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 Bukit Saban 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]

6,894 valid votes · 79 rejected · 29 unreturned · 7,002 ballots issued of 9,523 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
Douglas Uggah EmbasDOUGLAS UGGAH EMBASGPSPBB

Location

  • Part of parliamentary seat P.204 Betong [1] [3]
  • Division: Betong (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4]

Polling districts (35)

As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [5]

  1. Penunus 204/37/01
  2. Rimbas 204/37/02
  3. Spaoh 204/37/03
  4. Suri 204/37/04
  5. Bukit Saban 204/37/05
  6. Kubal 204/37/06
  7. Brutan 204/37/07
  8. Bayor 204/37/08
  9. Ulu Teru 204/37/09
  10. Metong 204/37/10
  11. Delit 204/37/11
  12. Babu 204/37/12
  13. Traie 204/37/13
  14. Rapong 204/37/14
  15. Tot 204/37/15
  16. Spaoh Hulu 204/37/16
  17. Spaoh Hilir 204/37/17
  18. Belabak 204/37/18
  19. Lingit 204/37/19
  20. Penom 204/37/20
  21. Meroh 204/37/21
  22. Sepuna 204/37/22
  23. Samu 204/37/23
  24. Mutok 204/37/24
  25. Penebak 204/37/25
  26. Bair 204/37/26
  27. Jambu 204/37/27
  28. Tiput 204/37/28
  29. Pelikoi 204/37/29
  30. Jaloh 204/37/30
  31. Serudit 204/37/31
  32. Matop 204/37/32
  33. Teberu 204/37/33
  34. Rembai 204/37/34
  35. Bangkit 204/37/35

The story

Review status: fact-checked and approved.

Bukit Saban (N.37) is one of the state seats in the Betong Division. 4 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of three state seats inside the Betong parliamentary seat (P.204), together with Saribas and Layar. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 35 polling districts. 5

At the 2016 state election, Douglas Uggah Embas of PBB won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 6

At the election on 18 December 2021, Douglas Uggah Embas of PBB, standing under the GPS logo, won with 5,373 votes. 1 2 Andria Gelayan of PSB came second with 1,385 votes. 1 Mikhail Mathew of PKR received 136 votes. 1 The majority was 3,988 votes, the 52nd smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 73.5%, with 7,002 ballots issued to 9,523 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 Dewan Undangan Negeri Bahagian Betong, Pentadbiran Bahagian Betong (accessed 8 November 2026)
  5. 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)
  6. 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)

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