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 Engkilili 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]

7,465 valid votes · 81 rejected · 17 unreturned · 7,563 ballots issued of 11,039 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
Desmond Sateng anak SanjanDESMOND SATENG ANAK SANJANGPSSUPP

Location

  • Part of parliamentary seat P.203 Lubok Antu [1] [3]
  • Division: Sri Aman (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4] [5]

Polling districts (24)

As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [6]

  1. Skrang 203/33/01
  2. Enteban 203/33/02
  3. Entalau 203/33/03
  4. Semanju 203/33/04
  5. Kasenduh 203/33/05
  6. Engkilili 203/33/06
  7. Tabut 203/33/07
  8. Aur 203/33/08
  9. Pentik 203/33/09
  10. Jukat 203/33/10
  11. Seladong 203/33/11
  12. Akup 203/33/12
  13. Marutih 203/33/13
  14. Mujan 203/33/14
  15. Kujoh 203/33/15
  16. Splu 203/33/16
  17. Merindun 203/33/17
  18. Tawai 203/33/18
  19. Basi 203/33/19
  20. Geligau 203/33/20
  21. Sedarat 203/33/21
  22. Marop 203/33/22
  23. Merio 203/33/23
  24. Merbong 203/33/24

Change since 2021

  • 6 April 2024: PSB was dissolved in 2024. On 6 April 2024 Borneo Post reported that Johnichal Rayong Ngipa had joined PDP, a GPS component party. The Speaker said no by-election was required. [7] [8]

The story

Review status: fact-checked and approved.

Engkilili (N.33) is one of the state seats in the Sri Aman Division. 4 5 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of two state seats inside the Lubok Antu parliamentary seat (P.203), together with Batang Ai. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 24 polling districts. 6

At the 2016 state election, Johnichal Rayong Ngipa won the seat as a direct Barisan Nasional candidate. 9

At the election on 18 December 2021, Johnichal Rayong Ngipa of PSB won with 3,246 votes. 1 Desmond Sateng anak Sanjan of SUPP, standing under the GPS logo, came second with 2,055 votes. 1 2 Gemong anak Batu, an independent, received 2,013 votes and Stel anak Datu of PBK received 151 votes. 1 The majority was 1,191 votes, the 16th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 68.5%, with 7,563 ballots issued to 11,039 registered voters. 1

PSB passed a resolution to dissolve itself at a delegates' meeting in Sibu on 17 February 2024. 8 On 6 April 2024, the Borneo Post reported that Johnichal Rayong Ngipa was among former PSB members who had joined PDP, a GPS component party. 7 8 The Speaker said this change would not lead to a by-election. 8

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 dan ADUN Bahagian Sri Aman, Pentadbiran Bahagian Sri Aman (accessed 8 November 2026)
  5. Profil Daerah Lubok Antu, Pentadbiran Bahagian Sri Aman (accessed 8 November 2026)
  6. 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)
  7. Former PSB leaders, members officially join PDP, Borneo Post, 6 April 2024 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  8. Sarawak Speaker to announce state assembly seating change for three reps now with PDP, Malay Mail, 14 April 2024 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  9. 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)

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