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 Bawang Assan 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]

13,763 valid votes · 166 rejected · 23 unreturned · 13,952 ballots issued of 19,650 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
Robert Lau Hui YewROBERT LAU HUI YEWGPSSUPP

Location

  • Part of parliamentary seat P.212 Sibu [1] [3]
  • Division: Not yet sourced

Polling districts (13)

As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [4]

  1. Rassau 212/53/01
  2. Penasu 212/53/02
  3. Bawang Assan 212/53/03
  4. Kunyit 212/53/04
  5. Ma'aw 212/53/05
  6. Selalo 212/53/06
  7. Dassan 212/53/07
  8. Ensurai 212/53/08
  9. Lan 212/53/09
  10. Engkilo 212/53/10
  11. Lower Island 212/53/11
  12. Upper Island 212/53/12
  13. Tanah Mas 212/53/13

Change since 2021

  • 6 April 2024: PSB was dissolved in 2024. On 6 April 2024 Borneo Post reported that Wong Soon Koh had joined PDP, a GPS component party. The Speaker said no by-election was required. [5] [6]

The story

Review status: fact-checked and approved.

Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, Bawang Assan (N.53) was a state seat within the Sibu parliamentary constituency, P.212. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 13 polling districts: Rassau, Penasu, Bawang Assan, Kunyit, Ma'aw, Selalo, Dassan, Ensurai, Lan, Engkilo, Lower Island, Upper Island and Tanah Mas. 4

At the 2016 state election, Wong Soon Koh won the seat as a direct Barisan Nasional candidate. 7 He first won the seat in 1991. 8

At the election on 18 December 2021, Wong Soon Koh of PSB won with 5,952 votes. 1 Robert Lau Hui Yew of SUPP, standing under the GPS logo, came second with 5,039 votes. 1 2 Amy Lau Bik Yieng of DAP received 1,173 votes, Michelle Ling Shyan Mih of PBK received 954 votes and Ricky anak Enteri, an independent, received 645 votes. 1 The majority was 913 votes, the 13th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 71.0%, with 13,952 ballots issued to 19,650 registered voters. 1

PSB passed a resolution to dissolve itself at a delegates' meeting in Sibu on 17 February 2024. 6 On 6 April 2024, the Borneo Post reported that Wong Soon Koh was among former PSB members who had joined PDP, a GPS component party. 5 6 The Speaker said this change would not lead to a by-election. 6

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. 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)
  5. Former PSB leaders, members officially join PDP, Borneo Post, 6 April 2024 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  6. Sarawak Speaker to announce state assembly seating change for three reps now with PDP, Malay Mail, 14 April 2024 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  7. 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  8. Sarawak Polls: Six-term rep Wong Soon Koh in five-cornered fight for Bawang Assan, The Star, 6 December 2021 (accessed 8 November 2026)

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