Ke Arah Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15: Dinamika Pilihan Raya Negeri Sabah 2020 dan Pengajarannya

Penubuhan kerajaan Perikatan Nasional (PN) pada awal Mac 2020 telah merubah lanskap politik Malaysia secara signifikan terutamanya dari sudut permuafakatan antara parti, keutuhan sistem kepartian dan persaingan politik. Permuafakatan baharu dibentuk oleh Bersatu, PAS, UMNO/BN disokong GRS di satu pihak, pihak lagi - Pakatan Harapan (PH) kembali kepada tiga parti asalnya iaitu PKR, DAP Amanah. Perpecahan ini, berbanding atas dasar kepartian, sebaliknya berlaku pecahan kepentingan kelompok elit. Pecahan Bersatu melahirkan serpihan PEJUANG MUDA. dalaman PKR pula menyebabkan kem Azmin Ali menyertai Bersatu. Persaingan kekal tinggi namun kerjasama melemah. Berlatar belakangkan dinamika inilah, Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Sabah diadakan, selepas negeri pimpinan Shafie Apdal ditumbangkan luar dewan perundangan penghujung Julai 2020. Untuk itu, objektif utama penulisan adalah, pertama, artikel ini meneroka faktor-faktor sebalik kemenangan Gabungan Rakyat (GRS) dalam PRN Kedua, menghubungkaitkan amalan, serta pengajaran daripada praktik pilihan raya dengan konteks kontemporari kuasa peringkat nasional, ke arah Umum ke-15. Metodologi diasaskan garapan data-data sekunder beberapa temubual aktor yang terlibat itu. Implikasi tidaklah semata-mata sebagai pentas untuk memilih wilayah ia turut signikan merefleksi situasi permufakatan amalan Malaysia, masalah-masalah bersangkutan dengannya termasuk masalah lompat ketidakstabilan kepartian. Kata kunci : Sabah, Harapan, Nasional, 2020, regionalisme budaya, Warisan Plus The establishment of the in early March has significantly changed Malaysia's political landscape particularly with regard to interparty accommodations, stability party system and nature power struggle. New coalitions have been formed PAS support from GPS at one side, whereas on other side was down its original component parties, which are current fragmentations were not based party's principles as past, but largely due individual differences among elites. split produced two splinter that rupture caused Ali’s camp move competition remains high, coalition politics weakened. Against this backdrop, State Election (SSE) held after Apdal’s government toppled late July objective article is two-fold. Firstly, analyses factors behind success aforementioned election. Secondly, relates dynamics, practices lessons SSE context national level, towards next 15th general Both secondary data (from a number news portals library research) primary source (interview three candidates election) utilised writing up article. implications beyond mundane process governmental change region, it also significant reflecting state consociational contemporary including challenges party-hopping instability system. Keywords