Rubin Balang

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Rubin Balang
PGDK JP MLA
Yang Berhormat Datuk Rubin Balang PGDK JP MLA
روبين بالڠ‎
Ministerial Roles (Sabah)
1994–1996	Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister
1996–1999	Assistant Minister of Communication and Works
1999–2001	Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports Development
Vice President of the ; Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 February 2023 Serving with ; Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif & Masiung Banah
President	Hajiji Noor
Division Chairman of N43 Kemabong Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2023
President	Hajiji Noor
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly; for Kemabong
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Jamawi Ja’afar (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,012 (2020)
	In office; 18/19 February 1994 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Esar Andamas (PBS)
Succeeded by	Jamawi Ja’afar (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,150 (1994) ; 836 (1999) ; 2,511 (2004) ; 2,437 (2008) ; 3,032 (2013)
Faction represented in the ; Sabah State Legislative Assembly
1994	Parti Bersatu Sabah
1994–2018	Barisan Nasional
2020	Independent
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Since 2022	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Rubin bin Balang; 1 March 1963 (age 61); Tenom, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Sabah Party (PBS) ; (until 1994) ; United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) ; (1994–2018) ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah ; (Sabah BERSATU) ; (2019–2022) ; Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) ; (since 2023)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) ; (1994–2018) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2019–2020) ; Perikatan Nasional (PN) ; (2020–2022) ; Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) ; (since 2020)
Children	Riduan Rubin
Occupation	Politician

Datuk Rubin bin Balang is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kemabong from February 1994 to May 2018 and again since September 2020. He is a member and one of the Vice Presidents of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition.^[1] He is also the father of Riduan Rubin, the Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenom.

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[2]^[3]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P181 Tenom		Rubin Balang (UMNO)	10,230	46.00%		Noorita Sual (DAP)	11,363	51.10%	22,899	1,133	78.91%
2018	P181 Tenom		Rubin Balang (UMNO)	10,230	46.00%		Laimoi Laikim (PHRS)	645	2.90%	22,899	1,133	78.91%

**Sabah State Legislative Assembly**^[4]^[5]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1994	N40 Kemabong	Rubin Balang (PBS)	3,521	59.22%	Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (PDS)	2,371	39.87%	6,018	1,150	81.70%
1994	N40 Kemabong	Rubin Balang (PBS)	3,521	59.22%	Lim Antuka (BERSEKUTU)	54	0.91%	6,018	1,150	81.70%
1999	N31 Kemabong	Rubin Balang (UMNO)	4,741	53.15%	Esar Andamas (PBS)	3,905	43.78%	8,991	836	80.71%
1999	N31 Kemabong	Rubin Balang (UMNO)	4,741	53.15%	David Jani (BERSEKUTU)	274	3.07%	8,991	836	80.71%
2004	N36 Kemabong	Rubin Balang (UMNO)	4,027	54.84%	Peter Lunuk (IND)	1,516	20.65%	7,666	2,511	73.72%
					Limun Laikim (IND)	1,319	17.96%
					Mutang Dawat (IND)	446	6.07%
					Sim N.C. Rikin (IND)	35	0.48%
2008		Rubin Balang (UMNO)	5,158	62.78%	Peter Lunuk (PKR)	2,721	33.12%	8,442	2,437	79.66%
2008		Rubin Balang (UMNO)	5,158	62.78%	Auren Tegko (BERSEKUTU)	337	4.10%	8,442	2,437	79.66%
2013		Rubin Balang (UMNO)	5,765	53.88%	Biou Suyan (PKR)	2,733	25.54%	11,104	3,032	84.00%
					Alfred Tan Jin Kiong (STAR)	1,155	10.79%
					William Ensor Tingkalor (SAPP)	1,047	9.79%
2020	N43 Kemabong	Rubin Balang (IND)	4,214	38.48%	Lucas Umbul (UPKO)	3,202	29.23%	10,952	1,012	72.60%
					Raime Unggi (UMNO)	2,966	27.08%
					Juster Peter (LDP)	268	2.45%
					Alfred Tay Jin Kiong (PCS)	229	2.09%
					Rainus Sagulau (USNO Baru)	73	0.67%