2013 Sabah state election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2013 Sabah state election

| country = Sabah

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2008 Sabah state election

| previous_year = 2008

| previous_mps = Members of the 13th Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| next_election = 2018 Sabah state election

| next_year = 2018

| next_mps = Members of the 15th Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| elected_mps = Members of the 14th Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| seats_for_election = All 60 seats in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 31

| turnout = 784,638 (79.87%)

| election_date = 5 May 2013

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Musa Aman

| leader_since1 = {{start date|2003|03|27|df=y}}

| party1 = Barisan Nasional

| colour1 =

| leaders_seat1 = Sungai Sibuga

| last_election1 = 59 seats{{efn|All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of all the component parties in BN.}}

| seats_before1 = 57

| seats_needed1 =

| seats1 = 48

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}11

| popular_vote1 = 427,890

| percentage1 = 55.78%

| swing1 =

| image2 = PR

| leader2 = Lajim Ukin{{cite news|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/16/lajim-chosen-as-state-opposition-leader/|title=Lajim chosen as state opposition leader|date=16 June 2013|publisher=The Borneo Post|access-date=2 October 2014}}

| leader_since2 = 16 June 2013

| party2 = PKR (PR{{efn|As PR was not registered as political party, each component party competes as their own name and logo.}})

| colour2 =

| leaders_seat2 = Klias

| last_election2 = 1 seat{{efn|All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of PKR, DAP and PAS.}}

| seats_before2 = 1

| seats_needed2 =

| seats2 = 11

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}10

| popular_vote2 = 248,185

| percentage2 = 32.36%

| swing2 =

| image3 = 150x150px

| leader3 = Jeffrey Kitingan

| leader_since3 = {{start date|2012|01|06|df=y}}

| party3 = State Reform Party

| colour3 = BAB9B9

| leaders_seat3 = Bingkor

| last_election3 = New party

| seats_before3 = {{nochange}}

| seats_needed3 =

| seats3 = 1

| seat_change3 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote3 = 43,167

| percentage3 = 5.63%

| swing3 =

| image4 = SAPP

| leader4 = Yong Teck Lee

| leader_since4 = {{start date|1994|01|21|df=y}}

| party4 = Sabah Progressive Party

| colour4 =

| leaders_seat4 = Likas (lost)

| last_election4 = 4 seatsSAPP contested under the BN ticket on the 2008 election

| seats_before4 = 2

| seats_needed4 =

| seats4 = 0

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}4

| popular_vote4 = 28,305

| percentage4 = 3.69%

| swing4 =

| title = Chief Minister

| posttitle = Chief Minister-designate

| before_election = Musa Aman

| before_party = Barisan Nasional

| after_election = Musa Aman

| after_party = Barisan Nasional

| map_image = Sabah constituencies.PNG

| map_size =

| map_caption = Parliamentary and state constituencies in Sabah

}}

The 2013 Sabah state election was held on Sunday, 5 May 2013 concurrently with the 13th Malaysian general election. 60 state seats were contested to elect the state legislature in the Malaysian state of Sabah. This was the 12th state election in Sabah. The state legislative assembly was dissolved on 3 April 2013 following the announcement by Najib Razak to dissolve the federal Parliament earlier on the same day.{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/sabah-state-assembly-dissolved-for-election|title=Sabah state assembly dissolved for election|date=3 April 2013|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|access-date=23 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528145148/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/sabah-state-assembly-dissolved-for-election/|archive-date=28 May 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Sabahans would also elect 25 representatives to the federal legislature which would be covered as part of the general election.

The 2008 election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, winning 59 out 60 seats. After the 2008 election, the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) withdrew from the BN coalition, resulting in 2 state seats to move out of BN. As a result, the composition of parties in the state legislature prior to dissolution was BN with 57, SAPP with 2 and DAP with 1 seat.

The final results showed that BN would keep the assembly with 48 seats, a decrease of 11 seats. The newly formed Pakatan Rakyat won 11 seats, comparing to 1 in the last assembly. The Sabah chapter of State Reform Party also won 1 seat via its leader Jeffrey Kitingan, while another Sabah-based party SAPP was wiped out from the assembly.

The Sabah state election were conducted barely 3 months after the incident in Lahad Datu on February that year.