The 1971 Sabah state election was to be held in October 1971, after the State Assembly was dissolved on 20 September 1971. This was the second state election to take place.

After nominations closed on 5 October 1971, Sabah Alliance which consists of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and Sabah Chinese Association (SCA), won all the seats uncontested. All the opposition nomination papers were rejected, or no nominations were sent at all.

Results

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Aftermath

Mustapha Harun, the leader of USNO & Sabah Alliance, and the Chief Minister before the election, were sworn in as Chief Minister for the second term, on 7 October.

References


Elecciones estatales de Sabah de 1971 Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

PKR focuses on retaining key state seats in Sabah election

The Sabah History PDF

2019 Sabah gubernatorial election The Left's Decline r

Sabah political parties prepare for snap election The Straits Times