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my.sabah.n45 N45 · State assembly · Sabah

N45 Sook is a state assembly seat in Sabah, last contested in 2025. Arthur Joseph Kurup (PBRS, BN) won the state election on 29 Nov 2025 with 8,307 votes, a majority of 4,727.

Results

State election, 29 Nov 2025

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arthur Joseph Kurup wonPBRS, BN8,30757.9%
Ellron AnginDirect-GRS, GRS3,58025.0%
Ireneus Pagut @ Jreneus PagutSTARSABAH, GBS1,68111.7%
Joseph Peter TinggiWARISAN7084.9%
V Chong Vin @ Siau HoIMPIAN710.5%

Majority 4,727. Turnout 71.1%: 14,473 ballots from 20,349 voters, 119 rejected.

State election, 26 Sep 2020

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ellron Angin wonSTAR, GRS3,55446.7%
Raymond AhuarPKR, WARISAN+2,32230.5%
Bonepes BeenPBRS, GRS1,53520.2%
Aning AnsawangLDP1101.4%
Rebecca TaiminPCS881.2%

Majority 1,232.

Source: Election Commission of Malaysia (SPR). Figures from GE15 (November 2022) on are SPR's own, read from dashboard.spr.gov.my; earlier contests are SPR's published results as held in our records.

Canonical idmy.sabah.n45
Current nameSook
Former namesBalung · Elopura · Lahad Datu — also matched, at lower confidence
Last seen2025
Total mentions17
Mentioned as
  • dun sook9
  • sook8
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Covered by
  • UMNO Online3
  • Sabah Media2
  • Sinar Harian2
  • Harian Metro1
  • Jesselton Times1
  • Malay Mail1
…and 7 more outlets.

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