Arunarsin Taib Explained

Arunarsin Taib
Native Name:أرونارسين بن تايب
Birth Name:Arunarsin bin Taib
Birth Date:19 January 1966
Birth Place:Sandakan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Term Start1:16 May 2018
Term End1:29 September 2020
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Shafie Apdal
Minister1:Frankie Poon Ming Fung

Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe
Governor1:Juhar Mahiruddin
Constituency1:Gum-Gum
Predecessor1:Masiung Banah
Successor1:Andi Muhammad Suryandy Bandy
Constituency Am3:Gum-Gum
Assembly3:Sabah State Legislative
Term Start3:9 May 2018
Majority3:598 (2018)
269 (2020)
Predecessor3:Zakaria Edris
(BNUMNO)
Office5:Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Subterm5:2018–
Suboffice5:Heritage Party
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN)[1]
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician

Arunarsin bin Taib is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum since May 2018. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and former Ministers Frankie Poon Ming Fung and Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020. He is a member of WARISAN.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N41 Gum-GumArunarsin Taib (WARISAN)4,71051.10%Juslie Ajirol (UMNO)4,11244.61%9,49359876.20%
Dahil Masdik (PHRS)2522.73%
Joilin Bugung (PKS)810.88%
Jamaludin Lamba (PPRS)630.68%
2020N50 Gum-Gum (WARISAN)3,14039.21%Suhaimi Nasir (UMNO)2,87135.84%8,009 26964.21%
Yunus Nurdin (IND)1,69021.10%
Undang Tumpong (PCS)1722.15%
Jainudin Berahim (LDP)1131.41%
Riduan Smapai (PPRS)230.29%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave . Muguntan Vanar. The Star Online. 12 December 2018. 15 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2018. www.sabah.gov.my.