Awang Ahmad Sah

Awang Ahmad Sah
أواڠ أحمد صح
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Petagas
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byUda Sulai (WARISAN)
Majority261 (2020)
1,255 (2025)
Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party
In office
13 October 2022 – 27 February 2023
PresidentShafie Apdal
Preceded byTerrence Siambun
Succeeded byAzhar Matussin
Information Chief of the Heritage Party
In office
16 October 2021 – 13 October 2022
PresidentShafie Apdal
Preceded byYusof Yacob
Succeeded byAzis Jamman
Personal details
BornAwang Ahmad Sah
(1959-07-24) 24 July 1959 (age 66)
Citizenship Malaysia
PartyState Reform Party (STAR)
(until 2020)
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
(2020–2023)
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN)
(2023–2025)
Independent
(since 2025)
Other political
affiliations
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2023–2025)
RelationsAwang Husaini Sahari
(Younger brother)
Hawaii Pacific University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
OccupationPolitician

Awang Ahmad Sah is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is currently an independent politician and formerly a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and formerly a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and State Reform Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR.[1][2]

On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election.[3]

Education

He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.[4]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[5][6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 N18 Petagas Awang Ahmad Sah (STAR) 1,111 8.62% Yahya Hussin (Sabah UMNO) 8,504 66.00% 12,884 5,653 83.03%
Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR) 2,851 22.13%
2020 N23 Petagas Awang Ahmad Sah (WARISAN) 4,125 43.23% Arsit Sedi @ Sidik
(Sabah BERSATU)
3,864 40.49% 9,542 261 69.33%
Paul Nointien (IND) 572 5.99%
Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS) 355 3.72%
Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP) 118 1.24%
Mohamad Kulat (GAGASAN) 33 0.35%
2025 Awang Ahmad Sah (IND) 4,271 31.89% Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) 3,016 22.52% 13,594 1,255 67.75%
Uda Sulai (WARISAN) 2,912 21.74%
Jason Lee Nyuk Soon (UPKO) 1,306 9.75%
Mohd Afifi Shaiffuddin (PAS) 1,283 9.58%
Annita Shiela F. Among (STAR) 276 2.06%
Aslin Samat (IMPIAN) 133 0.99%
Adelaide Cornelius (KDM) 122 0.91%
Sabrezani Sabdin
(ANAK NEGERI)
40 0.30%
Patrick Manius (IND) 34 0.25%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Star to fight it alone if necessary: Jeffrey". 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. ^ ASMIN, ASYIKIN (2021-10-16). "Awang Ahmad Sah Ketua Penerangan Warisan baharu". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  3. ^ "ADUN Petagas pula keluar Warisan". 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM – DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". resultpru13.spr.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  6. ^ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2019" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
  8. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2018" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.

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