Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Kuala Rajang 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]
7,488 valid votes · 122 rejected · 52 unreturned · 7,662 ballots issued of 11,428 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talif @ Len bin Salleh | TALIF @ LEN BIN SALLEH | GPS | PBB |
| Abang Aditajaya | DATO` SRI ABANG ADITAJAYA | BEBAS | BEBAS |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.206 Tanjong Manis [1] [3]
- Division: Mukah (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4]
Polling districts (6)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [5]
- Selalang 206/41/01
- Belawai 206/41/02
- Rajang 206/41/03
- Sari 206/41/04
- Seberang 206/41/05
- Nanga Lepa 206/41/06
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Kuala Rajang (N.41) is one of the state seats in the Mukah Division. 4 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of two state seats inside the Tanjong Manis parliamentary seat (P.206), together with Semop. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists six polling districts: Selalang, Belawai, Rajang, Sari, Seberang and Nanga Lepa. 5
At the 2016 state election, Talif @ Len Salleh of PBB won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 6
At the election on 18 December 2021, Talif @ Len bin Salleh of PBB, standing under the GPS logo, won with 5,268 votes. 1 2 Abang Aditajaya, an independent, came second with 1,943 votes. 1 Abd Mutalip bin Abdullah, an independent, received 168 votes and Wong Ling Ching of PBK received 109 votes. 1 The majority was 3,325 votes, the 43rd smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 67.0%, with 7,662 ballots issued to 11,428 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)
- Politik (Bahagian Mukah), Pentadbiran Bahagian Mukah (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)