Sarawak state election, 2001

Sarawak state election, 2001

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 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 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 Barisan Nasional Subsequent chief minister 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.^[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

Results by party

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]

Percentage of votes garnered by each party

^[1]

Summary

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Report of the Eighth Sarawak state elections 2001 (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed on 26 August 2009
2. 1 2 3 "Sarawak General Election 2001-RESULTS". e-borneo.com. 2001. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 

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