Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Simunjan 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]
5,856 valid votes · 104 rejected · 23 unreturned · 5,983 ballots issued of 8,299 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awla bin Dris | AWLA BIN DRIS | GPS | PBB |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.200 Batang Sadong [1] [3]
- Division: Samarahan (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4] [5]
Polling districts (14)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [6]
- Rangkang 200/25/01
- Putin 200/25/02
- Rangawan 200/25/03
- Terasi 200/25/04
- Senangeh 200/25/05
- Sungai Buloh 200/25/06
- Ensengei 200/25/07
- Simunjan 200/25/08
- Temiang 200/25/09
- Sageng 200/25/10
- Sekendu 200/25/11
- Sungai Apin 200/25/12
- Tanjong Beluku 200/25/13
- Slangking 200/25/14
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Simunjan (N.25) is one of the state seats in the Samarahan Division. 4 5 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of three state seats inside the Batang Sadong parliamentary seat (P.200), together with Sadong Jaya and Gedong. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 14 polling districts: Rangkang, Putin, Rangawan, Terasi, Senangeh, Sungai Buloh, Ensengei, Simunjan, Temiang, Sageng, Sekendu, Sungai Apin, Tanjong Beluku and Slangking. 6
At the 2016 state election, Awla Dris of PBB won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 7
At the election on 18 December 2021, Awla bin Dris of PBB, standing under the GPS logo, won with 4,276 votes. 1 2 Raily @ Reli bin Ali of PSB came second with 925 votes. 1 Hapeni bin Fadil of PKR received 518 votes and Saharuddin bin Abdullah of PBK received 137 votes. 1 The majority was 3,351 votes, the 44th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 72.1%, with 5,983 ballots issued to 8,299 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)
- Profil Daerah Simunjan, Pentadbiran Bahagian Samarahan (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Ketua Masyarakat dan Ketua Kaum Daerah Kecil Sadong Jaya, Pentadbiran Bahagian Samarahan (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)
- 11th Sarawak Election: Full official results, New Straits Times, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)