United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah | |
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| Malay name | Parti Bersatu Sabah |
| Abbreviation | PBS |
| President | Maximus Ongkili |
| Chairperson | Claudius Alex Sundang |
| Secretary-General | Julita Majungki |
| Deputy Presidents | Joachim Gunsalam (non-Muslim bumiputera) Yee Moh Chai (Chinese) Jahid Jahim (Muslim bumiputera) |
| Women Chief | Malianah Ugau |
| Youth Chief | Christopher Mandut |
| Vice-Presidents | Linda Tsen Daniel Isidore Stanislaus Kinsik Johnny Juani Mositun Hendrus Anding Ruslan Muharam Peter Mak Almudin Kaida Joseph Lee Han Khyun Mursid Mohd Rais |
| Treasurer-General | Lu Kim Yen |
| Founder | Joseph Pairin Kitingan |
| Founded | 5 March 1985; 40 years ago (1985-03-05) |
| Split from | Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) |
| Preceded by | United Sabah Movement[1] |
| Headquarters | Blok ‘M’, Lot 4, Tingkat 2 & 3, Donggongon New Township,Donggongon, 89507Penampang (Peti Surat 13060, 88834Kota Kinabalu,Sabah) |
| Youth wing | Youth Section |
| Women's wing | Women Section |
| Membership(2022) | 580,000 [2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Gagasan Rakyat(1991–1996) Barisan Nasional(1985–1990), (2002–2018) |
| Regional affiliation | United Alliance of Sabah(2018–2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah(since 2022) |
| Colours | Light blue and green |
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| Anthem | Bersatu Dalam PBS |
| Dewan Negara: | 0 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat: | 1 / 26 (Sabah and Labuan seats) |
| Sabah State Legislative Assembly: | 7 / 79 |
| Chief ministers in Malaysia | 0 / 13 |
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TheUnited Sabah Party (Malay:Parti Bersatu Sabah;abbrev:PBS)[3], formerly theUnited Sabah Movement (Malay:Gerakan Sabah Bersatu)[4], is apolitical party ofSabah. The PBS was founded byJoseph Pairin Kitingan in 1985[5] and it is Sabah's oldest local party.[6] PBS is also the one of eight major component parties that formed theGabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), aSabah-basedofficial political coalition since 2022.[7][8]
Since 2022, the PBS acts as an allied partner, providingconfidence and supply to the ruling federalPakatan Harapan (PH) coalition as part ofGRS. PBS is a major component of the Sabah-basedGabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state governing alliance since 2022.
PBS was registered as a political party on 5 March 1985. Its founding presidentJoseph Pairin Kitingan had broken away from the rulingParti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah (BERJAYA) because of his differences with theChief Minister of Sabah and party president,Harris Salleh, whose state cabinet Pairin had served in.[9] BERJAYA itself had ousted the previous state government ofUnited Sabah National Organisation (USNO) to govern Sabah for 8 years from 1976 to 1985.[10][11]
PBS later formed the state government after winning the1985 state elections.[9][10] Following the1986 Sabah riots, which occurred after PBS' victory in the 1986 state election,[11] PBS joined theBarisan Nasional (BN) coalition and governed Sabah from 1985 to 1994.[10][12] However, on the eve of the1990 state elections, PBS pulled out of BN to join theGagasan Rakyat (GR) coalition and won the state election for a third time.[10][12][13] It also won the1994 state elections by a narrow margin. The subsequent administration was short-lived as defectors switched their allegiance to BN, resulting in Pairin's resignation.[10][13] PBS subsequently rejoined the BN coalition in 2002.[14][15]
Following the fall of both federal and state BN governments in the2018 general election (GE14), PBS left the coalition and formed a new Sabah-based informal coalition of parties known as theUnited Alliance or "Gabungan Bersatu".[16] During the2020–21 Malaysian political crisis, PBS providedconfidence and supply toPerikatan Nasional (PN) and prime ministerMuhyiddin Yassin.[17] The party joined theGabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) or "Sabah People's Alliance" just before the2020 Sabah state election[18] which was won eventually by GRS.[19]
Although it is mainly seen as an ethnically-basedKadazan-Dusun political party, PBS calls itself a "Malaysian multi-racial political party".[20][21] Members are mostly ofKadazan-Dusun (from both theDusunic plusPaitanic ethnolinguistic groups) andMurut (including theLundayeh subgroup) ethnic descent, though the second and third largest ethnic membership are mostlyMuslim Bumiputeras, mostly ethnic local Sabahan based ethnicMalays (Bruneian Malays andCocos Malays), and also from theBajau community of peoples (the second-largest ethnicBumiputera in the state including theIranun subgroup and someSuluk together with theChinese, alongside those of mixed-race orSino-Native subgroup of the Chinese minority). Its declared political mission is to strive to safeguard Sabah'sautonomy and state rights, promoting democratic principles, economic advancement, human rights and a fair justice system.[22][23] It also seeks preserving thetraditional culture of eachrace inSabah and freedom ofreligion inMalaysia.[24]
Among the most vocal issues voiced by the party were the issue of illegal immigrants along with 'ghost voters' inSabah, the issue of theIC Project inEast Malaysia,unbalanced development and the20 points of theMalaysian Agreement 1963 forSabah's entry intoMalaysia.[15]
Since 1994 major defections from PBS, several political parties with similar ideologies have emerged. The closest one is theSTAR Party, founded byDatuk Dr. Jeffrey G. Kitingan, the younger brother of the former president of PBS,Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan. Other similar parties includeParti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah.
PBS has currently only 1 MP in theHouse of Representatives.
| State | No. | Parliament Constituency | Member | Party | ||
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 Sabah | P190 | Tawau | Lo Su Fui | PBS | ||
| Total | Sabah (1) | |||||
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
| State | No. | Parliamentary Constituency | No. | State Assembly Constituency | Member | Party | ||
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| Sabah | P168 | Kota Marudu | N05 | Matunggong | Julita Majungki | PBS | ||
| N07 | Tandek | Hendrus Anding | PBS | |||||
| P170 | Tuaran | N15 | Kiulu | Joniston Lumai @ Bangkuai | PBS | |||
| P175 | Papar | N27 | Limbahau | Juil Nuatim | PBS | |||
| P178 | Sipitang | N34 | Lumadan | Ruslan Muharam | PBS | |||
| P179 | Ranau | N36 | Kundasang | Joachim Gunsalam | PBS | |||
| P183 | Beluran | N47 | Telupid | Jonnybone J Kurum | PBS | |||
| Total | Sabah (6) | |||||||
| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Constituency |
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| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) | Lo Su Fui | Tawau |
PBS currently serves as junior partner in GRS government
Note:bold as Menteri Besar/Chief Minister,italic as junior partner
| State | Leader type | Member | State Constituency |
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| Sabah | Deputy Chief Minister I | Joachim Gunsalam | Kundasang |
| Election year | Malaysia Parliament | Sabah State Assembly | Outcome | ||
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| Candidates | Seats won | Candidates | Seats won | ||
| 1985 | - | - | 45 | 25 / 48 | 25 seats;Sabah state governing coalition (withPASOK) |
| 1986 | - | - | 47 | 34 / 48 | 9 seats;Sabah state government Snap election |
| 1986 | 14 | 10 / 177 | - | - | 10 seats;Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) |
| 1990 | - | - | 48 | 36 / 48 | 2 seats;Sabah state government (Barisan Nasional, contested under PBS ticket) |
| 1990 | 14 | 14 / 180 | - | - | 4 seats;Federal opposition coalition (leftBN before polling day to joinGagasan Rakyat) |
| 1994 | - | - | 48 | 25 / 48 |  11 seats;Sabah state government |
| 1995 | 28 | 8 / 192 | - | - | 6 seats;Federal opposition |
| 1999 | - | - | 48 | 17 / 48 | 6 seats;Sabah state opposition |
| 1999 | 17 | 3 / 193 | - | - | 5 seats;Federal opposition |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 / 219 | 13 | 13 / 60 | 1 seat;Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) 4 seats;Sabah state governing coalition(BN Sabah) |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 / 222 | 13 | 12 / 60 | 1 seat;Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) 1 seat;Sabah state governing coalition(BN Sabah) |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 / 222 | 13 | 7 / 60 | 1 seat;Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) 5 seats;Sabah state governing coalition(BN Sabah) |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 / 222 | 13 | 6 / 60 | 3 seat;Federal opposition coalition (United Alliance) 1 seat;Sabah state opposition coalition(United Alliance) |
| 2020 | - | - | 22 | 7 / 73 | 1 seat;Sabah state governing coalition (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, withPN andBN) Snap election |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 / 222 | - | - |  ;Federal governing coalition(Gabungan Rakyat Sabah) |
| 2025 | - | - | 11 | 7 / 73 | ;Sabah state governing coalition (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah) |
| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Perlis | Kedah | Kelantan | Terengganu | Penang | Perak | Pahang | Selangor | Negeri Sembilan | Malacca | Johor | Sabah | Sarawak | Total won / Total contested | |
| 2/3 majority | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | |
| 1995 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 33 | 0 / 40 | 0 / 9 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 0 / 80 | 0 / 30 | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | 7 / 79 | 6 / 27 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | 7 / 73 | 7 / 24 | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 7 / 73 | 7 / 11 | ||||||||||||
PBS adalah parti tempatan tertua di Sabah dan masih aktif
PBS adalah sebuah Perpaduan dan Perpaduan terbesar berlaku di Sabah bersama PBS
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