INTERACTIVE: How Sabah voted in the 2025 state election


Some of the cheerful voters after casting their ballots at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kokol for the Inanam state seat - fotoBERNAMA (2025)

PETALING JAYA: No single coalition secured a simple majority in the Sabah election. 

The largest coalition, GRS, won 29 seats, which is short of the 37 needed for a simple majority in the 73-seat state assembly.

Warisan emerged as the second-strongest performer with 25 seats while Barisan Nasional came third with 6 seats. 

Here's what the political balance of power looks like among the major alliances in Sabah:

 

 

Warisan secured 288,703 of the 1.13 mil votes, followed by GRS with 286,389 and BN with 144,584 votes.

The remaining votes were distributed among smaller parties and Independent candidates.

 

 

The following are the parties whose candidates won, and the number of seats they each contested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's how each of the 596 candidates performed:

 

 

 

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