| Abidin Madingkir | |
| Native Name: | عابدين ماديڠکير |
| Birth Name: | Abidin bin Madingkir |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Ranau, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Term Start: | 8 October 2020 |
| Governor: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| Predecessor: | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin |
| Constituency Am1: | Paginatan |
| Assembly1: | Sabah State Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 9 May 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Siringan Gubat (BN–UPKO) |
| Majority1: | 2,066 (2018) 1,323 (2020) |
| Office5: | Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm5: | 2018–2019 |
| Suboffice5: | United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation |
| Subterm6: | 2019–2020 |
| Suboffice6: | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation |
| Subterm7: | 2020– |
| Suboffice7: | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Florence Malangkig |
Abidin bin Madingkir is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since October 2020 as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paginatan since May 2018. He is a member of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) a component party of the GRS and formerly Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions and was a member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is from also the former Mayor of Kota Kinabalu City Hall and the first Ranau have this position.
| Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N31 Paginatan | Abidin Madingkir (UPKO) | 5,666 | 48.83% | Julian Sidin (WARISAN) | 3,600 | 31.01% | 11,905 | 2,066 | 77.70% | |||
| Padderin Tuliang (STAR) | 1,870 | 16.12% | |||||||||||
| Satiol Indong (PCS) | 362 | 3.14% | |||||||||||
| Mat Jaili Samat (PPRS) | 104 | 0.90% | |||||||||||
| 2020 | N38 Paginatan | Abidin Madingkir (STAR) | 3,783 | 35.65% | Junaidi Sahat (UMNO) | 2,460 | 23.18% | 10,612 | 1,323 | 68.86% | |||
| Arthur Sen Siong Choo (PBS) | 1,588 | 14.96% | |||||||||||
| Georgina George (UPKO) | 1,245 | 11.73% | |||||||||||
| Amru Abd Kadir (PCS) | 905 | 8.53% | |||||||||||
| Henrynus Amin (PKAN) | 349 | 3.29% | |||||||||||
| Liong Sun Min (LDP) | 118 | 1.11% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Kamil Kasibun (USNO Baru) | 112 | 1.06% | ||||||||||
| bgcolor=blue | Bensin Dani (GAGASAN) | 52 | 0.49% | ||||||||||