United Pasok Momogun Organisation Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Bersatu | |
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| Abbreviation | Pasok Momogun / UPMO |
| Leader | G.S. Sundang |
| Founder | G.S. Sundang |
| Founded | January 1962 |
| Dissolved | May 1964 |
| Merger of | Reunite back withUNKO to formUPKO (May 1964) |
| Split from | United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO) |
| Succeeded by | United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO) |
| Headquarters | Sabah |
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United Pasok Momogun Organisation (Malay:Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Bersatu;abbrev:Pasok Momogun orUPMO) is an ethnically-basedpolitical party inNorth Borneo (laterSabah,Malaysia).[1][2] It was a splinter party ofUnited National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO); founded byDonald Stephens earlier in 1961. The breakaway UPMO formed by Orang Kaya Kaya (OKK) Datuk G.S. Sundang, in January 1962 to fight for the interest ofKadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) races; with the supports and encouragement of the Chinese in Sabah.[1] The split was in reaction and protest to the suggestion of thePrime Minister ofMalaya,Tunku Abdul Rahman to create a new federation country namedMalaysia, dubbedProjek Malaysia.
In May 1964, UPMO eventually reunited with its parent party UNKO which had earlier entered into a coalition with theUnited Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and theSabah Chinese Association (SCA) to form a newconsociationalismGovernment of Sabah with Stephens became the state's firstChief Minister, upon the successful formation of Malaysia in 1963,.[3] With the reunification of UPMO back into UNKO had renamed itself asUnited Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO) in June 1964.[4][2]
| Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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| 1964 | 1 / 159 | appointed by Legislative Assembly |  1 seat;Opposition | G.S. Sundang | |
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