Heritage Party (Malaysia)
Heritage Party Parti Warisan | |
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| Abbreviation | WARISAN |
| President | Shafie Apdal |
| Deputy President | Ignatius Darell Leiking |
| Secretary General | Loretto Damien S. Padua, Jr. |
| Founders | Shafie Apdal |
| Founded | 17 October 2016 (as Parti Warisan Sabah) 12 December 2020 (as Parti Warisan) |
| Split from | UMNO (Shafie Apdal) PKR (Darell Leiking) DAP (Junz Wong) |
| Preceded by | Sabah Heritage Development Party |
| Headquarters | No 8, Aras 1, Lorong Kompleks BSA, Kolombong, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| Membership (2022) | 450,000 |
| Ideology | Progressivism Multiracialism Nationalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Warisan Plus (2016–2021)[nb 1] National Unity Government (since 2022) |
| Colours | Light blue, dark blue and red |
| Slogan | Bangsa Kita, Warisan Kita, Masa Depan Kita ('Our Nation, Our Heritage, Our Future') |
| Anthem | Warisan Pertahan Warisan Negara |
| Dewan Negara | 0 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat | 3 / 222 |
| Dewan Undangan Negeri | 25 / 611 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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The Heritage Party (Malay: Parti Warisan, WARISAN) is a multiracial political party in Malaysia which was rebranded and renamed from the Sabah Heritage Party (Malay: Parti Warisan Sabah), a Sabah-based party led by Shafie Apdal formed earlier on 17 October 2016 after its expansion into national level politics at the end of 2020.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]Warisan formed an electoral alliance with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the 2018 general election (GE14). Party president Shafie Apdal promised that the party would be represented in the federal cabinet should PH be elected to power,[4][5] adding that through the electoral pact, the party would only cooperate with instead of joining the coalition.[6] The party soon became part of the ruling government following Pakatan Harapan's victory in the general election. However, Warisan returned to the opposition in April 2021 following the fall of the PH government.[7]
During the 2020 Sabah state election, the state ruling party was defeated by the informal Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state opposition coalition consisting of the federal ruling Perikatan Nasional, Barisan Nasional, and the United Sabah Party. Warisan failed to secure a simple majority to retain the state power, allowing the GRS coalition to form a new state government.[8] Following the 2020 election, Warisan became the largest opposition party within the Sabah Legislative Assembly, and the outgoing Chief Minister, party president Shafie Apdal, became the new Leader of the Opposition in Sabah.
At the party's annual general meeting on 12 December 2020, members voted in favour of elevating the party from a state-based party into a national party, aiming to represent East Malaysia within the national decision-making. Following this announcement, the party was renamed into the Heritage Party (Parti Warisan).[9][10]
Warisan officially began its expansion into Peninsula Malaysia on 17 December 2021 with the launch of its peninsular chapter, which would be collaborating with MUDA. At the same event, Shafie also hinted that a Peninsular Malaysian assemblyman would be joining the party.[3] On 22 January 2022, Bryan Lai Wai Chong, the Selangor assemblyman for Teratai joined the party to become its first peninsular assemblyman,[11] followed two days later by Law Heng Kiang, a former Penang assemblyman for Batu Lancang, and former Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi.[12] In February 2022, UMNO's former Kukup assemblyman, Suhaimi Salleh, joined the party to become its Johor elections coordinator in the 12 March state election.[13]
On 15 February 2022, Warisan announced that they would contest in the 2022 Johor state election as a test of the party's support in the Peninsula.[14] Besides Suhaimi Salleh, Warisan also recruited former Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Central Working Committee (CWC) member Datuk Seri S. Sunther, son of ex-MIC Vice President Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam, as well as former GERAKAN Johor Women's Chief Wong Siew Poh to assist the party in the election.[15] Eventually, candidates from Warisan contested in 6 of the 56 state assembly seats on offer, but failed to win any of the seats.[16]
In the 2025 Sabah state election, Warisan won 25 seats, coming close behind GRS both in seat count and vote share. Part of its support came from ethnic Chinese voters shifting from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), with Warisan winning all six seats previously held by the DAP.[17]
Organisational structure
[edit]- President :
- Deputy President :
- Vice-President :
- Secretary-General :
- Loretto Damien Padua
- Secretary-Executive :
- Information Chief :
- Treasurer-General :
- Wanita Chief :
- Norfaizah Chua
- Wira Chief :
- Terence Au Soo Fui
- Wirawati Chief :
- Supreme Council Members :
- Chen Ket Chuin
- Mudi Dubing
- Ahmad Hassan
- Mohd Zinin Adong Ajak
- Mazliwati Abdul Malek Chua
- Honorsius Joseph Alfred Bosuin
- Dr. Charles Ebbie
- Ma'mun Sulaiman
- Ahmad Shah Tambakau
- YB Sarifuddin Hata
- YB Arunarnsin Taib
- Japar Awang
- Mahadi Mumin
- Aidi Moktar
- Mohd Taib Isai
- Rozman Isli
- YB Assaffal Samsul Kamal
- YB Calvin Chong Ket Kiun
- YB Justin Wong Yung Bin
- Siti Aminah
- Jennifer Lasimbang
- National Coordinator :
- Dr Rajiv Bhanot
- State Coordinator :
- Perlis : Abdul A'zib Saad
- Kedah : Fadzil Hanafi
- Kelantan : Khairul Azuan Kamaruddin
- Penang : Jeff Ooi
- Perak : Sunther Subramaniam
- Selangor : Lai Wai Chong
- Negeri Sembilan : Azman Idris
- Malacca : Ng Choon Koon
- Johor : Suhaimi Salleh
- Labuan : Rozman Isli
Elected representatives
[edit]Dewan Negara (Senate)
[edit]Senators
[edit]- His Majesty's appointee:
Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
[edit]Warisan has 3 MPs in the House of Representatives.
| State | No. | Parliament constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sabah | P169 | Kota Belud | Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis | Warisan | |
| P188 | Lahad Datu | Yusof Apdal | Warisan | ||
| P189 | Semporna | Shafie Apdal | Warisan | ||
| Total | Sabah (3) | ||||
Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)
[edit]Sabah State Legislative Assembly
| State | No. | Parliamentary constituency | No. | State constituency | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah |
P169 | Kota Belud | N10 | Usukan | Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis | Warisan | ||
| P171 | Sepanggar | N17 | Darau | Azhar Matussin | Warisan | |||
| N18 | Inanam | Edna Jessica Majimbun | Warisan | |||||
| P172 | Kota Kinabalu | N19 | Likas | Tham Yun Fook | Warisan | |||
| N20 | Api-Api | Loi Kok Liang | Warisan | |||||
| N21 | Luyang | Samuel Wong Tshun Chuen | Warisan | |||||
| P173 | Putatan | N22 | Tanjung Aru | Junz Wong Hong Jun | Warisan | |||
| P174 | Penampang | N25 | Kapayan | Chin Tek Ming | Warisan | |||
| P176 | Kimanis | N30 | Bongawan | Daud Yusof | Warisan | |||
| P178 | Sipitang | N35 | Sindumin | Yusri Pungut | Warisan | |||
| P184 | Libaran | N50 | Gum-Gum | Arunarsin Taib | Warisan | |||
| N52 | Sungai Sibuga | Nurulalsah Hassan Alban | Warisan | |||||
| P185 | Batu Sapi | N53 | Sekong | Alias Sani | Warisan | |||
| N54 | Karamunting | Alex Wong Tshun Khee | Warisan | |||||
| P186 | Sandakan | N55 | Elopura | Calvin Chong Ket Kiun | Warisan | |||
| N56 | Tanjong Papat | Alex Thien Ching Qiang | Warisan | |||||
| P188 | Lahad Datu | N60 | Tungku | Assaffal Samsul Kamal | Warisan | |||
| N61 | Segama | Muhammad Abdul Karim | Warisan | |||||
| N62 | Silam | Yusof Apdal | Warisan | |||||
| P189 | Semporna | N64 | Sulabayan | Jaujan Sambakong | Warisan | |||
| N65 | Senallang | Mohd Shafie Apdal | Warisan | |||||
| N66 | Bugaya | Jamil Hamzah | Warisan | |||||
| P190 | Tawau | N69 | Sri Tanjong | Justin Wong Yung Bin | Warisan | |||
| P191 | Kalabakan | N72 | Merotai | Sarifuddin Hata | Warisan | |||
| N73 | Sebatik | Manahing Tinggilani | Warisan | |||||
| Total | Sabah (25) | |||||||
Government offices
[edit]Ministerial posts
[edit]| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Constituency |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | Mohammad Yusof Apdal | Lahad Datu |
State governments
[edit]- Sabah (2018–2020)
Note: bold as Premier/Chief Minister, italic as junior partner
Official opposition
[edit]| State | Leader type | Member | State Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah |
Opposition Leader | Shafie Apdal | Senallang |
Election results
[edit]General election results
[edit]| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Voting Percentage | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 / 222 |
17 | 280,520 | 2.32% |  8 seats; Governing coalitionlater Opposition coalition (allied with PH) |
Shafie Apdal |
| 2022 | 3 / 222 |
51 | 300,497 | 1.93% |  5 seats; Governing coalition (allied with PH, BN, GPS and GRS) |
Shafie Apdal |
State election results
[edit]| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perlis | Kedah | Kelantan | Terengganu | Penang | Perak | Pahang | Selangor | Negeri Sembilan | Malacca | Johor | Sabah | Sarawak | Total won / Total contested | |
| 2/3 majority | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | |
| 2018 | 21 / 60 |
21 / 45 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | 23 / 73 |
23 / 46 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | 0 / 56 |
0 / 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | 0 / 15 |
0 / 59 |
0 / 42 |
0 / 17 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 25 / 73 |
25 / 73 | ||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ↑ From 2018 to 2020, Warisan was PH's junior partner in federal coalition government, while Warisan was the senior partner in Sabah coalition government
See also
[edit]- Parti Impian Sabah (similar party)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Shafie's Party Name, Logo Approved, To Be Called 'Parti Warisan Sabah'". New Straits Times. Malaysian Digest. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "Parti Warisan Sabah is new name of Shafie-led party". Bernama. The Sun. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
- 1 2 "Warisan to spread wings in peninsula on Dec 17". The Vibes. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ↑ "Warisan and Pakatan Harapan team up in Sabah for Malaysia elections". The Straits Times. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
Mr Shafie said that Warisan was not contesting in Peninsular Malaysia, but is ready to work with Pakatan Harapan (PH), without a pact, at the national level. We are a multi-racial party, we don't want to follow the PH coalition style in Peninsular Malaysia. When they form the government in Putrajaya, we will have ministers in the federal cabinet from Warisan and the Warisan (Sabah state) government will also have ministers from PH. Speaking to more than 5,000 party members at the assembly with the theme "In God We Trust, Change We Must", he urged all of them to prepare for the election.
- ↑ "Warisan seals electoral pact with DAP and PKR". Malaysiakini. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018. (subscription required)
- ↑ Suzianah Jiffar (2 April 2018). "Warisan will work only with Pakatan Harapan for GE14". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Warisan 'unhooks' from Pakatan, keeps options open on political alignment for GE15". The Star (Malaysia). 5 April 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ Yusof, Amir (27 September 2020). "Muhyiddin-led Gabungan Rakyat Sabah clinches simple majority in state polls". Channel News Asia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ↑ "Warisan spreads its wings to Peninsular Malaysia". The Star. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ Geraldine, Avila (14 December 2020). "Warisan should remain as Sabah based party". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ "Selangor's Teratai rep becomes Warisan's first assemblyman in the peninsula,". The Star (Malaysia). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ↑ "No antagonism, sloganeering from us, unlike DAP: Warisan's Jeff Ooi". thevibes.com. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ↑ "Mohd Shafie confirms Warisan will contest in Johor polls". The Sun (Malaysia). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ↑ "Report: Warisan set to test waters for peninsula expansion in Johor poll". The Malay Mail. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ↑ "Former Johor Bersatu state chief accidentally revealed as Warisan state coordinator in technical glitch". The Malay Mail. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ↑ "Warisan to re-strategise after failing to win any seat in Johor". The Borneo Post. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ↑ Aqil Haziq Mahmud; Izzah Aqilah Norman (30 November 2025). "5 insights from Sabah election results, including implications for Malaysia politics and PM Anwar". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
