Unofficial: GRS wins Sabah election, according to Hamzah

SABAH POLLS | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) is winning the Sabah state election, according to Hamzah Zainuddin.

However, the Bersatu secretary-general said they are not making any announcement yet until all results are officially confirmed.

"But we don't want to declare it yet. Because it is all unofficial.

"But we know that we are going to... Unofficially, we are going to take over the state (government).

"We will make sure everyone is confirmed, then only we make an announcement," he told reporters when met at Perikatan Nasional war room in Kota Kinabalu about 9pm today.

Hamzah (photo) was asked about the unofficial results that show GRS components having reached the 37-seat threshold to get a simple majority in the Sabah state legislative assembly.

For the record, Sabah has a total of 73 state seats.

As of the time of writing at 9.11pm, unofficial results based on live tally updates by Malaysiakini showed that GRS has won 37 seats.

GRS is made of three components - namely Perikatan Nasional, BN, and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

From the 37, Umno, which is part of BN, has the most seats with 15.

State ruling party Warisan Plus, meanwhile, was left behind with only 20 seats. From the number, 13 are captured by Warisan, six by DAP and one by PKR.