PN vying for 40 seats in Sabah, Kiandee to stand in Sugut

Coalition chairman Muhyiddin Yassin announced the list of candidates in Kota Kinabalu, with state PN chief Ronald Kiandee to contest for the Sugut seat long held by Barisan Nasional.

Sugut falls under the Beluran parliamentary constituency, which Kiandee has represented in the Dewan Rakyat for six terms now.

Caretaker state community development minister James Ratib was Sugut assemblyman from 2013 until the dissolution of the 16th assembly last month.

Originally from Umno, Ratib left for Upko in 2018 before returning to Umno two years later. He then joined Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah in 2023.

Muhyiddin also announced that PN will field Sabah PAS chief Aliakbar Gulasan in Karambunai, a state seat which falls under the Sepanggar parliamentary constituency held by PKR.

Umno‘s Yakubah Khan was elected Karambunai assemblyman in 2020, and will be seeking to be elected to a second term.

PN is going solo in the Sabah polls, but has repeatedly said it was keeping the door open to alliances.

The following are PN’s candidates:

1. Banggi – Rahimah Majid
2. Bengkoka – Berusli Kimin
3. Tanjong Kapor – Affan Jumahat
4. Pintasan – Awang Salleh Makmud
5. Sulaman – Siti Aminah Ele
6. Pantai Dalit – Zulkernain Osman
7. Karambunai – Aliakbar Gulasan
8. Darau – Nabila Norsahar
9. Luyang – William Ooi
10. Tanjung Aru – Suhaimi Buang
11. Tanjung Keramat – Farish Adamz Shah
12. Moyog – Francis Mojikon
13. Limbahau – Adrian Alexander
14. Pantai Manis – Faizal Julaili
15. Bongawan – Ridzuan Agus Payong
16. Klias – Hisyam Hazaril
17. Kundasang – Atong Antong
18. Liawan – John Anthony
19. Nabawan – Sayau Tangkap
20. Telupid – Jamin Jamri
21. Sugut – Ronald Kiandee
22. Labuk – Asmad Nasir
23. Gum-Gum – Yunus Nurdin
24. Sungai Manila – Yusri Abu
25. Sungai Sibuga – Norani Asmatil
26. Sekong – Fazriee Awang
27. Elopura – Firdaus Silvester Abdullah
28. Tanjong Papat – Koi Wei Yang
29. Lamag – Mazlin Madali
30. Sukau – Petra Asri
31. Silam – Balkis Kalinggalan
32. Kunak – Kasman Karate
33. Sulabayan – Abdul Malik Abd Bool
34. Bugaya – Jamil Abdul Gapar
35. Balung – Munzier Mahamud
36. Apas – Lim Ting Khai
37. Kukusan – Francis Lawrence Yusop
38. Tanjung Batu – Ahmad Dullah
39. Merotai – Hasan Haris
40. Sebatik – Suhurani Sammani