Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Pending page comes from, and how it was checked.
Data check
Checked against official results
2021 figures checked against the official statement of the poll published in the Federal Government Gazette. [1]
2021 results
Votes, electorate and ballot counts are from the official statement of the poll in the Federal Government Gazette. The ballot paper showed “GPS” for GPS candidates; the component party (PBB, SUPP, PRS or PDP) is from the Malaysian Election Corpus. [1] [2]
12,876 valid votes · 105 rejected · 37 unreturned · 13,018 ballots issued of 29,747 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Foo Tiang Wee | MILTON FOO TIANG WEE | GPS | SUPP |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.195 Bandar Kuching [1] [3]
- Division: Not yet sourced
Polling districts (7)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [4]
- Pending 195/10/01
- Foochow 195/10/02
- Kenyalang 195/10/03
- Supreme 195/10/04
- Chong Kiun Kong 195/10/05
- Chawan 195/10/06
- Simpang Tiga 195/10/07
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, Pending (N.10) was one of three state seats inside the Bandar Kuching parliamentary seat (P.195), together with Padungan and Batu Lintang. 3 5 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists seven polling districts: Pending, Foochow, Kenyalang, Supreme, Chong Kiun Kong, Chawan and Simpang Tiga. 4
At the 2016 state election, Violet Yong Wui Wui won the seat for DAP. 6 She first won the seat in 2006. 7
At the election on 18 December 2021, Violet Yong Wui Wui of DAP won with 5,188 votes. 1 Milton Foo Tiang Wee of SUPP, standing under the GPS logo, came second with 4,648 votes. 1 2 Tan Kay Hok of PSB received 1,858 votes, Teo Kuang Kim of PBK received 978 votes and Chan Chee Hiong of ASPIRASI received 204 votes. 1 The majority was 540 votes, the sixth smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 43.8%, with 13,018 ballots issued to 29,747 registered voters. 1
Every statement above was checked against its source on 8 November 2026.
All sources for this seat
- P.U. (B) 687/2021: Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Sarawak, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (Federal Government Gazette; results certified by SPR Returning Officers), 29 December 2021 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Sarawak DUN Elections (PRN): Ballots, ElectionData.MY / Malaysian Election Corpus (T. Thevananthan), 24 June 2026 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- 2015 Delimitation of Sarawak (DUN), ElectionData.MY / Malaysian Election Corpus (Thevananthan & Chacko), 30 December 2025 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- P.U. (B) 514/2022: Notice under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (Federal Government Gazette; notice by the Election Commission), 31 October 2022 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Multi-cornered fights in all state seats under Bandar Kuching, Malay Mail, 6 December 2021 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Woman of substance, The Star, 31 January 2011 (accessed 8 November 2026)