2001 Sarawak state election

2001 Sarawak state election

27 September 2001
All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	868,487
Turnout	542,285 (62.44%)
Majority party Minority party   DAP Leader Abdul Taib Mahmud Wong Ho Leng Party BN 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 3 1 Popular vote 382,137 45,327 Percentage 71.2% 8.4% Swing 3.5% 0.6%
Chief Minister before election Abdul Taib Mahmud BN Subsequent chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud BN

The eighth Sarawak state election was held on Thursday, 27 September 2001 with nomination date on Tuesday, 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.

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.

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.

Results

Summary

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	/–
	Barisan Nasional		Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	382,137	71.16	30	1=
			Sarawak United Peoples' Party			16	3
			Sarawak National Party			6	–1
			Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak			8	0
		Total				60	3
	Democratic Action Party			45,327	8.44	1	–2
	National Justice Party			37,244	6.94	0	New
	State Reform Party			12,211	2.27	0	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			2,854	0.53	0	0
	Independents			57,220	10.66	1	–1
Total				536,993	100.00	62	0
Valid votes				536,993	98.70
Invalid/blank votes				7,074	1.30
Total votes				544,067	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				868,487	62.65

Results by constituency

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

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

N25. Batang Ai – Dublin 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.

The full list of representatives is shown below:

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	Abdul Rahman Junaidi	BN
N04	Demak Laut	Abang Draup Zamahari @ Abang Abdul Rauf Abang Zen	BN
N05	Tupong	Daud Abdul Rahman	BN
N06	Satok	Abang Johari Abang Openg	BN
N07	Samariang	Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi	BN
N08	Padungan	Lily Yong Lee Lee	BN
N09	Pending	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	Adenan Satem	BN
N14	Bengoh	Jerip Susil	BN
N15	Tarat	Roland Sagah	BN
N16	Tebedu	Michael Manyin	BN
N17	Kedup	Federick Bayoi Manggie	BN
N18	Sadong Jaya	Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi	BN
N19	Simunjan	Naroden Majais	BN
N20	Sebuyau	Julaihi Narawi	BN
N21	Beting Maro	Bolhassan Di	BN
N22	Bukit Begunan	Mong Dagang	BN
N23	Simanggang	Francis Harden Hollis	BN
N24	Engkilili	Toh Heng San	BN
N25	Batang Ai	Dublin Unting Ingkot	BN
N26	Saribas	Wahbi Junaidi	BN
N27	Layar	Alfred Jabu Numpang	BN
N28	Kalaka	Abdul Wahab Aziz	BN
N29	Krian	Peter Nyarok Entrie	BN
N30	Belawai	Hamden Ahmad	BN
N31	Serdeng	Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar	BN
N32	Matu Daro	Wahab Dolah	BN
N33	Meradong	Ting Check Sii	BN
N34	Repok	David Teng Lung Chi	BN
N35	Pakan	William Mawan Ikom	BN
N36	Meluan	Wong Judat	IND
N37	Ngemah	Gabriel Adit Demong	BN
N38	Machan	Gramong Juna	BN
N39	Bukit Assek	Daniel Ngieng Kiong Ann	BN
N40	Dudong	Soon Choon Teck	BN
N41	Bawang Assan	Wong Soon Koh	BN
N42	Pelawan	Vincent Goh Chung Siong	BN
N43	Nangka	Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah	BN
N44	Dalat	Fatimah Abdullah	BN
N45	Balingian	Abdul Taib 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	James Jemut Masing	BN
N51	Belaga	Stanley Ajang Batok	BN
N52	Kemena	Stephen Rundi Utom	BN
N53	Kidurong	Chiew Chiu Sing	DAP
N54	Jepak	Talib Zulpilip	BN
N55	Lambir	Aidan Wing	BN
N56	Piasau	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	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan	BN
N62	Ba'kelalan	Judson Tagal	BN

Aftermath

Wong Judat, the independent candidate who won the Meluan seat, joined BN through its component party Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), an offshoot of deregistered SNAP, in 2003, 2 years after his victory.