1996 Sarawak state election


The seventh Sarawak state election was held between Saturday, 7 September and Sunday, 8 September 1996 with nomination date on Tuesday, 27 August 1996. The Sarawak State Assembly was dissolved on 15 August 1996 before its expiration on 28 November 1996. There were 62 seats available but only 43 were contested on the election day. This election saw 814,347 registered voters with 64.18% voters turned up to cast their votes.
Sarawak Barisan Nasional which was consisting of Sarawak United Peoples' Party, Sarawak National Party, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, and Sarawak Dayak People's Party fielded candidates for all 62 seats, followed by Democratic Action Party fielding 6 candidates, while there were 60 independents jostling for 38 state seats in Sarawak. A total of 128 candidates was successfully nominated on the nomination day. PBDS which was an opposition party back in 1991 election, was re-accepted into Sarawak BN in 1994.

Results

Results by party

Results by constituency

There were 19 seats won uncontested by Sarawak BN on the nomination day. On the polling day, Sarawak BN won 38 out of 43 seats contested, thus made up to a total of 57 seats. DAP had made the first breakthrough by winning 3 seats as compared to previous state elections where the party returned empty handed. The remaining two seats were won by independents.
A total of 5 election petitions was filed to the Sarawak high court after the election:
Petition for N08 Padungan was filed by an independent candidate

Petition for N22 Bukit Begunan was filed by an independent candidate

Petition for N45 Balingian was filed by an independent candidate

Petition for N52 Kemena was filed by DAP

Petition for N53 Kidurong was filed by BN
The list of elected representatives is listed below:
No.State ConstituencyElected state assembly membersElected party----
IND 2IND 2IND 2IND 2IND 2IND 2IND 2IND 2
N01Tanjung DatuDatuk Ramsay Noel JitamBN----
N02Tasik Biru Peter Nansian Anak NqusieBN----
N03Pantai DamaiDatin Paduka Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku FauziBN----
N04Demak LautDr Abang Draup Zamahari Pengirang ZenBN----
N05TupongDaud Abdul RahmanBN----
N06SatokDatuk Abang Johari Tun OpengBN----
N07SamariangDona BabelBN----
N08PadunganDatuk Song Swee GuanBN----
N09PendingSim Kheng HuiBN----
N10Batu LintangChan Seng KhaiBN----
N11Batu KawahAlfred Yap Chin LoiBN----
N12AsajayaTan Sri Abdul Taib MahmudBN----
N13Muara TuangDatuk Adenan SatemBN----
N14BengohWilliam TanyuhBN----
N15TaratRoland Sagah Wee InnBN----
N16TebeduMichael Manyin Anak JawongBN----
N17KedupFederick Bayoi ManggieBN----
N18Sadong JayaWan Abdul Wahab Wan SanusiBN----
N19SimunjanMohamad Naroden MajaisBN----
N20SebuyauJulaihi NarawiBN----
N21Betting MaroBolhassan DiBN----
N22Bukit BegunanMong Ak DagangBN----
N23SimanggangFrancis Harden Anak HollisBN----
N24EngkililiToh Heng SanBN----
N25Batang AiDublin Unting IngkotBN----
N26SaribasDr Haji Wahbi Bin Haji JunaidiBN----
N27LayarTan Sri Alfred Jabu Anak NumpangBN----
N28KalakaAbdul Wahab AzizBN----
N29KrianPeter Nyarok EntireBN----
N30BelawaiHaji Hamden AhmadBN----
N31SerdengDatuk Mohamad Asfia Awang NassarBN----
N32Matu DaroDatuk Abdul Wahab DolahBN----
N33MeradongYii Chu LikIND----
N34RepokDatuk David Teng Lung ChiBN----
N35PakanDatuk William Mawan Anak IkomBN----
N36MeluanGeman Anak ItamBN----
N37NgemahGabriel Adit DemongBN----
N38MachanDatuk Gramong JunaBN----
N39Bukit AssekWong Ho LengDAP----
N40DudongDr Soon Choon TeckBN----
N41Bawang AssanDatuk Wong Soon KohBN----
N42PelawanWong Sing NangDAP----
N43NangkaAwang Bemee Awang Ali BasahBN----
N44DalatDatuk Effendi NorwawiBN----
N45BalingianAbdul Ajis Abdul MajeedBN----
N46TaminJoseph Entulu BelaunBN----
N47KakusJohn Sikie TayaiBN----
N48PelagusDatuk Sng Chee HuaBN----
N49KatibasAmbrose Blikau EnturanBN----
N50BalehDatuk Dr James Jemut MasingBN----
N51BelagaStanley Ajang BatokBN----
N52KemenaCelestine Ujang Anak JilanBN----
N53KidurongWong Sing AiDAP----
N54JepakTalib Bin ZulpilipBN----
N55LambirT E Aidan WingBN----
N56PiasauDatuk Dr George Chan Hong NamBN----
N57SenadinLee Kim ShinBN----
N58MarudiSylvester Entri Anak MuranBN----
N59Telang UsanKebing WanIND----
N60LimbangDatuk Amar James Wong Kim MinBN----
N61LawasDatuk Awang Tengah Ali HassanBN----
N62Ba'kelalanDr Judson Sakai TagalBN----

Percentage of votes garnered by each party

Political partiesNumber of
votes		Percentage of
votes
National Front242,83967.65
Democratic Action Party32,4219.03
Independent 83,68623.31
Total358,946100

Summary

PartySeats
contested		Seats won
Barisan Nasional:6257
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu3029
Sarawak United People's Party1713
Sarawak National Party77
Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak88
Democratic Action Party63
Independent 602
Total N/A62