Sarawak state election, 2016

Sarawak state election, 2016

← 2011 7 May 2016
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All 82 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 42 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,139,647
Turnout	753,692 (66.13%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   PKR Leader Adenan Satem Chong Chieng Jen Baru Bian Party Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu DAP PKR Alliance Barisan Nasional PH PH Leader's seat Tanjong Datu Kota Sentosa Ba'kelalan Last election 55 seats, 55.36% 12 seats, 20.05% 3 seats, 17.41% Seats before 55 12 3 Seats won 72 / 82 7 / 82 3 / 82 Seat change 17 5 Popular vote 466,953 145,873 76,003 Percentage 61.96 19.35 10.08 Swing 6.6% 0.7% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   STAR AMANAH PAS Leader Soo Lina Mohammad Fidzuan Zaidi Jofri Jaraiee Party STAR Amanah PAS Alliance - PH Third Front Last election Not contested New party No seats, 1.44% Seats before 0 0 0 Seats won 0 0 0 Seat change Popular vote 2,841 8,433 13,210 Percentage 0.38 1.12 1.75 Swing Not contested New party 0.3%   Seventh party   PBDS Baru Leader Patrick Uren Party Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru Alliance - Last election New party Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 1,244 Percentage 0.17 Swing New party
Chief Minister before election Adenan Satem Barisan Nasional Chief Minister-designate Adenan Satem Barisan Nasional

Adenan Satem
Barisan Nasional

Adenan Satem
Barisan Nasional

The eleventh Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 7 May 2016 after nomination for candidates on Monday, 25 April 2016. The 82 members of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly, were elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. More than 1.1 million who had their names entered or retained in an electoral register for a particular electoral district in Sarawak was eligible to vote at the time of the election. Malaysia does not practice compulsory voting and automatic voter registration. The voting age is 21 although the age of majority in the country is 18. The election was conducted by the Election Commission of Malaysia.

The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 20 June 2016, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within ninety days (three months) of the dissolution (on or before 20 September 2016, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission), unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State (Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak) on the advice of the Head of Government (Chief Minister of Sarawak).

The previous state election was held at 2011. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each. It is expected to be the most hotly contested election in Sarawak's poll history. At the previous election, the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat made historic gains by doubling its State Assembly seats, while the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional retained a two-third majority.

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