Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Murum 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]
6,921 valid votes · 67 rejected · 18 unreturned · 7,006 ballots issued of 9,738 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Chukpai Ugon | KENNEDY CHUKPAI UGON | GPS | PRS |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.216 Hulu Rajang [1] [3]
- Division: Kapit / Bintulu (listed by the division's Resident's Office) [4] [5]
Polling districts (3)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [6]
- Long Murum 216/66/01
- Asap 216/66/02
- Tubau 216/66/03
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Murum (N.66) is listed among the state seats of both the Kapit and Bintulu Divisions. 4 5 Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, it was one of three state seats inside the Hulu Rajang parliamentary seat (P.216), together with Baleh and Belaga. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists three polling districts: Long Murum, Asap and Tubau. 6
At the 2016 state election, Chukpai Ugon of PRS won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 7
At the election on 18 December 2021, Kennedy Chukpai Ugon of PRS, standing under the GPS logo, won with 4,584 votes. 1 2 Stanley Ajang Batok of PSB came second with 1,665 votes. 1 Anie Amat of PKR received 513 votes and Kenneth Adan Silek of PBDSB received 159 votes. 1 The majority was 2,919 votes, the 37th smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 71.9%, with 7,006 ballots issued to 9,738 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)
- Wakil Rakyat Bahagian Kapit, Pentadbiran Bahagian Kapit, 1 June 2024 (accessed 8 November 2026)
- Latar Belakang Bintulu, Pentadbiran Bahagian Bintulu (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)