Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk |
Edward Linggu Bukut | |
Assembly: | Sabah State Legislative |
Constituency Am: | Tamparuli |
Predecessor: | Wilfred Bumburing |
Successor: | Jahid Jahim |
Term Start: | 1999 |
Term End: | 2004 |
Office1: | Secretary-general of STAR |
President1: | Jeffrey Kitingan |
Predecessor1: | Guan Dee Koh Hoi |
Term Start1: | 2021 |
Office2: | Vice president of STAR |
President2: | Jeffrey Kitingan |
Alongside2: | Robert Tawik & Annuar Ayub |
Term Start2: | 2018 |
Term End2: | 2021 |
Birth Name: | Edward Linggu Bukut |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1958 |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | PBS PBRS STAR |
Occupation: | Politician |
Edward Linggu Bukut is a Malaysian politician from STAR. He has been the Secretary-general of STAR since 2021. He was also the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tamparuli from 1999 to 2004.
In 2001, he quitted PBS to join PBRS together with Jeffrey Kitingan. Then, he joined STAR and become the Vice president before being appointed as the Secretary-general and also Strategy Director of the party.[1] [2] He had also participated in the 2013 Sabah state election, contesting for the Tamparuli state seat but lost.
Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||||
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1999 | Tamparuli | Edward Linggu (PBS) | 6,125 | 57.77% | Wilfred Bumburing (UPKO) | 3,939 | 37.15% | 10,603 | 2,186 | 78.62% | |||
bgcolor= blue | Monggoh Orow (BERSEKUTU) | 475 | 4.48% | ||||||||||
2013 | Edward Linggu (STAR) | 589 | 4.07% | Wilfred Bumburing (PKR) | 6,862 | 47.43% | 14,469 | 383 | 83.80% | ||||
bgcolor= | Jahid Jahim (PBS) | 6,479 | 44.78% | ||||||||||
bgcolor = | Stephan Gaimin (SAPP) | 185 | 1.28% | ||||||||||
James Ongkili Jr. (IND) | 185 | 0.87% |