Sarawak state election, 2006

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20 May 2006

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All 71 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority

Registered

892,537

Turnout

552,350 (61.89%)

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party
		DAP	SNAP
Leader	Abdul Taib Mahmud	Wong Ho Leng	Edwin Dundang Bugak
Party	Barisan Nasional	DAP	SNAP
Leader since	26 March 1981 (1981-03-26)	12 February 2001	18 May 2003 (2003-05-18)
Leader's seat	Balingian	Bukit Assek	Bukit Saban (lost)
Last election	60 seats, 71.2%	1 seat, 8.4%	6 seats, 5.5% (part of Barisan Nasional)
Seats before	60	1	6
Seats won	62	6	1
Seat change	2	5	5
Popular vote	341,587	82,134	51,459
Percentage	61.8%	14.9%	9.3%
Swing	9.4%	6.5%	3.8%

Chief Minister before election

Abdul Taib Mahmud
Barisan Nasional

Subsequent chief minister

Abdul Taib Mahmud
Barisan Nasional

The ninth Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 20 May 2006 with nomination day on Tuesday, 9 May 2006. The election functioned to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri in Malay). The eighth state assembly was dissolved by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng by the advice of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, on 24 April 2006.

On nomination day, Barisan Nasional won two seats without contest.

This election saw 892,537 voters eligible to cast their ballots.

The previous state election was held in 2001, when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) won 60 out of 62 seats in the eighth state assembly. The Democratic Action Party won one, while another went to an independent candidate. The eighth state assembly's mandate would expire on 18 November 2006, necessitating the calling of an election beforehand.

Barisan Nasional fielded candidates for all 71 seats:

A total of 28 seats was contested by Sarawak National Party (SNAP), followed by People's Justice Party (PKR) (25 seats), Democratic Action Party (DAP) (12 seats), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (1 seat). There were 20 independents contesting for 16 seats.

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