State election special · PRN13
Sarawak Election 2026
Nomination 28 NovEarly voting 8 DecPolling 12 DecOfficial SPR statement not yet located; dates are from news reports.

Sources and fact-check

Where every fact on the Balai Ringin 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]

8,542 valid votes · 101 rejected · 24 unreturned · 8,667 ballots issued of 10,791 registered voters

Where this site shows a name or party differently from the ballot paper (titles such as Dato or Dr are dropped for every candidate).
Shown on this siteName on ballotLabel on ballotParty shown
Snowdan LawanSNOWDAN LAWANGPSPRS

Location

  • Part of parliamentary seat P.202 Sri Aman [1] [3]
  • Division: Serian / Sri Aman (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4] [5] [6]

Polling districts (7)

As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [7]

  1. Isu 202/30/01
  2. Balai Ringin 202/30/02
  3. Ruan 202/30/03
  4. Kedumpai 202/30/04
  5. Ubah 202/30/05
  6. Pantu 202/30/06
  7. Keranggas 202/30/07

The story

Review status: fact-checked and approved.

Balai Ringin (N.30) is listed among the state seats of both the Serian and Sri Aman Divisions. 4 5 6 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of three state seats inside the Sri Aman parliamentary seat (P.202), together with Bukit Begunan and Simanggang. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists seven polling districts: Isu, Balai Ringin, Ruan, Kedumpai, Ubah, Pantu and Keranggas. 7

At the 2016 state election, Snowdan Lawan of PRS won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 8

At the election on 18 December 2021, Snowdan Lawan of PRS, standing under the GPS logo, won with 4,816 votes. 1 2 Masir anak Kujat of PSB came second with 3,531 votes. 1 Kasim anak Mana of PBK received 195 votes. 1 The majority was 1,285 votes, the 18th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 80.3%, with 8,667 ballots issued to 10,791 registered voters. 1

Every statement above was checked against its source on 8 November 2026.

All sources for this seat

  1. 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)
  2. Sarawak DUN Elections (PRN): Ballots, ElectionData.MY / Malaysian Election Corpus (T. Thevananthan), 24 June 2026 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  3. 2015 Delimitation of Sarawak (DUN), ElectionData.MY / Malaysian Election Corpus (Thevananthan & Chacko), 30 December 2025 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  4. Ahli Parlimen & ADUN (Bahagian Serian), Pentadbiran Bahagian Serian (accessed 8 November 2026)
  5. Alamat Pusat Khidmat MP & ADUN di Bahagian Serian, Pentadbiran Bahagian Serian (accessed 8 November 2026)
  6. Ahli Parlimen dan ADUN Bahagian Sri Aman, Pentadbiran Bahagian Sri Aman (accessed 8 November 2026)
  7. 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)
  8. 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)

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