Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Muara Tuang 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]
13,257 valid votes · 259 rejected · 83 unreturned · 13,599 ballots issued of 18,644 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idris Buang | DATO' IDRIS BUANG | GPS | PBB |
| Daud Eali | HJ. DAUD EALI | AMANAH | AMANAH |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.197 Kota Samarahan [1] [3]
- Division: Samarahan / Serian (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4] [5] [6] [7]
Polling districts (7)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [8]
- Empila 197/16/01
- Tanju 197/16/02
- Batu Blat 197/16/03
- Tuang 197/16/04
- Semaran 197/16/05
- Ladang Samarahan 197/16/06
- Melaban 197/16/07
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Muara Tuang (N.16) is listed among the state seats of both the Samarahan and Serian Divisions. 4 5 6 7 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of three state seats inside the Kota Samarahan parliamentary seat (P.197), together with Asajaya and Stakan. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists seven polling districts: Empila, Tanju, Batu Blat, Tuang, Semaran, Ladang Samarahan and Melaban. 8
At the 2016 state election, Idris Buang of PBB won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 9
At the election on 18 December 2021, Idris Buang of PBB, standing under the GPS logo, won with 8,435 votes. 1 2 Ismawi bin Muhammad, an independent, came second with 2,198 votes. 1 Yakup bin Khalid of PSB received 1,838 votes, Hipni bin Sulaiman of SEDAR received 357 votes, Daud Eali of AMANAH received 239 votes and Sigandam bin Sulaiman of PBK received 190 votes. 1 The majority was 6,237 votes, the 74th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 72.9%, with 13,599 ballots issued to 18,644 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)
- Ketua Masyarakat dan Ketua Kaum (Daerah Samarahan), Pentadbiran Bahagian Samarahan (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Senarai Ketua Masyarakat dan Ketua Kaum Daerah Asajaya, Pentadbiran Bahagian Samarahan (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Ahli Parlimen & ADUN (Bahagian Serian), Pentadbiran Bahagian Serian (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Alamat Pusat Khidmat MP & ADUN di Bahagian Serian, Pentadbiran Bahagian Serian (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)
- 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)