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2001 Sarawak state election
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Malaysian state legislative election
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2001 Sarawak state election Sarawak legislative no 1996 Sarawak state election 1996 Members of the 14th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 2006 Sarawak state election 2006 Members of the 15th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 32 27 September 2001 815,932 546,851 (67.02%) 130px Abdul Taib Mahmud 1981 03 26 y Barisan Nasional Balingian 382,227 71.2% 4.6% 57 seats, 66.6% 57 60 3 DAP Wong Ho Leng 12 February 2001 Democratic Action Party Bukit Assek (lost) 45,327 8.4% 0.4% 3 seats, 8.9% 3 1 2 Chief Minister Subsequent chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud Barisan Nasional Abdul Taib Mahmud Barisan Nasional
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 67.02% of the total voters or 546,851 voters had turned up to vote in this election.Report of the Eighth Sarawak state elections 2001 (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed on 26 August 2009
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
Barisan Nasional 5 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 174699 30 +1 Sarawak United Peoples' Party 143593 16 +3 Sarawak National Party 29329 6 –2 Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 34606 8 +1 382227 60 +3 Democratic Action Party 45327 1 –2 National Justice Party 37244 0 New State Reform Party 12211 0 New Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 2854 0 0 Independents 57220 1 –1 9768 0 815932 {https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/2001-SARAWAK-STATE-ELECTIONS/SARAWAK_2001_DUN_RESULTS.csv.csv}The above registered voter count represents total electorate of contested constituencies. Total electorate for Sarawak 2001 is 868487 where this includes 4 uncontested seats. The invalid vote count includes 7073 Rejected Votes and 2695 Unreturned BallotsSARAWAK_2001_DUN_RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/2001-SARAWAK-STATE-ELECTIONS/SARAWAK_2001_DUN_RESULTS.csv Tindak Malaysia GitHub.
Results by constituency
4 state seats were won unopposed by Sarawak National Front on the nomination day.Singh Sarban Mohd Ainon BN wins four uncontested https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oqktAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fHgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3108%2C4970427 5 March 2025 New Straits Times New Straits Times Press 19 September 2001
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:http://www.e-borneo.com/news/sp/sarawak-election-res.shtml Sarawak General Election 2001-RESULTS 2001 e-borneo.com 7 August 2010TindakMalaysia HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/2001-SARAWAK-STATE-ELECTIONS/SARAWAK_2001_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/2001-SARAWAK-STATE-ELECTIONS/SARAWAK_2001_DUN_RESULTS.csv 2026-03-25 GitHub en
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 (SUPP) N02 Tasik Biru Peter Nansian Ngusie BN (SNAP) N03 Pantai Damai Abdul Rahman Junaidi BN (PBB) N04 Demak Laut Abang Draup Zamahari @ Abang Abdul Rauf Abang Zen BN (PBB) N05 Tupong Daud Abdul Rahman BN (PBB) N06 Satok Abang Johari Abang Openg BN (PBB) N07 Samariang Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi BN (PBB) N08 Padungan Lily Yong Lee Lee BN (SUPP) N09 Pending Sim Kheng Hui BN (SUPP) N10 Batu Lintang Chan Seng Khai BN (SUPP) N11 Batu Kawah Alfred Yap Chin Loi BN (SUPP) N12 Asajaya Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah BN (PBB) N13 Muara Tuang Adenan Satem BN (PBB) N14 Bengoh Jerip Susil BN (SUPP) N15 Tarat Roland Sagah BN (PBB) N16 Tebedu Michael Manyin BN (PBB) N17 Kedup Federick Bayoi Manggie BN (PBB) N18 Sadong Jaya Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi BN (PBB) N19 Simunjan Naroden Majais BN (PBB) N20 Sebuyau Julaihi Narawi BN (PBB) N21 Beting Maro Bolhassan Di BN (PBB) N22 Bukit Begunan Mong Dagang BN (PBDS) N23 Simanggang Francis Harden Hollis BN (SUPP) N24 Engkilili Toh Heng San BN (SUPP) N25 Batang Ai Dublin Unting Ingkot BN (PBDS) N26 Saribas Wahbi Junaidi BN (PBB) N27 Layar Alfred Jabu Numpang BN (PBB) N28 Kalaka Abdul Wahab Aziz BN (PBB) N29 Krian Peter Nyarok Entrie BN (SNAP) N30 Belawai Hamden Ahmad BN (PBB) N31 Serdeng Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar BN (PBB) N32 Matu Daro Wahab Dolah BN (PBB) N33 Meradong Ting Check Sii BN (SUPP) N34 Repok David Teng Lung Chi BN (SUPP) N35 Pakan William Mawan Ikom BN (SNAP) N36 Meluan Wong Judat IND N37 Ngemah Gabriel Adit Demong BN (PBDS) N38 Machan Gramong Juna BN (PBB) N39 Bukit Assek Daniel Ngieng Kiong Ann BN (SUPP) N40 Dudong Soon Choon Teck BN (SUPP) N41 Bawang Assan Wong Soon Koh BN (SUPP) N42 Pelawan Vincent Goh Chung Siong BN (SUPP) N43 Nangka Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah BN (PBB) N44 Dalat Fatimah Abdullah BN (PBB) N45 Balingian Abdul Taib Mahmud BN (PBB) N46 Tamin Joseph Entulu Belaun BN (PBDS) N47 Kakus John Sikei Tayai BN (PBDS) N48 Pelagus Larry Soon @ Larry Sng Wei Shien BN (PBDS) N49 Katibas Ambrose Blikau BN (PBB) N50 Baleh James Jemut Masing BN (PBDS) N51 Belaga Stanley Ajang Batok BN (PBDS) N52 Kemena Stephen Rundi Utom BN (PBB) N53 Kidurong Chiew Chiu Sing DAP N54 Jepak Talib Zulpilip BN (PBB) N55 Lambir Aidan Wing BN (PBB) N56 Piasau George Chan Hong Nam BN (SUPP) N57 Senadin Lee Kim Shin BN (SUPP) N58 Marudi Sylvester Entri Muran BN (SNAP) N59 Telang Usan Lihan Jok BN (PBB) N60 Limbang Richard Wong Shoan Fook BN (SNAP) N61 Lawas Awang Tengah Ali Hasan BN (PBB) N62 Ba'kelalan Judson Tagal BN (SNAP)
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.Judat ‘blows hot and cold’ on quit decision https://www.theborneopost.com/2012/07/31/judat-blows-hot-and-cold-on-quit-decision/ Borneo Post Online 19 August 2024 31 July 2012
References
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