Riduan Rubin

Riduan bin Rubin is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenom from November 2022. He is a member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM). He was an independent and a former member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a former component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He is one of the two KDM MPs along with Kota Marudu MP Wetrom Bahanda and one of the two independent candidates who was elected in the 2022 general election along with Kudat MP Verdon Bahanda. He is also the son of Rubin Balang, the Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kemabong and the Vice President II of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat).

Political career Member of Parliament (since 2022) 2022 general election In the 2022 general election, Riduan made his electoral debut after nominating himself to contest for the Tenom federal seat as an independent candidate. After that, he joined KDM temporarily in only 3 weeks before KDM joined coup d'etat with WARISAN and BN Sabah. He won the seat and was elected into Parliament as the Tenom MP after defeating defending MP Noorita Sual of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Jamawi Ja'afar of the Barisan Nasional (BN), Ukim Buandi of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and another independent candidate Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting by a majority of 1,108 votes.

Election results +Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2022 P181 Tenom Riduan Rubin (IND) 10,027 35.00% Noorita Sual (DAP)8,919 31.13% 28,649 1,108 68.14%Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO)8,62530.11% Ukim Buandi (WARISAN)9923.46%Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND)860.30%

Honours Honours of Malaysia

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