Sabah Perikatan Nasional (PN) has unveiled its candidates for 40 of the 73 seats in the upcoming state election on Nov 29.
Coalition chairman Muhyiddin Yassin made the announcement in Kota Kinabalu, spotlighting state PN chief Ronald Kiandee’s bid for the Sugut seat, a longtime Barisan Nasional stronghold.
Sugut lies within the Beluran parliamentary constituency, where Kiandee has served six terms in the Dewan Rakyat.
The seat’s caretaker assemblyman, state community development minister James Ratib, held Sugut from 2013 until last month’s dissolution of the 16th assembly.
Ratib, originally from Umno, switched to Upko in 2018, returned to Umno in 2020, and joined Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah in 2023.
Muhyiddin also named Sabah PAS chief Aliakbar Gulasan as PN’s pick for Karambunai, under the PKR-held Sepanggar parliamentary seat.
Umno’s Yakubah Khan won Karambunai in 2020 and aims for a second term.
PN is contesting the Sabah polls independently, though it has signalled openness to potential alliances.
The full list of PN candidates is as follows:
- Banggi – Rahimah Majid
- Bengkoka – Berusli Kimin
- Tanjong Kapor – Affan Jumahat
- Pintasan – Awang Salleh Makmud
- Sulaman – Siti Aminah Ele
- Pantai Dalit – Zulkernain Osman
- Karambunai – Aliakbar Gulasan
- Darau – Nabila Norsahar
- Luyang – William Ooi
- Tanjung Aru – Suhaimi Buang
- Tanjung Keramat – Farish Adamz Shah
- Moyog – Francis Mojikon
- Limbahau – Adrian Alexander
- Pantai Manis – Faizal Julaili
- Bongawan – Ridzuan Agus Payong
- Klias – Hisyam Hazaril
- Kundasang – Atong Antong
- Liawan – John Anthony
- Nabawan – Sayau Tangkap
- Telupid – Jamin Jamri
- Sugut – Ronald Kiandee
- Labuk – Asmad Nasir
- Gum-Gum – Yunus Nurdin
- Sungai Manila – Yusri Abu
- Sungai Sibuga – Norani Asmatil
- Sekong – Fazriee Awang
- Elopura – Firdaus Silvester Abdullah
- Tanjong Papat – Koi Wei Yang
- Lamag – Mazlin Madali
- Sukau – Petra Asri
- Silam – Balkis Kalinggalan
- Kunak – Kasman Karate
- Sulabayan – Abdul Malik Abd Bool
- Bugaya – Jamil Abdul Gapar
- Balung – Munzier Mahamud
- Apas – Lim Ting Khai
- Kukusan – Francis Lawrence Yusop
- Tanjung Batu – Ahmad Dullah
- Merotai – Hasan Haris
- Sebatik – Suhurani Sammani
