Gabungan Rakyat Sabah

Foundation

On 12 September 2020, Hajiji Noor established an informal alliance named Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) to compete against Shafie Apdal's ruling Warisan Plus coalition consisting of Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN), the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), and the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) during the 2020 Sabah state election. The GRS alliance consisted of Hajiji's Perikatan Nasional Sabah (PN) coalition, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).^[2][4]

During the Sabah state election held on 26 September, the alliance won a simple majority in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, total of 38 seats: 17 from Perikatan Nasional, 14 from Barisan Nasional, and seven from PBS.^[14] Sabah Perikatan Nasional chairman Hajiji Noor became the new Chief Minister of Sabah on 29 September.^[15]

Under the new GRS administration, projects that had been stopped by the previous Sabah government were restarted and continued, including the Sabah Pan-Borneo Highway Project,^[16] Recognition project of Anjung Kinabalu KK Night Market^[17] and the development project of The Skybridge City Centre Kota Kinabalu.^[18][16][17]

On 9 January 2021, the various leaders of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah signed a memorandum of understanding affirming each party's commitment to the alliance, with chief minister Hajiji Noor maintaining that the alliance would remain intact regardless of the political situation on the peninsula.^[19][20]

Registration and expansion

On 24 November 2021, the alliance's backbenchers club chairperson Salleh Said Keruak floated the idea of registering Gabungan Rakyat Sabah as an official political coalition, arguing it was necessary as a means of strengthening the alliance.^[21] The proposal received the support of various party leaders, including Jeffrey G. Kitingan, Masidi Manjun, Yong Teck Lee, Bung Mokhtar Radin, Joniston Bangkuai and Joseph Pairin Kitingan.^[22][23][24]

The alliance was officially registered and legalised by the Registrar of Societies on 11 March 2022,^[2] with Sabah BERSATU, PBS, Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), and the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) as its members.^[25]

On 9 May 2022, the United Sabah National Organisation (Baru) (USNO Baru) was admitted as a member of the coalition.^[26]

On 25 September 2022, GRS chairman Hajiji Noor announced that the coalition would support Barisan Nasional candidates in the upcoming 2022 Malaysian general election, contrary to Perikatan Nasional, of which both Sabah BERSATU and STAR was a member, which had declared Barisan as its main enemy.^[27]

Mass defections from Sabah BERSATU

Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah, the regional branch of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, otherwise known as BERSATU, effectively collapsed when all eleven state legislative assemblymen including the party's state chairman Hajiji Noor, and four members of parliament left the party on 10 December 2022.^[28] Rumours surfaced that the former members of Sabah BERSATU would take over Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN),^[29][30] which came to pass as Hajiji Noor took over the party on 29 January 2023, with the party itself having been admitted into the coalition earlier on 9 December.^[31][32]

Political analysts regarded Hajiji Noor's decision to leave Sabah BERSATU as a shrewd,^[4] with Romzi Ationg commenting that the transformation of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition into a purely Sabah-based entity had been long-awaited by the local population.^[33]

However, as a result of the parliamentary anti-hopping law, the four former Sabah BERSATU members of parliament could not join Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah. They instead became direct members of the coalition.^[34]

2025 Sabah state election

In the lead up to the 2025 Sabah state election, GRS entered into a seat-sharing pact with Pakatan Harapan (PH). In opposition to this move, STAR and SAPP announced that they would contest under their own symbols rather than be bound by the agreed-upon seat allocation, resulting in the termination of their memberships in the coalition.^[35] Five state assemblymen from STAR left the party and joined GRS as direct members prior to the assembly's dissolution.^[36]

Parliament seats (Sabah)

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Logo	Name			Ideology	Sabah leader(s)	Seats contested	2022 result
							Votes (%)	Seats
Member parties
		GRS	Sabah People's Coalition (Direct members) Keahlian terus Gabungan Rakyat Sabah[37]	Sabah regionalism	Armizan Mohd Ali	6	0.61%	4 / 222
		GAGASAN	Sabah People's Ideas Party Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah[38]		Hajiji Noor	0	0.00%	0 / 222
		PBS	United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah[39]		Joachim Gunsalam	4	0.42%	1 / 222
		UPKO	United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation Pertubuhan Kinabalu Progresif Bersatu[40]		Ewon Benedick	5	0.47%	2 / 222
		PHRS	Sabah People's Hope Party Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah[41]		Liew Yun Fah	0	0%	0 / 222
		LDP	Liberal Democratic Party Parti Liberal Demokratik[42][43]		Chin Su Phin	0	0%	0 / 222
		PCS	Love Sabah Party Parti Cinta Sabah		Anifah Aman	0	0%	0 / 222

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State seats (Sabah)

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Logo	Name			Ideology	Sabah leader(s)	Seats contested	2025 result		Current seats
							Votes (%)	Seats
Member parties
		GAGASAN	Sabah People's Ideas Party Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah[44]	Sabah regionalism	Hajiji Noor	37	18.11%	22 / 73	25 / 79
		PBS	United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah[39]		Joachim Gunsalam	11	4.95%	7 / 73	7 / 79
		UPKO	United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation Pertubuhan Kinabalu Progresif Bersatu[45]		Ewon Benedick	25	5.71%	3 / 73	3 / 79
		PHRS	Sabah People's Hope Party Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah[46]		Liew Yun Fah	1	0.18%	0 / 73	0 / 79
		LDP	Liberal Democratic Party Parti Liberal Demokratik[46][47]		Chin Su Phin	0	0.00%	0 / 73	1 / 79
		PCS	Love Sabah Party Parti Cinta Sabah		Anifah Aman	1	0.41%	0 / 73	0 / 79

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Allied parties

• Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) (2022–2026)

Former member parties

• Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2020–2022)^[48]
• Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (2020–2025)^[49]
• Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) (2020–2025)^[49]
• United Sabah National Organisation (New) (USNO Baru) (2021–2026)^[50]

Chairman

"(..)" in the number section refers to the same leader appointed after the special meeting of the coalition.^[51]

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

Main article: Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party has 7 MPs in the House of Representatives.

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State	No.	Parliament Constituency	Member	Party
Sabah	P170	Tuaran	Wilfred Madius Tangau		UPKO
	P174	Penampang	Ewon Benedick		UPKO
	P175	Papar	Armizan Mohd Ali		GRS
	P178	Sipitang	Matbali Musah		GRS
	P179	Ranau	Jonathan Yasin		GRS
	P185	Batu Sapi	Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan		GRS
	P190	Tawau	Lo Su Fui		PBS
Total	Sabah (7)

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Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

Main article: List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2022–present)

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

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State	No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Party
Sabah	P167	Kudat	N01	Banggi	Mohammad Mohamarin		GAGASAN
			N03	Pitas	Ruddy Awah		GAGASAN
			N04	Tanjong Kapor	Ben Chong Chen Bin		GAGASAN
	P168	Kota Marudu	N05	Matunggong	Julita Majungki		PBS
			N07	Tandek	Hendrus Anding		PBS
	P169	Kota Belud	N09	Tempasuk	Mohd Arsad Bistari		GAGASAN
			N11	Kadamaian	Ewon Benedick		UPKO
	P170	Tuaran	N12	Sulaman	Hajiji Noor		GAGASAN
			N13	Pantai Dalit	Jasnih Daya		GAGASAN
			N14	Tamparuli	Wilfred Madius Tangau		UPKO
			N15	Kiulu	Joniston Lumai @ Bangkuai		PBS
	P173	Putatan	N24	Tanjung Keramat	Shah Alfie Yahya		GAGASAN
	P174	Penampang	N26	Moyog	Donald Peter Mojuntin		UPKO
	P175	Papar	N27	Limbahau	Juil Nuatim		PBS
			N28	Kawang	Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar		GAGASAN
			N29	Pantai Manis	Pengiran Saifuddin Pengiran Tahir		GAGASAN
	P176	Kimanis	N31	Membakut	Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif		GAGASAN
	P177	Beaufort	N32	Klias	Isnin Aliasnih		GAGASAN
			N33	Kuala Penyu	Limus Jury		GAGASAN
	P178	Sipitang	N34	Lumadan	Ruslan Muharam		PBS
	P179	Ranau	N36	Kundasang	Joachim Gunsalam		PBS
			N37	Karanaan	Masidi Manjun		GAGASAN
	P181	Tenom	N43	Kemabong	Rubin Balang		GAGASAN
	P182	Pensiangan	N46	Nabawan	Abdul Ghani Mohamed Yassin		GAGASAN
	P183	Beluran	N47	Telupid	Jonnybone J Kurum		PBS
			N48	Sugut	James Ratib		GAGASAN
			N49	Labuk	Samad Jambri		GAGASAN
	P184	Libaran	N51	Sungai Manila	Hazem Mubarak Musa		GAGASAN
	P187	Kinabatangan	N57	Kuamut	Masiung Banah		GAGASAN
	P190	Tawau	N67	Balung	Syed Ahmad Syed Abas		GAGASAN
			N68	Apas	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan		GAGASAN
	P191	Kalabakan	N71	Tanjung Batu	Andi Muhammad Shamsureezal Mohd Sainal		GAGASAN
-				Nominated Member	Ceasar Mandela Malakun		GAGASAN
					Razali Razi		GAGASAN
					Abdul Kassim Razali		GAGASAN
					Chin Shu Ying		LDP
Total	Sabah (33)

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Ministerial posts

State governments

• Sabah (2020–present)

Note: bold as Menteri Besar/Chief Minister, italic as junior partner

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State	Leader type	Member	Party		State Constituency
Sabah	Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor		GAGASAN	Sulaman

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State	Leader type	Member	Party		State Constituency
Sabah	Deputy Chief Minister I	Joachim Gunsalam		PBS	Kundasang
Sabah	Deputy Chief Minister II	Masidi Manjun		GAGASAN	Karanaan
Sabah	Deputy Chief Minister III	Ewon Benedick		UPKO	Kadamaian

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