Karim bin Bujang (3 June 1953 – 20 September 2026) was a Malaysian politician from GAGASAN.Karim Bujang quits Warisan and join Gagasan Party He was the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Bongawan from 1990 to 2013 and was formerly a Chairman of WARISAN.Karim Bujang quits Warisan and join Gagasan Party
Career
Bujang was a member of USNO before it merged with BERJAYA to form UMNO Sabah in 1991. He had held the post of Secretary-general of Barisan Nasional Sabah. In 2018, he joined WARISAN and contested the Kimanis federal seat and 2020 Kimanis by-election.
On 17 March 2024, Karim Bujang had left WARISAN to join Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN). Karim submitted his membership application form to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, who is also Gagasan Rakyat President, during a breaking-of-fast event, at Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC), here, Sunday.Karim Bujang quits Warisan and join Gagasan Party
Death
Bujang died on 20 September 2026, at the age of 73.Veteran Sabah politician Karim Bujang passes away at 73
Election results
+Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPct.Opponent(s)VotesPct.Ballots castMajorityTurnout2018P176 KimanisKarim Bujang (WARISAN)11,78646.19%Anifah Aman (UMNO)11,94246.80%25,51915686.16%Jaafar Ismail (PHRS)1,3005.09%2020Karim Bujang (WARISAN)10,67745.04%Mohamad Alamin (UMNO)12,70653.59%23,7082,09179.92%
+Sabah State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPct.Opponent(s)VotesPct.Ballots castMajorityTurnout1990N34 BongawanKarim Bujang (USNO)3,63145.89%Abdul Ghani Bidin (PBS)3,50444.29%7,91212780.06%Ibrahim Kalali (BERJAYA)3284.15%Sukaimi Suradi (PRS)1942.45%Yusoff Mohd Said (AKAR)1692.14%1994Karim Bujang (UMNO)5,49858.17%Narawi Ahmad @ Sinar (PBS)3,59638.05%9,4511,90279.63%Ajmain Abdul Gani (IND)2762.92%1999N20 BongawanKarim Bujang (UMNO)6,08757.94%Awang Tengah Awang Amin (PBS)3,76535.84%10,5052,29276.91%Ajmain Abdul Gani (IND)3433.27%Dzulkifli Abdul Hamid (BERSEKUTU)1631.55%Abdul Karim Abdul Ghani (SETIA)540.51%2004N23 BongawanKarim Bujang (UMNO)4,44452.39%Mohd Haris Mohd Tahir (IND)3,63942.90%8,48380570.03%2008Karim Bujang (UMNO)7,12373.35%Mohd Haris Mohd Tahir (IND)1,39314.34%9,7115,73078.38%Ag Wasli Ag Yahya (PKR)8759.01%Lusin Balangon (BERSEKUTU)971.00%
Honours
Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1995)
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1995) Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (1994)
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