Sarawak state election, 2011

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16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)

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

Turnout

70%

	Majority party	Minority party
		PR
Leader	Abdul Taib Mahmud	Wong Ho Leng
Party	Barisan Nasional	Pakatan Rakyat
Leader since	26 March 1981 (1981-03-26)	18 April 2010 (2010-04-18)
Leader's seat	Balingian	Bukit Assek
Last election	62 seats, 61.84%	8 seats, 33.10%
Seats before	63	7
Seats won	55	15
Seat change	8	8
Popular vote	372,379	277,329
Percentage	55.36%	41.23%
Swing	6.48%	8.13%

Chief Minister before election

Abdul Taib Mahmud
Barisan Nasional

Chief Minister-designate

Abdul Taib Mahmud
Barisan Nasional

The tenth Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 16 April 2011 after nomination for candidates on Wednesday, 6 April 2011. The purpose of the election was to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly. The ninth state assembly was dissolved by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng on the advice of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud on 21 March 2011. The previous state election in Sarawak was held in 2006.

The election resulted in Barisan Nasional (BN) retaining its two-thirds majority, albeit by a reduced margin. BN lost eight seats, mainly through the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP). SUPP leader and deputy chief minister George Chan Hong Nam lost his seat. The opposition Pakatan Rakyat made gains, but fell short of its goal to deny a two-thirds majority for BN. The party with the single biggest gain on the day was the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which doubled its seats to 12.

Taib, who had served as Chief Minister for 30 years, was sworn in for his eighth term on the same night.Wong Ho Leng was reappointed as opposition leader after his party (DAP) won the most number of seats for the opposition bench. Before this, Baru Bian was being nominated as chief minister-in-waiting by Pakatan Rakyat.

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