2001 Sarawak state election

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.[1]

2001 Sarawak state election
27 September 2001
All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered868,487
Turnout542,285 (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 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

Results by party
Enrolled voters868,487Votes cast542,285Turnout62.44%
Did not vote426,734Informal votes7,074Informal1.30%
Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1996 Dissolution Elected % Change # % Change
Barisan NasionalBNAbdul Taib Mahmud6257576096.77382,13771.16
Independent632211.6157,22010.66
Democratic Action PartyDAPWong Ho Leng133311.6145,3278.44
National Justice PartyKEADILAN25N/AN/A00.0037,2446.94
State Reform PartySTAR5N/AN/A00.0012,2112.27
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyPAS3N/AN/A00.002,8540.53
Total171626262100.00536,993100.00

Results by constituency

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 ConstituencyElected state assembly membersElected party
BN 60 | DAP 1 | KeADILan 0 | PAS 0 | STAR 0 | IND 1
N01Tanjung DatuRanum MinaBN
N02Tasik BiruPeter Nansian NgusieBN
N03Pantai DamaiAbdul Rahman JunaidiBN
N04Demak LautAbang Draup Zamahari @ Abang Abdul Rauf Abang ZenBN
N05TupongDaud Abdul RahmanBN
N06SatokAbang Johari Abang OpengBN
N07SamariangSharifah Mordiah Tuanku FauziBN
N08PadunganLily Yong Lee LeeBN
N09PendingSim Kheng HuiBN
N10Batu LintangChan Seng KhaiBN
N11Batu KawahAlfred Yap Chin LoiBN
N12AsajayaAbdul Karim Rahman HamzahBN
N13Muara TuangAdenan SatemBN
N14BengohJerip SusilBN
N15TaratRoland SagahBN
N16TebeduMichael ManyinBN
N17KedupFederick Bayoi ManggieBN
N18Sadong JayaWan Abdul Wahab Wan SanusiBN
N19SimunjanNaroden MajaisBN
N20SebuyauJulaihi NarawiBN
N21Beting MaroBolhassan DiBN
N22Bukit BegunanMong DagangBN
N23SimanggangFrancis Harden HollisBN
N24EngkililiToh Heng SanBN
N25Batang AiUnting IngkotBN
N26SaribasWahbi JunaidiBN
N27LayarAlfred Jabu NumpangBN
N28KalakaAbdul Wahab AzizBN
N29KrianPeter Nyarok EntrieBN
N30BelawaiHamden AhmadBN
N31SerdengMohamad Asfia Awang NasarBN
N32Matu DaroWahab DolahBN
N33MeradongTing Check SiiBN
N34RepokDavid Teng Lung ChiBN
N35PakanWilliam Mawan IkomBN
N36MeluanWong JudatIND
N37NgemahGabriel Adit DemongBN
N38MachanGramong JunaBN
N39Bukit AssekDaniel Ngieng Kiong AnnBN
N40DudongSoon Choon TeckBN
N41Bawang AssanWong Soon KohBN
N42PelawanVincent Goh Chung SiongBN
N43NangkaAwang Bemee Awang Ali BasahBN
N44DalatFatimah AbdullahBN
N45BalingianAbdul Taib MahmudBN
N46TaminJoseph Entulu BelaunBN
N47KakusJohn Sikei TayaiBN
N48PelagusLarry Soon @ Larry Sng Wei ShienBN
N49KatibasAmbrose BlikauBN
N50BalehJames Jemut MasingBN
N51BelagaStanley Ajang BatokBN
N52KemenaRundi Stephen UtomBN
N53KidurongChiew Chiu SingDAP
N54JepakTalib ZulpilipBN
N55LambirAidan WingBN
N56PiasauGeorge Chan Hong NamBN
N57SenadinLee Kim ShinBN
N58MarudiSylvester Entri MuranBN
N59Telang UsanLihan JokBN
N60LimbangRichard Wong Shoan FookBN
N61LawasAwang Tengah Ali HassanBN
N62Ba'kelalanJudson TagalBN

Percentage of votes garnered by each party

[1]

Political parties Number of
votes		 Percentage of
votes (%)
National Front382,13771.16
Democratic Action Party45,3278.44
National Justice Party37,2446.94
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party2,8540.52
State Reform Party12,2112.27
Independent (63 candidates)57,22010.66
Total536,993100

Summary
Party Seats
contested		 Seats won
National Front:6260
     United Traditional Bumiputera Party3030
    Sarawak United People's Party1716
    Sarawak Dayak People's Party88
    Sarawak National Party76
National Justice Party250
Democratic Action Party131
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party30
State Reform Party50
Independent (63 candidates)441
Total (where applicable)N/A62

References
  1. Report of the Eighth Sarawak state elections 2001 (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed on 26 August 2009
  2. "Sarawak General Election 2001-RESULTS". e-borneo.com. 2001. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
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