2001 Sarawak state election

The eighth Sarawak state election was held on Thursday, 27 September 2001 with nomination date on Tuesday, 18 September 2001. The state assembly was supposed to be expired on 18 November 2001 but it was dissolved by the governor of Sarawak 2 months earlier on 3 September 2001.

2001 Sarawak state election
27 September 2001
All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered868,487
Turnout542,285 (62.44%)
  Majority party Minority party
  DAP
Leader Abdul Taib Mahmud Wong Ho Leng
Party BN DAP
Leader since 26 March 1981 (1981-03-26) 12 February 2001
Leader's seat Balingian Bukit Assek (lost)
Last election 57 seats, 67.7% 3 seats, 9.0%
Seats before 57 2
Seats won 60 1
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 382,137 45,327
Percentage 71.2% 8.4%
Swing 3.5% 0.6%
Chief Minister before election

Abdul Taib Mahmud
BN

 Subsequent chief minister

Abdul Taib Mahmud
BN

The election saw 815,932 citizens eligible to vote but only 67.01% of the total voters or 546,285 voters had turned up to vote in this election.

There were 171 candidates pursuing for 62 state seats in Sarawak. Sarawak Barisan Nasional (National Front) won 60 out of 62 seats while the remaining two seats were won by Democratic Action Party (DAP) and independent respectively.

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