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 Pelawan 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]

15,931 valid votes · 108 rejected · 263 unreturned · 16,302 ballots issued of 34,466 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
Michael TiangMICHAEL TIANGGPSSUPP
Low Chong NguanDR. LOW CHONG NGUANPSBPSB

Location

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

Polling districts (11)

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

  1. Rajang Park 212/54/01
  2. Pelawan 212/54/02
  3. Sungai Merah 212/54/03
  4. Disa 212/54/04
  5. Sungai Antu 212/54/05
  6. Gambir 212/54/06
  7. Camar 212/54/07
  8. Merdeka 212/54/08
  9. Oya Lane 212/54/09
  10. Indah 212/54/10
  11. Nibong 212/54/11

The story

Review status: fact-checked and approved.

Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, Pelawan (N.54) was one of three state seats inside the Sibu parliamentary seat (P.212), together with Bawang Assan and Nangka. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 11 polling districts: Rajang Park, Pelawan, Sungai Merah, Disa, Sungai Antu, Gambir, Camar, Merdeka, Oya Lane, Indah and Nibong. 4

At the 2016 state election, David Wong Kee Woan won the seat for DAP. 5 6 He had also won the seat in 2011. 5

At the election on 18 December 2021, Michael Tiang of SUPP, standing under the GPS logo, won with 4,413 votes. 1 2 David Wong Kee Woan of DAP came second with 4,313 votes. 1 Low Chong Nguan of PSB received 3,757 votes, Tiew Yen Houng of PBK received 3,146 votes and Janet Loh of ASPIRASI received 302 votes. 1 The majority was 100 votes, the third smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 47.3%, with 16,302 ballots issued to 34,466 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. 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. Pelawan to see five-cornered fight, Dayak Daily, 6 December 2021 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  6. 2016 Sarawak Election – Results, Free Malaysia Today, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)

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