Awang Ahmad Sah
Malaysian politician (born 1959)
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Awang Ahmad Sah is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is currently an independent politician and formerly a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and formerly a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and State Reform Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR.[1][2]
Awang Ahmad Sah | |
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| أواڠ أحمد صح | |
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| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Petagas | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Uda Sulai (WARISAN) |
| Majority | 261 (2020) 1,255 (2025) |
| Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party | |
| In office 13 October 2022 – 27 February 2023 | |
| President | Shafie Apdal |
| Preceded by | Terrence Siambun |
| Succeeded by | Azhar Matussin |
| Information Chief of the Heritage Party | |
| In office 16 October 2021 – 13 October 2022 | |
| President | Shafie Apdal |
| Preceded by | Yusof Yacob |
| Succeeded by | Azis Jamman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Awang Ahmad Sah 24 July 1959 |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Party | State Reform Party (STAR) (until 2020) Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2020–2023) .png){kind=small} Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (2023–2025) Independent (since 2025) |
| Other political affiliations |  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2023–2025) |
| Relations | Awang Husaini Sahari (Younger brother) |
| Alma mater | Hawaii Pacific University Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Occupation | Politician |
On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election.[3]
Education
He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.[4]
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2013 | N18 Petagas | Awang Ahmad Sah (STAR) | 1,111 | 8.62% | Yahya Hussin (Sabah UMNO) | 8,504 | 66.00% | 12,884 | 5,653 | 83.03% | ||
| Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR) | 2,851 | 22.13% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N23 Petagas | Awang Ahmad Sah (WARISAN) | 4,125 | 43.23% | Arsit Sedi @ Sidik (Sabah BERSATU) |
3,864 | 40.49% | 9,542 | 261 | 69.33% | ||
| Paul Nointien (IND) | 572 | 5.99% | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS) | 355 | 3.72% | ||||||||||
| Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP) | 118 | 1.24% | ||||||||||
| Mohamad Kulat (GAGASAN) | 33 | 0.35% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Awang Ahmad Sah (IND) | 4,271 | 31.89% | Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) | 3,016 | 22.52% | 13,594 | 1,255 | 67.75% | |||
| Uda Sulai (WARISAN) | 2,912 | 21.74% | ||||||||||
| Jason Lee Nyuk Soon (UPKO) | 1,306 | 9.75% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Afifi Shaiffuddin (PAS) | 1,283 | 9.58% | ||||||||||
| Annita Shiela F. Among (STAR) | 276 | 2.06% | ||||||||||
| Aslin Samat (IMPIAN) | 133 | 0.99% | ||||||||||
| Adelaide Cornelius (KDM) | 122 | 0.91% | ||||||||||
| Sabrezani Sabdin (ANAK NEGERI) |
40 | 0.30% | ||||||||||
| Patrick Manius (IND) | 34 | 0.25% | ||||||||||
Honours
Sabah
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2019)[7]
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018)[8]
