Wetrom bin Bahanda (born 26 May 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Marudu since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandau since September 2020. He served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor from October 2020 to his resignation in October 2022. He is a member of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) and was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and GRS as well as formerly the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has also served as the 1st Deputy President of KDM for the Muslim bumiputera quota since October 2022.[1][2][3][4] He is also the older brother of Verdon Bahanda, the MP for Kudat.

Wetrom Bahanda
State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah
In office
8 October 2020 – 21 October 2022
Serving with Abidin Madingkir
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Preceded byArifin Asgali
Succeeded byNizam Abu Bakar Titingan
ConstituencyBandau
1st Deputy President of the
Social Democratic Harmony Party
(Muslim bumiputera)
Assumed office
21 October 2022
Serving with Juil Nuatim (non-Muslim bumiputera, 2022–2023)
PresidentPeter Anthony
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kota Marudu
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byMaximus Ongkili
(BNPBS)
Majority8,174 (2022)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Bandau
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Majority3,363 (2020)
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
2022–Social Democratic Harmony Party
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–Social Democratic Harmony Party
Personal details
Born
Wetrom bin Bahanda

(1970-05-25) 25 May 1970 (age 54)
Kota Marudu, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO)
(–2018)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU)
(2019–2022)
Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM)
(since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(2020–2022)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(2020–2022)
SpouseDoreen Yubing
RelationsVerdon Bahanda (younger brother)
Redonah Bahanda (Sister)
OccupationPolitician

Election results

edit
Sabah State Legislative Assembly[5][6][7][8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2020 N06 Bandau Wetrom Bahanda (BERSATU) 5,863 60.41% Majamis Timbong (WARISAN) 2,500 23.18% 10,612 3,363 68.86%
Azahari Amit (USNO Baru) 477 1.06%
Webley Disim (PCS) 477 8.53%
Raphael Biun (LDP) 331 1.11%
Tolok Delly Surag (IND) 58 14.96%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P168 Kota Marudu, Sabah Wetrom Bahanda (KDM) 24,318 48.69% Maximus Ongkili (PBS) 16,144 32.32% 49,946 8,174 61.86%
Jilid Kuminding (WARISAN) 5,320 10.65%
Shahrizal Denci (MUDA) 3,225 6.46%
Norman Tulang (Independent) 660 1.32%
Mohd Azmi Zulkiflee (PEJUANG) 279 0.56%

Honours

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "25 ketua penaja bahagian BERSATU Sabah terima watikah pelantikan". Berita Harian. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ "19 Ketua Bahagian Bersatu Sabah menang tanpa bertanding". Sinar Harian. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Politik Sabah berpaksi pembangunan ekonomi". Berita Harian. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
  7. ^ "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ^ "N.06 BANDAU". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 2004" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.