Kampung Bugaya, and also his ethnicity as a Bajau, which forms the majority in the constituency, to help him in the election.[21] He also utilized his social media as his main campaign channel to the voters, going viral with his promises in one of his videos to build 'golden road' in the area, which he explained meant to be improving the potholed roads.[22]

Arastam, the PH candidate from its People's Justice Party (PKR) component party, is a deep sea fish businessman by trade.[17] The party's vice chief for its Semporna branch, Arastam were named by PKR on 31 October to contest the seat and also the federal seat of Semporna.[23]

The PPRS candidate, Karil, is a former military personnel in the Malaysian Armed Forces.[24][25] Karil has said his passion to 'defend the community' are his motivation to contest in the election.[26]

Analysts such as Dr Romzi Ationg and Dr Zaini Othman saw the by-election to be a straight fight between 2 heavyweight parties in Sabah, WARISAN and BN despite having 7 candidates in the election.[27]

Results

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Sabah state by-election, 19 November 2022: Bugaya
Upon the death of incumbent, Manis Muka Mohd Darah
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Sabah Heritage Party Jamil Hamzah 11,382 64.06 -8.25
BN Abdul Aziz Mohd Ibno 4,753 26.75 N/A
PH Arastam Pandorog 562 3.16 N/A
Independent Zulfadzli Shi Ahmad 693 3.90 N/A
Sabah People's Unity Party Karil Kuraini 150 0.84 +0.43
PEJUANG Mohd. Hassan Abu Bakar 130 0.73 N/A
PBM Nazmahwati Wali 98 0.55 N/A
Total valid votes 17,768 100.00
Total rejected ballots ? ? ?
Unreturned ballots ? ?
Turnout ? ? ?
Registered electors ?
Majority 6,629
Bugaya hold Swing WARISAN

Previous results

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Sabah state election, 2020: Bugaya
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Sabah Heritage Party Manis Muka Mohd Darah 8,557 72.31 -2.55
PN Mohd Daud Tampokong 2,552 21.56 N/A
Love Sabah Party Jihek Basanu 115 0.97 N/A
USNO (Baru) Ahmad Kenajaan 99 0.84 N/A
Independent Rasidan Abdul Latiff 92 0.78 N/A
Sabah People's Unity Party Taraji Jamdi 49 0.41 +0.01
Independent Abdul Jan Muammil 31 0.26 N/A
Total valid votes 11,495 97.14
Total rejected ballots 285 2.41
Unreturned ballots 54 0.46
Turnout 11,834 58.39
Registered electors 20,267
Majority 6,005
Bugaya hold Swing WARISAN
Source(s)
"RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Aftermath

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Jamil, the winner in the by-election, were sworn in as the new MLA for Bugaya in front of the Sabah Assembly Speaker on 25 November, at the start of the 3rd Session of the 16th Sabah Assembly sitting.[28]

References

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  2. ^ Abdul Rahemang Taming (17 November 2020). "Bugaya assemblyman Manis Muka Darah dies". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Mohd Fadhli Mohd Sulaiman (17 November 2020). "ADUN Bugaya Manis Muka meninggal dunia". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Localised emergencies declared in Gerik and Bugaya, by-elections on hold". Malaysiakini. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Emergency ordinances, proclamations that prevented by-elections in Batu Sapi, Gerik, Bugaya revoked". The Edge (Malaysia). 7 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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  8. ^ "JAMIL HAMZAH". PRU @ Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  9. ^ Durie Rainer Fong. "Warisan's Jamil Hamzah sworn in as new Bugaya assemblyman". The Star. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  10. ^ SULAIMAN, MOHD FADHLI MOHD (10 November 2022). "Pengundi Bugaya tolak calon parti Warisan?". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  11. ^ STEPHANIE LEE; DURIE RAINER FONG (3 November 2022). "PRU15: Adik Shafie Apdal antara muka baharu Warisan di Sabah". The Star via Majoriti.com.my (in Malay). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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  13. ^ a b SULAIMAN, MOHD FADHLI MOHD (16 November 2022). "PRK DUN Bugaya: Abdul Aziz tekad rampas kerusi milik Warisan". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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  15. ^ Deasoka, Editorial (12 November 2022). "Selesai masalah infra jadi fokus calon BN DUN Bugaya". DEASOKA (in Malay). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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  18. ^ Lai, Nancy (17 March 2019). "Jufazli Shi Ahmad never a DAP member - DAP Sabah secretary". Borneo Post Online. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  19. ^ Patrick, Tracy (16 March 2019). "Former DAP member Jufazli arrested for 'insulting PM'". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  20. ^ Bui, Tracy (10 November 2022). "Never-say-die Sabah independents banking on GE15 to beat odds". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  21. ^ a b Bernama (6 November 2022). "PRK DUN Bugaya: Calon Bebas pilih logo 'lepa' tonjol identiti diri". www.astroawani.com (in Malay). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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  23. ^ Durie Rainer Fong (1 November 2022). "GE15: Pakatan candidate hoping for giant-killing feat in Semporna". The Star. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  24. ^ ROSLAN, SURAIDAH (5 November 2022). "Calon PPRS, Bebas DUN Bugaya antara terawal tiba". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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  26. ^ Tabir, Ibrahim (7 November 2022). "There's still fire in his belly". www.dailyexpress.com.my. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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