Riduan Rubin
Riduan Rubin | |
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| رضوان روبين | |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tenom | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Noorita Sual (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 1,108 (2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Riduan bin Rubin |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (until 2022) Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) (2022–2023) Independent (IND) (Oct 2022–Nov 2022, Since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Perikatan Nasional (PN) (until 2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023) |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Riduan bin Rubin is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenom from November 2022.[1] He is a former member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) and was a former member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a former component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and official component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) in national level. He is formerly one of the two KDM MPs along with Wetrom Bahanda and one of the two independent candidates who was elected in the 2022 general election along with Kudat MP Verdon Bahanda. He is also the son of Rubin Balang, the Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kemabong and the Vice President II of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat).
Political career
[edit]Member of Parliament (since 2022)
[edit]2022 general election
[edit]In the 2022 general election, Riduan made his electoral debut after nominating himself to contest for the Tenom federal seat as an independent candidate. After that, he joined KDM temporarily in only 3 weeks before KDM joined coup d'etat with WARISAN and BN Sabah.[2] He won the seat and was elected into Parliament as the Tenom MP after defeating defending MP Noorita Sual of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Jamawi Ja'afar of the Barisan Nasional (BN), Ukim Buandi of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and another independent candidate Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting by a majority of 1,108 votes.[3]
Election results
[edit]| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2022 | P181 Tenom | Riduan Rubin (IND)[a] | 10,027 | 35.00% | Noorita Sual (DAP) | 8,919 | 31.13% | 28,649 | 1,108 | 68.14% | ||
| Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) | 8,625 | 30.11% | ||||||||||
| Ukim Buandi (WARISAN) | 992 | 3.46% | ||||||||||
| Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND) | 86 | 0.30% | ||||||||||
Note
[edit]- ^ He was a member of KDM and contested as an independent instead of KDM candidate in the 2022 general election.
References
[edit]- ^ Calon PRU Riduan Rubin
- ^ "PRU15: Calon Bebas kerusi Parlimen Tenom sertai KDM". Berita Harian. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "GE15: Two independent candidates win in Sabah". New Straits Times. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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