{"product_id":"9789815361551","title":"[eBook]The 2025 Sabah State Election: Regional Consolidation or Another Cycle of Fragmentation?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"z-publication-description\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs the incumbent state government and a component of the Unity Government at the federal level, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) entered the Sabah state election with institutional and organizational advantages. These set the terms of electoral competition and influenced how both GRS and its challengers approached the campaign.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlthough GRS emerged as the largest bloc in the state assembly, its win of 29 of the 55 seats it contested represented a decline from its 38-seat victory in 2020 and did not translate into broad-based support or a dominant mandate. It fell well short of the level of political consolidation achieved by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) in Sarawak.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGRS’s electoral success was defensive rather than expansive; its victory was driven primarily by incumbency advantages, opposition vote-splitting and the personal appeal of individual candidates rather than consolidated local power.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectoral outcomes varied across constituency types—Muslim bumiputera, non-Muslim bumiputera and ethnically mixed seats—with no coalition achieving cross-cutting dominance. GRS performed relatively better in Muslim bumiputera-majority constituencies, Warisan remained competitive in East Coast areas and urban mixed constituencies, while contests in non-Muslim bumiputera seats were the most fragmented, with victories split among five parties or coalitions. This pattern further limited the emergence of a unified state-level mandate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePH under Anwar Ibrahim made limited electoral inroads in Sabah despite federal incumbency, winning just one seat of the twenty-two it contested. The coalition remained weak across most constituencies, reinforcing perceptions of PH as a Peninsula-based actor with weak local anchoring and organizational reach in Sabah politics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe proliferation of local-based parties championing “Sabah First” turned the narrative to a ubiquitous slogan and weakened its electoral appeal. Competing claims to represent Sabah’s interests diluted mobilization and redirected voter attention from autonomy rhetoric towards perceived delivery capacity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState-federal relations are therefore likely to remain fundamentally transactional. In the absence of a cohesive and strong state-level mandate, autonomy demands are pursued through negotiation, bargaining and political accommodation rather than an institutionalized and rights-based arrangement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"z-format\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003eEbook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-number-of-pages\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e40\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-publication-date\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e15\/03\/2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-imprint\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprint: \u003c\/b\u003eISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-supported-app\"\u003eRefer to this link for list of supported app: Click \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/retail.alkemlibrary.com\/alkemdocs\/Recommended%20Reading%20Apps.pdf\"\u003ehere!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"z-access-code\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is an ebook that is fulfilled via Access Code. The Access Code for redemption will be emailed within 2 working days after payment verification\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Arnold Puyok","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47238942130354,"sku":"9789815361551","price":9.81,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/5382\/4178\/files\/9789815361551.jpg?v=1774712215","url":"https:\/\/readabook.store\/products\/9789815361551","provider":"READABOOK BY ALKEM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}