1974 Sarawak state election

Malaysian state legislative election November 2011 May 2020 1974 Sarawak state election Sarawak 1973-88 Flag of Sarawak (1973–1988).svg legislative no 1969 Sarawak state election 1969 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1969–1974)#Sarawak 1979 Sarawak state election 1979 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1974–1978)#Sarawak All 48 seats in the Council Negri 25 24 August 1974 – 14 September 1974 100px Abdul Rahman Ya'kub unknown PBB BN 000080 Kuala Rajang 144,492 55.42% – New party 30 30 3x4.svg James Wong 1971 SNAP Limbang 111,438 42.74% – 12 18 6 Chief Minister Elected Chief Minister Abdul Rahman Ya'kub BN-PBB Abdul Rahman Ya'kub BN-PBB The second Sarawak state election was held between Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 14 September 1974 which lasted for 3 weeks. The election was carried out in stages because of lack of communication and transportation systems. This election was held simultaneously with 1974 Malaysian general election with the exception of Sabah state legislative assembly. The dissolution of the state assembly was carried out with the dissolution of state assemblies from other states and House of Representatives of Malaysian Parliament on 31 July 1974. This was the first time the election was held before 5 years tenure has finished. A total of 48 seats were contested in this election.Report on the parliamentary (Dewan Rakyat) and state legislative assembly general elections 1974 of the states of Malaya and Sarawak (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed 18 November 2009 This election saw 375,882 registered voters with 75.1% of the voters cast their votes.HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1974_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1974_DUN_RESULTS.csv https://web.archive.org/web/20250423010127/https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1974_DUN_RESULTS.csv 2025-04-23 2025-10-08 GitHub en All the 48 seats were contested by Sarawak Barisan Nasional. The coalition was consisting of United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB) and Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP). A total of 47 seats was contested by Sarawak National Party (SNAP) and 4 seats by BISAMAH (Refer to Results for details of contradictory information). There were 12 independent candidates vying for the seats. The Belaga seat was not contested by SNAP. Results Barisan Nasional won 30 seats and the remaining 18 seats were won by SNAP. Barisan Nasional 3 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 89534 18 New Sarawak United Peoples' Party 54958 12 0 144492 30 New Sarawak National Party 111438 18 +6 Sarawak Bisamah Party 716 0 New Independents 4084 0 –1 21732 0 375882According to Election Commission (EC), there were four candidates who contested under BISAMAH party flag for DUN Sarawak. However, EC has contradictory information claiming Lawrence Pohan contested under BISAMAH (hence one candidate) and classifying Lawrence Pohan as Independent. According to Results of 1974 General Election in Sarawak State (Malaysian Information Services, Sarawak) (1974), following are the BISAMAH candidates - Frank Dustino Sirau (Muara Tuang), Augustine Sirau (Batu Kawah), William Nais (Bengoh) and Lawrence Pohan (Tarat).TindakMalaysia HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/METADATA/MALAYSIA_1974_DUN_RESULTS_METADATA.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/METADATA/MALAYSIA_1974_DUN_RESULTS_METADATA.csv 2025-10-08 GitHub en Elected members No. State Constituency Member Party BN 30 | SNAP 18 N01 Lundu Chong Kim Mook BN (SUPP) N02 Bau Lee Nyan Choi SNAP N03 Kuching Barat Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha BN (PBB) N04 Kuching Timor Lo Foot Kee SNAP N05 Semariang Ajibah Abol BN (PBB) N06 Sekama Sim Kheng Hong BN (SUPP) N07 Sebandi Abdul Rahman Hamzah BN (PBB) N08 Muara Tuang Mohamad Musa BN (PBB) N09 Batu Kawah Chong Kiun Kong BN (SUPP) N10 Bengoh Segus anak Ginyai BN (SUPP) N11 Tarat Robert Kandong SNAP N12 Tebakang Michael Ben Panggi SNAP N13 Semera Mohammed Puteh @ Lee Thiam Kee BN (PBB) N14 Gedong Mohammad Tawan Abdullah @ Hilary Tawan Masan BN (PBB) N15 Lingga-Sebuyau Daniel Tajem Miri SNAP N16 Simanggang Hollis Tini BN (SUPP) N17 Engkilili-Skrang Nading Lingeh SNAP N18 Ulu Ai David Jemut SNAP N19 Saribas Abang Ahmad Urai Abang Mohideen BN (PBB) N20 Layar Alfred Jabu Numpang BN (PBB) N21 Kalaka Ahmad Zaidi Adruce BN (PBB) N22 Krian Dunstan Endawie Enchana SNAP N23 Kuala Rajang Abdul Rahman Ya'kub BN (PBB) N24 Repok Chong Siew Chiang BN (SUPP) N25 Matu-Daro Awang Hipni Pengiran Anu BN (PBB) N26 Binatang Anthony Teo Tiao Gin BN (SUPP) N27 Sibu Tengah Chew Kim Poon BN (SUPP) N28 Sibu Luar Wong Soon Kai BN (SUPP) N29 Igan Ling Beng Siong BN (SUPP) N30 Dudong Sandah Jarrow SNAP N31 Balingian Salleh Jafaruddin BN (PBB) N32 Oya Edwin Esnen Unang BN (PBB) N33 Pakan Jawie Wilson Masing SNAP N34 Meluan Gramong Jelian SNAP N35 Machan Leo Moggie Irok SNAP N36 Ngemah Lias Kana BN (PBB) N37 Song Ngelambong Banggau BN (PBB) N38 Pelagus Jonathan Sabai Ajing SNAP N39 Baleh Peter Gani Kiai SNAP N40 Belaga Nyipa Kilah @ Nyipa Bato BN (SUPP) N41 Tatau Joseph Mamat Samuel SNAP N42 Kemena Celestine Ujang Jilan BN (PBB) N43 Subis Mumin bin Kader BN (PBB) N44 Miri Chia Chin Shin BN (SUPP) N45 Marudi Edward Jeli Belayong SNAP N46 Telang Usan Joseph Balan Seling SNAP N47 Limbang James Wong Kim Min SNAP N48 Lawas Awang Daud bin Metusin BN (PBB) Aftermath Two years after the election, SNAP elected to join BN as component party at federal and state level. This ensured that the state assembly has no main opposition party, until the next state election.Reuters SNAP TO JOIN UP NOW WITH FRONT https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760323-1.2.12 26 January 2023 The Straits Times eresources.nlb.gov.sg 23 March 1976 1 See also 1974 Malaysian general election List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1974–1978) References 1974 Category:1974 elections in Malaysia