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(Redirected from United Sabah National Organization) Political party This article is about the Sabahan defunct political party of the same name. For the revived and re-registered new party, see United Sabah National Organisation (New).
United Sabah National Organisation
Malay namePertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu
ڤرتوبوهن كبڠسأن سابه برساتو
Chinese name沙巴聯合民族組織
沙巴联合民族组织
Shābā liánhé mínzú zǔzhī
AbbreviationUSNO
FounderMustapha Harun
FoundedDecember 1961
Dissolved1996
Merged intoUMNO Sabah
Succeeded byUnited Sabah National Organisation (New) (2013)
National affiliationSabah Alliance
(1963-1976)
Barisan Nasional
(1973-1975, 1976-1981, 1986-1993)
Sabah Front
(1981-1986)
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The United Sabah National Organisation (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu; abbrev: USNO) was a political party in North Borneo and later Sabah, Malaysia. The widely known Sabah's Muslim indigenous especially Suluk-Bajau ethnic based party was founded by the third Chief Minister of Sabah; Mustapha Harun in December 1961.

Prior to the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, USNO played a major role in cooperation with United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO), led by Donald Stephens, and the Federation of Malaya, in attaining independence from the British. UPKO was then dissolved and merged into USNO in 1967.

The party came into power after winning the 1967 state election. USNO remained in power until 1975 under Mustapha's leadership, and until 1976 under Mohammad Said Keruak's leadership.

In 1975, USNO's secretary-general Harris Salleh quit the party and teamed up with former UPKO leader Stephens who had become Sabah Governor and had returned to politics to create a new party called Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA). This new party defeated USNO in the 1976 state election to form government until 1985. USNO consistently continued to participate in state elections of 1981, 1985, 1986, and 1990, winning several state electorates, however never enough to form government again.

After the 1990 state election when BERJAYA themselves were ousted by United Sabah Party (PBS), Mustapha returned to team-up with Harris again in a merger of USNO and BERJAYA for his long-envisaged initiative to create the Sabah chapter of peninsula-based United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) with Mustapha himself became its first chief of UMNO Sabah. In 1996, USNO was finally de-registered by the federal Registrar of Societies (RoS). Six of its legislators joined the Sabah UMNO while the rest joined the opposition PBS.

General election results

Election Total seats won Seats contested Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
1964 6 / 159 13 appointed by Legislative Assembly Increase6 seats; Governing coalition
(Alliance Party) 		Mustapha Harun
1969 13 / 144 15 31,947 1.33% Increase7 seats; Governing coalition
(Alliance Party) 		Mustapha Harun
1974 13 / 154 15 Steady; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional and Sabah Alliance) 		Mustapha Harun
1978 5 / 154 15 Decrease8 seats; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional) 		Mustapha Harun
1982 0 / 154 19 Decrease5 seats; No representation in Parliament Mustapha Harun
1986 5 / 177 15 27,409 0.58% Increase5 seats; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional) 		Mustapha Harun
1990 6 / 180 15 Increase1 seats; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional) 		Mustapha Harun
1995 15 / 192 15 Increase 8 seats; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional) 		Mustapha Harun

State election results

State election State Legislative Assembly
Sabah Total won / Total contested
2/3 majority 2 / 3
1967 14 / 32 14 / 25
1971 29 / 32 29 / 29
1976 20 / 48 20 / 40
1981 3 / 48 3 / 29
1985 16 / 48 16 / 43
1986 12 / 48 12 / 27
1990 12 / 48 12 / 38

See also

References

  1. Stockwell, A. J. (2004). British Documents on The End of Empire : Malaysia. Institute of Commonwealth in University of London. p. 72. ISBN 9780112905813.
  2. ^ "UPKO/PDS". Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. James Chin, pp. 22-25
  4. ^ "The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Sabah, East Malaysia: An Overview 1990-1994 International" (PDF). Hamdan Aziz (Ph.D) & Syahrin Said, Department of Nationhood and Civilization Studies, Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 12. 2017. ISSN 2222-6990. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via HR Mars.
  5. James Chin, 31

Further reading

  • Chin, James (1999). "Going east: UMNO's entry into Sabah Politics". Asian Journal of Political Science. 7 (1): 20–40. doi:10.1080/02185379908434135.
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