Awang Ahmad Sah is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is currently an independent politician and formerly a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and formerly a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and State Reform Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR.
On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election.
Education He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.
Election results +Sabah State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2013N18 PetagasAwang Ahmad Sah (STAR)1,1118.62%Yahya Hussin (Sabah UMNO)8,50466.00%12,8845,65383.03%Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR)2,85122.13%2020N23 Petagas (WARISAN)4,12543.23%Arsit Sedi @ Sidik(Sabah BERSATU)3,86440.49%9,54226169.33%Paul Nointien (IND)5725.99%Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS)3553.72%Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP)1181.24%Mohamad Kulat (GAGASAN)330.35%2025 (IND)4,27131.89%Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR)3,01622.52%13,5941,25567.75%Uda Sulai (WARISAN)2,91221.74%Jason Lee Nyuk Soon (UPKO)1,3069.75%Mohd Afifi Shaiffuddin (PAS)1,2839.58%Annita Shiela F. Among (STAR)2762.06%Aslin Samat (IMPIAN)1330.99%Adelaide Cornelius (KDM)1220.91%Sabrezani Sabdin(ANAK NEGERI)400.30%Patrick Manius (IND)340.25%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2019) Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018)
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