Sources and fact-check
Where every fact on the Telang Usan 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]
6,461 valid votes · 77 rejected · 24 unreturned · 6,562 ballots issued of 11,465 registered voters
| Shown on this site | Name on ballot | Label on ballot | Party shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Ngau | DENNIS NGAU | GPS | PBB |
Location
- Part of parliamentary seat P.220 Baram [1] [3]
- Division: Not yet sourced
Polling districts (6)
As listed by the Election Commission in its October 2022 polling-hours notice, with the EC's district codes. [4]
- Long Miri 220/77/01
- Pana 220/77/02
- Akahpatah 220/77/03
- San 220/77/04
- Long Lama 220/77/05
- Apoh 220/77/06
The story
Review status: fact-checked and approved.
Under the 2015 boundaries used at the 2021 election, Telang Usan (N.77) was one of three state seats inside the Baram parliamentary seat (P.220), together with Marudi and Mulu. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists six polling districts: Long Miri, Pana, Akahpatah, San, Long Lama and Apoh. 4
At the 2016 state election, Dennis Ngau won the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate. 5
At the election on 18 December 2021, Dennis Ngau of PBB, standing under the GPS logo, won with 3,861 votes. 1 2 Jau Jok @ Jenggo of PSB came second with 1,439 votes. 1 Philip Jau Ding of PKR received 1,093 votes and Gia Bala of PBK received 68 votes. 1 The majority was 2,422 votes, the 31st smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 57.2%, with 6,562 ballots issued to 11,465 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)
- 349 candidates to vie for 82 seats in Sarawak, Free Malaysia Today, 6 December 2021 (accessed 8 November 2026)