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.
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.
There were 171 candidates pursuing for 62 state seats in Sarawak. Sarawak Barisan Nasional won 60 out of 62 seats while the remaining two seats were won by Democratic Action Party and independent respectively.

Results

Results by party

Results by constituency

4 state seats were won unopposed by Sarawak National Front on the nomination day.
They were:
N11. Batu Kawah – Alfred Yap Chin Loi by Sarawak United Peoples' Party
N25. Batang Ai – Unting Anak Ingkot by Sarawak Dayak People's Party
N49. Katibas – Ambrose Blikau by United Traditional Bumiputera Party
N62. Ba'kelalan – Dr Judson Tagal by Sarawak National Party
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:
No.State ConstituencyElected state assembly membersElected party----
IND 1IND 1IND 1IND 1IND 1IND 1IND 1IND 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

Political partiesNumber 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 57,22010.66
Total536,993100

Summary