All 56 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered
723,743
Turnout
505,093 (69.79%)
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Leo Moggie
Party
BN
PBDS
Leader since
26 March 1981 (1981-03-26)
17 July 1983
Leader's seat
Asajaya
not contesting
Last election
28 seats, 55.3%
15 seats, 17.6%
Seats before
37
7
Seats won
49
7
Seat change
12
Popular vote
301,067
104,216
Percentage
62.8%
21.7%
Swing
7.5%
4.1%
Chief Minister before election
Abdul Taib Mahmud
BN
Subsequent chief minister
Abdul Taib Mahmud
BN
The sixth Sarawak state election was held between Friday, 27 September and Saturday, 28 September 1991. This election elected 56 state representatives into the Sarawak State Assembly. This election saw 72.8% of the eligible voters to cast their votes.[1]
Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) fielded candidates for all 56 seats, followed by Sarawak Dayak People's Party (PBDS) (34 seats), Parti Negara Rakyat Sarawak (NEGARA) (28 seats), Democratic Action Party (DAP) (18 seats), and Persatuan Rakyat Malaysia Sarawak (PERMAS) (12 seats). There were 19 independents vying for 16 seats. A total of 167 candidates were successfully nominated on the nomination day.[1]
After the 1987 Ming Court Affair, PERMAS which was founded by Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (the uncle of Abdul Taib Mahmud) continued his final bid with PBDS in this election to topple the Taib led Sarawak BN. Before this, PERMAS and PBDS lost narrowly in the 1987 state election. However, Sarawak BN won with a larger majority this time. PERMAS won none of the seats in this election and was dissolved not long after in 1991.
^ abReport on the state legislative assembly general elections for Sarawak, 1996 (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed on 6 August 2010
and 24 Related for: 1991 Sarawak state election information
The sixth Sarawakstateelection was held between Friday, 27 September and Saturday, 28 September 1991. This election elected 56 state representatives...
The seventh Sarawakstateelection was held between Saturday, 7 September and Sunday, 8 September 1996 with nomination date on Tuesday, 27 August 1996...
Sarawak (/səˈrɑːwɒk/ sə-RAH-wok, Malay: [saˈrawaʔ]) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular...
The SarawakState Legislative Assembly is the legislative chamber of the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Sarawak; the Yang di-Pertua...
and Sarawak. The Election Offences Act (1954) regulates the maximum expenses allowed for candidates vying for parliamentary seats and for state seats...
The fifth Sarawakstateelection was held between Wednesday, 15 April and Thursday, 16 April 1987 with a nomination date set on Monday, 6 April 1987. This...
general election1991 Nepalese legislative election1991 Republic of China National Assembly election1991 Singaporean general election1991Sarawakstate election...
The premier of Sarawak (Malay: Premier Sarawak) is the head of government of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The premier is appointed by the Yang di-Pertua...
The Sarawak Native People's Party or Malay: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS, lit. "Sarawak Dayak People's Party") was a political party in the state of...
stateelection months earlier and the Sarawakstate assembly was not due for election until 2001. In the 2004 and 2008 general elections, the state election...
Serdeng was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the SarawakState Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2006. The state constituency...
Elections in Sarawak have been held in the Malaysian state of Sarawak since 1959 and have chosen Sarawak's elected representatives in the Dewan Rakyat...
currently serving as the head of government of Sarawak since 2017. He has been Member of the SarawakState Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gedong since 2021...
its expulsion in 2004. It contested the General Election in 2004 as well as the Sarawakstateelections of 2006 and 2011 as an opposition party. SNAP joined...
Parti Bumiputera and Sarawak Chinese Association were the members of Sarawak Alliance. During the 1970 Sarawakstateelection, Parti Bumiputera won 12...
Negeri of Sarawak from 2014 to 2024 and the fourth Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1981 to 2014. He is referred to as the Father of Modern Sarawak (Bapa Pemodenan...
Sarawak's population is very diverse, comprising many races and ethnic groups. Sarawak has more than 40 sub-ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language...
coup in Sarawak, Malaysia that began in 1983, developed into a full-blown political crisis during 1987 stateelection, and ended after the Sarawak Malaysian...
cabinet of Sarawak (Malay: Kabinet Sarawak) serves as the primary decision-making body within the executive branch of the Government of Sarawak. Its composition...
own priority. Following criticism over his tourism tax fee plan by SarawakState Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Abdul Karim Rahman...
State-level elections were not held in Sarawak, as the state had held its elections separately in 2016. However, as a consequence of the elections, Sarawak-based...
Belawai was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the SarawakState Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2016. The state constituency...
Global Information
