Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Bukit Assek 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]
13,404 valid votes · 144 rejected · 73 unreturned · 13,621 ballots issued of 27,636 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chieng Jin Ek | CHIENG JIN EK | GPS | SUPP |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.211 Lanang [1] [3]
- Division: Not yet sourced
Polling districts (14)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [4]
- Tiong Hua 211/51/01
- Tong Sang 211/51/02
- Keladi 211/51/03
- Kapor Lima 211/51/04
- Lembangan 211/51/05
- Uk Daik 211/51/06
- Hardin 211/51/07
- Lai Chee 211/51/08
- Merlin 211/51/09
- Hua Kiew 211/51/10
- Hin Yu 211/51/11
- Layang-Layang 211/51/12
- Manggis 211/51/13
- Maling 211/51/14
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, Bukit Assek (N.51) was one of two state seats inside the Lanang parliamentary seat (P.211), together with Dudong. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 14 polling districts: Tiong Hua, Tong Sang, Keladi, Kapor Lima, Lembangan, Uk Daik, Hardin, Lai Chee, Merlin, Hua Kiew, Hin Yu, Layang-Layang, Manggis and Maling. 4
At the 2016 state election, Irene Mary Chang Oi Ling won the seat for DAP. 5
At the election on 18 December 2021, Chieng Jin Ek of SUPP, standing under the GPS logo, won with 4,684 votes. 1 2 Irene Chang of DAP came second with 3,810 votes. 1 Priscilla Lau of PBK received 2,598 votes, Ting Kee Nguan of PSB received 1,790 votes, Hii Tiong Huat, an independent, received 313 votes and Jess Lau of ASPIRASI received 209 votes. 1 The majority was 874 votes, the 12th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 49.3%, with 13,621 ballots issued to 27,636 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)