1969 Sarawak state election

The first Sarawak state election was held from Saturday, 10 May 1969 and scheduled to be completed on Saturday, 7 June 1969 which lasted for 4 weeks and was carried out in staggered basis. This was due to the lack of transportation and communication systems in the state at that time. The state election was held at the same time as the 1969 general election. The Dewan Rakyat of the Malaysian Parliament and all the state assemblies were dissolved on 20 March 1969, except for Kelantan (which dissolved later on 31 March) and Sabah (which were not up for election as it had held its state election in 1967). The nomination date was set on Saturday, 5 April 1969. However, because of the riot occurred during 13 May incident and the declaration of emergency and the promulgation of Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No. 1 of 1969 on 15 May 1969, all the ongoing polls were suspended until 1970. During when the suspension was enforced, polling in 9 out of 48 constituencies in Sarawak had started. None of the elections in Sarawak was completed at that time.[1]

1969 Sarawak state election
10 May 1969 – 7 June 1969 (suspended due to 13 May incident)
6 June 1970 – 4 July 1970
All 48 seats in the Council Negri
25 seats needed for a majority
Registered332,373
Turnout265,898 (80%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Ong Kee Hui Stephen Kalong Ningkan
Party Alliance SUPP SNAP
Leader since unknown 1959 1961
Leader's seat Kuala Rajang not contesting Layar
Last election N/A N/A N/A
Seats before N/A N/A N/A
Seats won 15 12 12
Seat change – – –
Popular vote 63,668 72,178 61,241
Percentage 25.4% 28.8% 24.4%
Swing – – –
Chief Minister before election

Tawi Sli
Alliance

 Subsequent chief minister

Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
Alliance

Prior to 1969 election, a political party was suspended from contesting in general election. The political party later mounted a public campaign calling the voters to boycott the election. The Sarawak parliamentary and state election was resumed from Saturday, 6 June 1970 to Saturday, 4 July 1970. During the resumption of the election, there was a tragedy in Sarikei in the third division of Sarawak on 29 June 1970. The communist terrorists had killed three election officials on their return journey after completing polling at a station. There was also an incident were a land mine was exploded outside the polling station in the same division.[1]

This election saw 332,373 eligible voters after the first registration in Sarawak. The turn up rate of voters was 80.0%, which was considered high as compared to other states in Malaysia. A total of 221 candidates were contesting for 48 state seats in Sarawak. The breakdown of number of seats were:

There were 66 independent candidates vying for the seats.[1]

Results

SUPP later joined Sarawak Alliance to form a coalition government. This enable the coalition to secure a total of 27 out of 48 seats in the Sarawak Council Negri (now Sarawak State Legislative Assembly).

The full list of representatives is shown below:[1]

No.State ConstituencyElected Council Negri MembersElected Party
Alliance 15 | SNAP 12 | SUPP 12 | Pesaka 8 | IND 1
S01LunduChong Kim MookSUPP
S02BauOng Ah KhimSUPP
S03Kuching BaratCheng Yew KiewAlliance
S04Kuching TimorStephen K.T. YongSUPP
S05SemariangAjibah AbolAlliance
S06SekamaSim Kheng HongSUPP
S07SebandiIkhwan bin Abang Haji ZaineiAlliance
S08Muara TuangMohamad MusaAlliance
S09Batu KawahChong Kiun KongSUPP
S10BengohSegus Anak GinyaiSUPP
S11TaratNelson Kundai NgarengSNAP
S12TebakangMichael Ben Ak PanggiSNAP
S13SemeraLee Thiam Kee(Puteh)Alliance
S14GedongAbang Haji Abdul RahimAlliance
S15Lingga-SebuyauDato' Penghulu Tawi SliPesaka
S16SimanggangNelson Liap KuduSNAP
S17Engkilili-SkrangSimon Dembab MajaPesaka
S18Ulu AiDavid Anak JemutSNAP
S19SaribasKihok bin AmatAlliance
S20LayarDato' Stephen Kalong NingkanSNAP
S21KalakaWan Alwi bin Tuanku IbrahimPesaka
S22KrianDunstan Endawie EnchanaSNAP
S23Kuala RajangDato' Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'kubAlliance
S24RepokKhoo Peng LoongSUPP
S25Matu-DaroAwang Hipni bin Pengiran AnuAlliance
S26BinatangAnthony Teo Tiao GinSUPP
S27Sibu TengahChew Kim PoonSUPP
S28Sibu LuarWong Kah SingSUPP
S29IganLing Beng SiongAlliance
S30DudongKong Chung SiewSUPP
S31BalingianMohd. Pauzi bin HamdaniAlliance
S32OyaVincent Ferrer SuyongAlliance
S33PakanMandi Anak SanarPesaka
S34MeluanGramong Anak JelianSNAP
S35MachanThomas KanaPesaka
S36NgemahLias Anak KanaIND
S37SongNgelambong BangauSNAP
S38PelagusBennet JarrowPesaka
S39BalehKenyan Anak Temenggong KohPesaka
S40BelagaNyipa KilahSUPP
S41TatauAwang Ismail bin Pg. ZainuddinAlliance
S42KemanaAhok Anak JalinPesaka
S43SubisFrancis LokeSNAP
S44MiriChia Chin ShinAlliance
S45MarudiEdward Jeli Anak BlayongSNAP
S46Telang UsanBalan SelingSNAP
S47LimbangDato' James Wong Kim MinSNAP
S48LawasAwang Daud bin Awang MetusinAlliance

Percentage of votes garnered by each party

[1]

Political parties Number of
votes		 Percentage of
votes (%)
Sarawak Alliance63,66825.4
Sarawak United Peoples' Party72,17828.8
Sarawak National Party61,24124.4
Parti Pesaka Sarawak34,28112.7
Independent (66 candidates)18,9877.6
Total250,355100

See also

References
  1. Report on the parliamentary (Dewan Rakyat) and state legislative assembly general elections 1969 of the states of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed on 19 November 2009
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