Masiung Banah
Ministerial roles (Sabah)
2013–2018Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports
2018Minister of Youth and Sports
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation
2019–2020United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation
2020–2021Independent
2022–Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (coalition - direct member)
2023–Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born
Masiung Banah

Kinabatangan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) (Until 2020)
Independent (Until 2021)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (Since 2022) (coalition direct member)
Sabah People's Ideas Party (Since 2023) (official party)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (−2018)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (Since 2022) (direct member)
SpouseGrace Elvira Ewon Ebin
RelationsEwon Ebin (father-in-law)
OccupationPolitician

Masiung Banah is a Malaysian politician who has been the State Minister of Youth and Sports and also a Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN) member, one of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) component parties. He has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuamut since March 2008. In 2023, he was appointed as Vice President III of Sabah People's Ideas Party along with Arifin Bin Mohd Arif (Vice President I) and Rubin Balang (Vice President II).

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

References

  1. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
  3. "N47 Kuamut". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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