COMMENT | This weekend, Sabahan civil society groups under the Bah-Bincang Kita umbrella held a well-attended youth forum featuring candidates/parties and highlighting the important role of Sabahan youth in determining the outcome of the coming polls.

This event follows the tradition of Undi Sabah, working to engage and mobilise younger voters.

Decisive group

These voters will be critical in shaping the results of the Sabah election. Their power begins with their numbers. Sabahan youth (voters under 30) comprise almost a third of the nearly 1.8 million Sabahans who will have the opportunity to vote this November, around 31 percent. 

First-time voters, those under 20 years old, comprise six percent of the election.

Youth are decisive in all 73 seats, with the exception of...