1974 Sarawak state election

The second Sarawak state election was held between Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 14 September 1974 which lasted for 3 weeks. The election was carried out in stages because of lack of communication and transportation systems.

This election was held simultaneously with 1974 Malaysian general election with the exception of Sabah state legislative assembly. The dissolution of the state assembly was carried out with the dissolution of state assemblies from other states and House of Representatives of Malaysian Parliament on 31 July 1974. This was the first time the election was held before 5 years tenure has finished.

A total of 48 seats were contested in this election.[1]

This election saw 375,282 registered voters with 75.1% of the voters cast their votes.

All the 48 seats were contested by Sarawak Barisan Nasional. The coalition was consisting of United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB) and Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP).

A total of 47 seats was contested by Sarawak National Party (SNAP) and 4 seats by BISAMAH.

There were 12 independent candidates vying for the seats.

The Belaga seat was not contested by SNAP.[1]

Results

Barisan Nasional won 30 seats and the remaining 18 seats were won by SNAP.[1]

Summary

Summary of the 24 August – 14 September 1974 Sarawak State Legislative Assembly election results
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front[lower-alpha 1]		BN	48	144,492	55.36	30	62.50	New
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	32	89,534	34.30	18	37.50	New
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	16	54,958	21.05	12	25.00	0
	Sarawak National Party		SNAP	47	111,438	42.69	18	37.50	+6
	Sarawak Bisamah Party		BISAMAH	4	716	0.27	0	0.00	New
	Independents		IND	12	5,088	1.96	0	0.00	-1
Valid votes					261,018
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	48	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					375,282
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Sarawak's population
Source:

Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

References

Report on the parliamentary (Dewan Rakyat) and state legislative assembly general elections 1974 of the states of Malaya and Sarawak (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed 18 November 2009

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[BN-2] Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

[spr-1] Report on the parliamentary (Dewan Rakyat) and state legislative assembly general elections 1974 of the states of Malaya and Sarawak (Malay-English bilingual version). Election Commission of Malaysia. URL accessed 18 November 2009

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1974 Sarawak state election

Results

Summary

See also

References