Sarawak state election, 2001

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Sarawak state election, 2001
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All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 546,285 (67.01%)
  Majority party Minority party
  Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud.jpg DAP
Leader Abdul Taib Mahmud Wong Ho Leng
Party Barisan Nasional DAP
Leader since 26 March 1981 (1981-03-26) 12 February 2001
Leader's seat Balingian Bukit Assek (lost)
Last election 57 seats, 67.7% 3 seats, 9.0%
Seats before 57 2
Seats won 60 1
Seat change Increase3 Decrease1
Popular vote 382,137 45,327
Percentage 71.2% 8.4%
Swing Increase3.5% Decrease0.6%
Chief Minister before election

Abdul Taib Mahmud
Barisan Nasional

 Subsequent chief minister

Abdul Taib Mahmud
Barisan Nasional

The Eighth Sarawak state election was held on 27 September 2001 with nomination date on 18 September 2001. The state assembly was supposed to be expired on 18 November 2001 but it was dissolved by the governor of Sarawak 2 months earlier on 3 September 2001.[1]

The election saw 815,932 citizens eligible to vote but only 67.01% of the total voters or 546,285 voters had turned up to vote in this election.[1]

There were 171 candidates pursuing for 62 state seats in Sarawak. Sarawak Barisan Nasional (National Front) won 60 out of 62 seats while the remaining two seats were won by Democratic Action Party (DAP) and independent respectively.[1][2]

Results

4 state seats were won unopposed by Sarawak National Front on the nomination day.[2] They were:

N11. Batu Kawah – Alfred Yap Chin Loi by Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)

N25. Batang Ai – Unting Anak Ingkot by Sarawak Dayak People's Party (PBDS)

N49. Katibas – Ambrose Blikau by United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB)

N62. Ba'kelalan – Dr Judson Tagal by Sarawak National Party (SNAP)

There were two election petitions filed to the Sarawak high court for N48 Pelagus and N60 Limbang constituency respectively after the election.[1]

The full list of representatives is shown below:[1][2]

No. State Constituency Elected state assembly members Elected party
BN 60 | DAP 1 | KeADILan 0 | PAS 0 | STAR 0 | IND 1
N01 Tanjung Datu Ranum Mina BN
N02 Tasik Biru Peter Nansian Ngusie BN
N03 Pantai Damai Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi BN
N04 Demak Laut Dr Abang Draup Zamahari @ ABG Haji Abdul Rauf ABG Haji Zen BN
N05 Tupong Haji Daud Abdul Rahman BN
N06 Satok Datuk Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg BN
N07 Samariang Datin Paduka Hajah Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi BN
N08 Padungan Lily Yong Lee Lee BN
N09 Pending Datuk Sim Kheng Hui BN
N10 Batu Lintang Chan Seng Khai BN
N11 Batu Kawah Alfred Yap Chin Loi BN
N12 Asajaya Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah BN
N13 Muara Tuang Datuk Adenan Satem BN
N14 Bengoh Dr Jerip Susil BN
N15 Tarat Roland Sagah BN
N16 Tebedu Datuk Michael Manyin Jawong BN
N17 Kedup Federick Bayoi Manggie BN
N18 Sadong Jaya Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi BN
N19 Simunjan Naroden Haji Majais BN
N20 Sebuyau Julaihi Narawi BN
N21 Beting Maro Bolhassan Haji Di BN
N22 Bukit Begunan Mong Ak Dagang BN
N23 Simanggang Francis Harden Anak Hollis BN
N24 Engkilili Toh Heng San BN
N25 Batang Ai Unting Anak Ingkot BN
N26 Saribas Dr Haji Wahbi Bin Haji Junaidi BN
N27 Layar Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Ak Numpang BN
N28 Kalaka Abdul Wahab Aziz BN
N29 Krian Peter Nyarok Entrie BN
N30 Belawai Haji Hamden Ahmad BN
N31 Serdeng Datuk Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar BN
N32 Matu Daro Datuk Abdul Wahab Dolah BN
N33 Meradong Ting Check Sii BN
N34 Repok Datuk David Teng Lung Chi BN
N35 Pakan Datuk William Mawan Ak Ikom BN
N36 Meluan Wong Judat IND
N37 Ngemah Gabriel Adit Demong BN
N38 Machan Datuk Gramong Juna BN
N39 Bukit Assek Daniel Ngieng Kiong Ann BN
N40 Dudong Dr Soon Choon Teck BN
N41 Bawang Assan Datuk Wong Soon Koh BN
N42 Pelawan Vincent Goh Chung Siong BN
N43 Nangka Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah BN
N44 Dalat Fatimah Abdullah @ Ting Sai Ming BN
N45 Balingian Tan Sri Abdul Taib bin Mahmud BN
N46 Tamin Joseph Entulu Belaun BN
N47 Kakus John Sikei Tayai BN
N48 Pelagus Larry Soon @ Larry Sng Wei Shien BN
N49 Katibas Ambrose Blikau BN
N50 Baleh Datuk Dr James Masing BN
N51 Belaga Stanley Ajang Batok BN
N52 Kemena Dr Rundi Stephen Utom BN
N53 Kidurong Chiew Chiu Sing DAP
N54 Jepak Talib Bin Zulpilip BN
N55 Lambir Aidan Wing BN
N56 Piasau Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam BN
N57 Senadin Lee Kim Shin BN
N58 Marudi Sylvester Entri Muran BN
N59 Telang Usan Lihan Jok BN
N60 Limbang Richard Wong Shoan Fook BN
N61 Lawas Datuk Awang Tengah Ali Hassan BN
N62 Ba'kelalan Dr Judson Tagal BN

Percentage of votes garnered by each party

[1]

Political parties Number of
votes		 Percentage of
votes (%)
National Front 382,137 71.16
Democratic Action Party 45,327 8.44
National Justice Party 37,244 6.94
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 2,854 0.52
Sarawak State Reform Party 12,211 2.27
Independent (63 candidates) 57,220 10.66
Total 536,993 100

Summary

Party Seats
contested		 Seats won
National Front: 62 60
     United Traditional Bumiputera Party 30 30
    Sarawak United People's Party 17 16
    Sarawak Dayak People's Party 8 8
    Sarawak National Party 7 6
National Justice Party 25 0
Democratic Action Party 13 1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 3 0
Sarawak State Reform Party 5 0
Independent (63 candidates) 44 1
Total (where applicable) N/A 62

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Report of the Eighth Sarawak state elections 2001 (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed on 26 August 2009
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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