| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk |
| Japlin Akim | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|جڤلين اکيم |
| Birth Name: | Japlin bin Akim @ Abd Hamid |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Office1: | Ministerial roles (Sabah) |
| Subterm1: | 2004–2008 |
| Suboffice1: | Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry |
| Subterm2: | 2008–2013 |
| Suboffice2: | Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development |
| Office4: | Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm4: | 2004–2013 |
| Suboffice4: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm5: | 2018 |
| Suboffice5: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm6: | 2018–2019 |
| Suboffice6: | Independent |
| Subterm7: | 2019–2020 |
| Suboffice7: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Subterm8: | 2020–2022 |
| Suboffice8: | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| Subterm9: | 2023– |
| Suboffice9: | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Subterm10: | 2023– |
| Suboffice10: | GAGASAN Rakyat Sabah Party |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2019–2022) GAGASAN Rakyat Sabah Party (PGRS) (2023–present) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2023–present) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Japlin Abdul Hamid bin Akim (born 3 February 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as the State Assistant Minister. He served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Usukan from May 2018 until September 2020. He is a member of the GAGASAN Rakyat Sabah Party (PGRS) which is a main component party together with the other 7 parties in Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition in Sabah.[1] He is the Division leader of GAGASAN Rakyat Sabah Party for Usukan Division.[2] [3] [4] [5]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N08 Usukan | Japlin Akim (UMNO) | 5,950 | 55.61% | Saijan Samit (IND) | 4,215 | 39.39% | 11,007 | 1,735 | 73.99% | |||
| Nordin Aloh (PAS) | 413 | 3.86% | |||||||||||
| Ibrahim Linggam (BERSEKUTU) | 122 | 1.14% | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Japlin Akim (UMNO) | 7,964 | 66.90% | Mohd Shukor Abdul Mumin (PKR) | 3,941 | 33.10% | 12,241 | 4,023 | 77.54% | ||||
| 2018 | Japlin Akim (UMNO) | 8,738 | 52.40% | Abdul Bahkrin Mohd Yusof (WARISAN) | 7,513 | 45.05% | 17,138 | 1,225 | 82.40% | ||||
| Adzmin Awang (PAS) | 355 | 2.13% | |||||||||||
| Amsor Tuah (IND) | 70 | 0.42% | |||||||||||