Matbali Musah Explained

Matbali bin Haji Musah is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang since November 2022. He served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lumadan from May 2018 to September 2020. He is a direct member of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and was a member and the Division Chief of Sipitang of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a component party of the GRS coalition and branch of the component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member and Division Deputy Chief of Sipitang of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a branch of the component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is an ethnic Bisayan, a sub-ethnic group or tribe of the indigenous Kadazan-Dusun population native to Beaufort and Kuala Penyu districts located in the southern part of Sabah.^[1]

Election results

Candidate!Votes!Pct.! colspan="2"

Opponent(s)	Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N34 Lumadan		Matbali Musah (UMNO)	6,836	55.04%			Mohd Samlih Juaisin (WARISAN)	3,901	31.41%	12,420	2,935	84.93%
						bgcolor =		Asmat Japar (PHRS)	1,331	10.72%

Candidate!Votes!Pct.! colspan="2"

Opponent(s)	Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P178 Sipitang		Matbali Musah (GRS)	14,459	49.75%			Adnan Puteh (WARISAN)	9,768	33.61%	29,061	4,691	63.35%
								Lahirul Latigu (AMANAH)	4,834	16.63%

Honours

• :
  • Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2010)
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2012)^[2]
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2020)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15 . 2022-11-25 . PRU @ Sinar Harian.
2. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2012. www.sabah.gov.my.
3. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2020. www.sabah.gov.my.