All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered
814,347
Turnout
372,594 (64.18%)
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Wong Sing Nang
Party
BN
DAP
Leader since
26 March 1981 (1981-03-26)
Unknown
Leader's seat
Asajaya
Pelawan
Last election
49 seats, 62.8%
0 seat, 9.7%
Seats before
56
0
Seats won
57
3
Seat change
1
3
Popular vote
242,839
32,421
Percentage
67.7%
9.0%
Swing
4.9%
0.6%
Chief Minister before election
Abdul Taib Mahmud
BN
Subsequent chief minister
Abdul Taib Mahmud
BN
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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.[1]
Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) which was consisting of Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), Sarawak National Party (SNAP), Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), and Sarawak Dayak People's Party (PBDS) fielded candidates for all 62 seats, followed by Democratic Action Party (DAP) 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.[1]
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