Noorita binti Sual (born 28 April 1980) is a

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and

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who has served as a

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since March 2023. She served as the

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(MP) for

Tenom Tenom ( ms, Pekan Tenom, ) is the capital of the Tenom District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 5,148 in 2010. It is located about 176 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu and 128 kilometres n ...

from May 2018 to November 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...

(PH) coalition. She is the first

Murut Murut may refer to: * Murut people The Murut are an indigenous ethnic group, comprising 29 sub-ethnic groups inhabiting the northern inland regions of Borneo. The Murutic languages are a family of half a dozen closely related Austronesian lan ...

female lawyer in the Malaysian history.

Political career

Candidate of Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (2013)

In the

2013 Sabah state election 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 state legislature in the Malaysian state of Sabah. This was the 12th state election in Saba ...

, Noorita made her electoral debut after being nominated by

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP ...

(PR) to contest for the Melalap state seat. She lost to Radin Malleh of

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) by a minority of 2,599 votes.

Member of Parliament (2018–2022)

In the 2018 general election, Noorita was nominated by PH to contest for the Tenom federal seat. She won the seat and was elected into Parliament as the Tenom MP after defeating

Rubin Balang Rubin bin Balang is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kemabong (state constituency), Kemabong from February 1994 to May 2018 and again since September 2020. He is ...

of BN by majority of 1,108 votes. Her victory also ended the long parliamentary service of BN of Tenom. In the

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, Noorita was renominated by PH to defend the Tenom seat. She lost the seat after losing to Riduan Rubin, an

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candidate, member of the

Social Democratic Harmony Party The Social Democratic Harmony Party (abbr. KDM) is a regional political party based in Sabah, Malaysia founded by Peter Anthony and Juil Nuatim. It aims to represent the interests of the Kadazan-Dusun and Murut people. The KDM is currently ali ...

(KDM) and son of aforementioned Rubin by a minority of 1,108 votes.

Senator (since 2023)

On 20 March 2023, Noorita was appointed as a Senator by

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, Al-Sultan Abdullah, alongside Abun Sui Anyit,

Anifah Aman Anifah bin Haji Aman @ Haniff Amman ( Jawi: عنيفه بن أمان @ حنيف أمان; born 16 November 1953) is a Malaysian politician. Presently he is the President of Love Sabah Party (PCS). He formerly had served as the Minister of Forei ...

, Professor Dr. Awang Sariyan, Isaiah Jacob, Low Kian Chuan, Mohd Hasbie Muda,

Mohd Hatta Ramli Datuk Wira Mohd Hatta bin Md. Ramli ( Jawi: محمد حتّى بن مد رملي; born 11 September 1956) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration unde ...

, Roderick Wong Siew Lead and

Sivarraajh Chandran Malay titles, Dato' Sivarraajh s/o Chandran ( ta, சி. சிவராஜ், Ci. Civarāj; born 16 September 1976) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Cameron Highlands ( ...

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - ASDK-ADK-BSK-BK

Companion of the

Order of Kinabalu The Illustrious Order of Kinabalu (Malay: ''Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Kinabalu'') is the only order conferred by the Governor of Sabah, Malaysia. Background The Illustrious Order of Kinabalu is established by virtue of Section 3(a) of State Honou ...

(ASDK) (2018)

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* Living people 1980 births People from Sabah Murut people Women in Sabah politics Women members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Dewan Rakyat Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Negara {{malaysia-politician-stub