GRS targets more than 15 Sabah parliamentary seats in GE16

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) is aiming to win more than 15 of Sabah's 25 parliamentary seats at the 16th general election (GE16), secretary-general Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said, The Star reported on Tuesday, 6 October 2026.

He was speaking after a GRS supreme council meeting chaired by GRS chairman and Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

Why 15 seats

Armizan said simulations based on the November 2025 Sabah election show GRS can realistically win 14 to 15 parliamentary seats, without counting UPKO joining. He wants more, though. "Fourteen seats are not enough," he said.

UPKO is now GRS's sixth component party after joining in June. UPKO president Datuk Ewon Benedick has said the party wants to defend the two parliamentary seats it holds, Penampang and Tuaran.

What's next

GRS will review its five-year record and its manifestos at the GRS Convention 2026 in Kudat on 18 October, with about 2,500 people expected.

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Sources

• The Star, GRS targets over 15 Sabah parliamentary seats in GE16 push
• NST, GRS targets at least 14 parliamentary seats in next general election
• The Star, Ewon eyes to defend its two Parliament seats in GE16, opens to more seats and swaps