[OFFICIAL] 🗳️Sabah PRN 2025 Ends in Hung Assembly: GRS Secures 29 Seats, No Party Reaches Simple Majority

Sabah heads to the polls today (29 November 2025) for its 17th state election, also known as PRN Sabah 2025.

Over 1.78 million eligible voters will decide who gets to lead the state for the next five years. A record-breaking 596 candidates from 24 political parties are contesting across 73 constituencies.

Follow this live report for real-time key updates, hot seat battles, unofficial counts and confirmed results as announced by the Election Commission (SPR).

2:05am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 29, Warisan 25, BN 6, PH 1, PN 1, Others 11.

• The 17th Sabah state election has resulted in a hung assembly, as no party has secured a simple majority to form the next state government independently.

1:44am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 29, Warisan 23, BN 6, PH 1, Others 11.

1:30am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 28, Warisan 22, BN 6, PH 1, Others 11.

• PN Sabah accepts the election results and is committed to rebuilding the party's strength, the chairman said. The coalition contested 42 seats and secured a victory in Karambunai. – The Borneo Post

1:16am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 28, Warisan 20, BN 5, PH 1, Others 10.

• 74 independent candidates contested, and 5 of them successfully break through in multi-cornered fights. – Oriental Daily
• Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor arrived at Sri Gaya dressed in Baju Melayu, believed to be in preparation for his swearing-in as Chief Minister. – Media Selangor

1:00am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 27, Warisan 20, BN 5, PH 1, Others 10.

• 📢 UPKO has announced its support for GRS chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor to continue serving as Chief Minister. – Daily Express

12:43am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 20, Warisan 16, BN 5, PH 1, Others 7.

12:16am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 17, Warisan 10, BN 3, PH 1, Others 5. Shafie Apdal and Bung Moktar officially retain N65 Senallang and N58 Lamag respectively.

12:01am: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 12, Warisan 8, BN 2, PH 1, Others 2.

11:45pm: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 10, Warisan 7, BN 2, PH 1, Others 1.

• 📢 Meanwhile, BN chairman Zahid Hamidi is prepared to work with like-minded parties to form the Sabah state government. – Sinar Harian

11:16pm: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS 5, BN 2, PH 1, Warisan 1, Others 1. Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor (GRS) has officially won N12 Sulaman.

10:53pm: 🗳️ OFFICIAL - GRS won N37 Karanaan while PH won N42 Melalap.

10:27pm: Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor is expected to be sworn in as Sabah’s next Chief Minister tonight, following the unofficial results of the state election. – The Vibes

10:16pm: 📢 PKR secretary-general Datuk Fuziah Salleh claimed, “I have been informed that we have enough numbers to form the government tonight.” – Siakap Keli

10:05pm: Unofficial - GRS 25, Warisan 12, BN 9, PH 2, PN 1, Others 6.

9:49pm: 📢 PKR secretary-general Datuk Fuziah Salleh announced that PH has secured sufficient seats to form a government together with GRS. She added that talks between both parties are currently in progress. – Sinar Daily

9:12pm: GRS is currently dominating several areas, with an early lead in 21 seats so far. – The Vibes

8:29pm: 📢 UMNO secretary-general Datuk Asyraf claimed that according to unofficial results, BN has already won 9 seats. – Oriental Daily

7:56pm: Unofficial - DAP contested 8 seats and lost in all of them. – Oriental Daily

7:31pm: Unofficial - PAS made its first breakthrough in Sabah, successfully breaking out of a four-cornered fight in the N72 Merotai state seat and winning it. – Oriental Daily

7:13pm: Unofficial - Warisan president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal has reportedly retained the N65 Senallang state seat. – Oriental Daily

7:04pm: Unofficial - GRS leads with 10 seats, Warisan 6, BN 2. – Sinar Harian

5:30pm: 🗳️ Polling has ended at all 882 voting centres, and the Election Commission has started counting the votes. Voter turnout was 60.94%, slightly lower than the 62.09% recorded in the 2020 state election.