United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Pasok Nunukragang Bersatu | |
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| Abbreviation | PASOK |
| Leader | Disputed |
| Founder | O.K.K Sedomon Gunsanad G. S. Sundang |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Dissolved | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
| Ideology | Nationalism Regionalism |
| National affiliation | Sabah Front (1981-1986) |
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TheUnited Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation (Malay:Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Pasok Nunukragang Bersatu;PASOK) was a regional political party in Malaysia based in the state ofSabah. It was established in 1978. Before its deregistration, it was the oldest political party in Sabah that was currently still in existence.[1] Despite being a party that maintains aKadazan-Dusun ethnocentric platform, membership is opened to all ethnicities and the party's leadership has multi-ethnic representation.[2]
The termNunukragang refers toNunuk Ragang, the traditional birthplace of theKadazan-Dusun culture and civilisation.
PASOK subscribes to a 7-point political platform:[3]
PASOK was established in 1978 by the brother ofO.K.K Sedomon Gunsanad,G. S. Sundang, a traditional chief (bearing the titleOrang Kaya Kaya) and former Deputy Chief Minister of the Sabah as a political vehicle for theKadazan,Dusun, andMurut peoples. In 1985, PASOK joined the newly formedSabah United Party (PBS) in a coalition government after the latter won the 1985state legislative elections.[4] PASOK won its only seat in the state legislature to date when the then party president,Ignatius Stephen Malanjum, won the Moyog state constituency.[1]
PASOK was denied the opportunity to contest with its own name and symbol in the 2008general elections due to an ongoing feud involving rival claimants to the party presidency.[5] PASOK candidates that were originally slated to stand either chose to stand as independent candidates or dropped out from the elections.
On 28 February 2008, theRegistrar of Societies issued a revocation of registration notice to PASOK citing the failure of the party to resolve their leadership crisis involvingCleftus Mojinggol,John Richard Jayasuria andHendry Sabagang Rumpit who had all claimed the party's presidency. The party was then de-registered on 27 May although one of the claimants claimed that he had yet to receive the notice from the Registrar and that the party leadership crisis had been solved following a delegate's conference that had elected new office bearers on 23 May 2008.
The party was deregistered in 2008.[6]
While not having had much electoral success, PASOK has seen many prominent members of Sabahan society go through its ranks:[1]
Note:bold as Premier/Chief Minister,italic as junior partner
| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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| 1982 | 0 / 154 | 23 |  0 seat;No representation in Parliament | N/A | ||
| 2004 | 0 / 219 | 21 | 543 | 0.00% | 0 seat;No representation in Parliament | N/A |
| 2008 | 0 / 222 | 21 | 1,023 | 0.01% | 0 seat;No representation in Parliament | N/A |
| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|---|
| Sabah | Total won / Total contested | |
| 2/3 majority | 2 / 3 | |
| 1981 | 0 / 48 | 0 / 29 |
| 1985 | 1 / 48 | 1 / 9 |
| 1986 | 0 / 48 | 0 / 2 |
| 1999 | 0 / 48 | 0 / 1 |
| 2004 | 0 / 60 | 0 / 12 |
| 2008 | 0 / 60 | 0 / 1 |
