Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Machan 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]
7,743 valid votes · 124 rejected · 26 unreturned · 7,893 ballots issued of 11,763 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Siden Gramong | ALLAN SIDEN GRAMONG | GPS | PBB |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.210 Kanowit [1] [3]
- Division: Not yet sourced
Polling districts (7)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [4]
- Lukut 210/50/01
- Kanowit 210/50/02
- Majau 210/50/03
- Peranan 210/50/04
- Poi 210/50/05
- Bukong 210/50/06
- Latong 210/50/07
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, Machan (N.50) was one of two state seats inside the Kanowit parliamentary seat (P.210), together with Ngemah. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists seven polling districts: Lukut, Kanowit, Majau, Peranan, Poi, Bukong and Latong. 4
At the 2016 state election, Allan Siden Gramong of PBB won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 5
At the election on 18 December 2021, Allan Siden Gramong of PBB, standing under the GPS logo, won with 4,155 votes. 1 2 Madang anak Dimbab of PSB came second with 2,066 votes. 1 Joseph Nyambong of PKR received 1,267 votes, Mary Rita anak Mathias of PBK received 203 votes and Ngelayang anak Unau of ASPIRASI received 52 votes. 1 The majority was 2,089 votes, the 28th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 67.1%, with 7,893 ballots issued to 11,763 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)
- 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)