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 Ba'kelalan 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]

4,916 valid votes · 62 rejected · 26 unreturned · 5,004 ballots issued of 8,503 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
Sam LayaSAM LAYAGPSPDP

Location

  • Part of parliamentary seat P.222 Lawas [1] [3]
  • Division: Not yet sourced

Polling districts (20)

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

  1. Semadoh 222/81/01
  2. Beriwan 222/81/02
  3. Maligan 222/81/03
  4. Trusan 222/81/04
  5. Sukang 222/81/05
  6. Lupeng 222/81/06
  7. Ba'kelalan 222/81/07
  8. Temarop 222/81/08
  9. Suang 222/81/09
  10. Talis 222/81/10
  11. Lapadan 222/81/11
  12. Tengoa 222/81/12
  13. Tuma 222/81/13
  14. Pengaleh 222/81/14
  15. Siang 222/81/15
  16. Pangi 222/81/16
  17. Batu Tiga 222/81/17
  18. Lampaki 222/81/18
  19. Muncu 222/81/19
  20. Ranchangan 222/81/20

Change since 2021

  • 6 April 2024: PSB was dissolved in 2024. On 6 April 2024 Borneo Post reported that Baru Bian 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, Ba'kelalan (N.81) was a state seat within the Lawas parliamentary constituency, P.222. 3 The Election Commission's October 2022 polling-hours notice lists 20 polling districts: Semadoh, Beriwan, Maligan, Trusan, Sukang, Lupeng, Ba'kelalan, Temarop, Suang, Talis, Lapadan, Tengoa, Tuma, Pengaleh, Siang, Pangi, Batu Tiga, Lampaki, Muncu and Ranchangan. 4

At the 2016 state election, Baru Bian won the seat for PKR. 7 8 He had also won the seat in 2011. 9

At the election on 18 December 2021, Baru Bian of PSB won with 2,687 votes. 1 Sam Laya of PDP, standing under the GPS logo, came second with 2,007 votes. 1 2 Pita Asut @ Peter Asut of PBK received 110 votes, Martin Labo of PKR received 57 votes and Agnes, an independent, received 55 votes. 1 The majority was 680 votes, the seventh smallest of the 82 seats. 1 Turnout was 58.8%, with 5,004 ballots issued to 8,503 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 Baru Bian 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: BN takes 26 seats, DAP 4, PKR 3, The Star, 7 May 2016 (accessed 8 November 2026)
  9. Baru Bian wins first seat for PSB with majority of 680 votes, Dayak Daily, 18 December 2021 (accessed 8 November 2026)

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