| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Senator Puan |
| Noorita Sual | |
| Birth Name: | Noorita binti Sual |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Office: | Senator |
| Term Start: | 20 March 2023 |
| Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Constituency Mp1: | Tenom |
| Parliament1: | Malaysian |
| Term Start1: | 9 May 2018 |
| Term End1: | 19 November 2022 |
| Majority1: | 1,133 (2018) |
| Predecessor1: | Raime Unggi (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor1: | Riduan Rubin (Independent) |
| Office2: | Faction represented in Dewan Negara |
| Subterm2: | 2023– |
| Suboffice2: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Office3: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm3: | 2018–2022 |
| Suboffice3: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Noorita binti Sual (born 28 April 1980) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as a Senator since March 2023. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenom from May 2018 to November 2022.[1] [2] She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. She is the first Murut female lawyer in the Malaysian history.
In the 2013 Sabah state election, Noorita made her electoral debut after being nominated by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to contest for the Melalap state seat. She lost to Radin Malleh of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 2,599 votes.
In the 2018 general election, Noorita was nominated by PH to contest for the Tenom federal seat. She won the seat and was elected into Parliament as the Tenom MP after defeating Rubin Balang of BN by majority of 1,108 votes.[3] [4] Her victory also ended the long parliamentary service of BN of Tenom.
In the 2022 general election, Noorita was renominated by PH to defend the Tenom seat. She lost the seat after losing to Riduan Rubin, an independent candidate, member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) and son of aforementioned Rubin by a minority of 1,108 votes.
On 20 March 2023, Noorita was appointed as a Senator by Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah, alongside Abun Sui Anyit, Anifah Aman, Professor Dr. Awang Sariyan, Isaiah Jacob, Low Kian Chuan, Mohd Hasbie Muda, Mohd Hatta Ramli, Roderick Wong Siew Lead and Sivarraajh Chandran.
| Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Melalap | Noorita Sual (DAP) | 1,992 | 20.26% | Radin Malleh (PBS) | 4,643 | 47.22% | 9,832 | 2,599 | 81.43% | |||
| bgcolor = | Roger Stimin (SAPP) | 2,044 | 20.79% | ||||||||||
| bgcolor = | Kong Fui Seng (STAR) | 924 | 9.40% |
| Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P181 Tenom | Noorita Sual (DAP) | 11,363 | 49.35% | Rubin Balang (UMNO) | 10,230 | 44.43% | 23,027 | 1,133 | 78.91% | |||
| bgcolor = | Laimoi @ Yuslinah Laikim (STAR) | 645 | 2.80% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Noorita Sual (DAP) | 8,919 | 31.13% | Riduan Rubin (IND) | 10,027 | 35.00% | 28,649 | 1,108 | 68.14% | ||||
| Jamawi Ja’afar (UMNO) | 8,625 | 30.11% | |||||||||||
| Ukim Buandi (WARISAN) | 992 | 3.46% | |||||||||||
| Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND) | 86 | 0.30% |