27-28 September 1991 1996 → Turnout 505,093 (69.79%) Asajaya Bukit Begunan Start date 1991 | Registered 723,743 26 March 1981 (1981-03-26) 17 July 1983 28 seats, 55.3% 15 seats, 17.6% | |
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The sixth Sarawak state election was held between Friday, 27 September and Saturday, 28 September 1991. This election functioned to elect 56 state representatives into the Sarawak State Assembly. This election saw 72.8% of the eligible voters to cast their votes.
Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) fielded candidates for all 56 seats, followed by Sarawak Dayak People's Party (PBDS) (34 seats), Parti Negara Rakyat Sarawak (NEGARA) (28 seats), Democratic Action Party (DAP) (18 seats), and Persatuan Rakyat Malaysia Sarawak (PERMAS) (12 seats). There were 19 independents vying for 16 seats. A total of 167 candidates was successfully nominated on the nomination day.
After the 1987 Ming Court Affair, PERMAS which was founded by Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (the uncle of Abdul Taib Mahmud) continued his final bid with PBDS in this election to topple the Taib led Sarawak BN. Before this, PERMAS and PBDS lost narrowly in 1987 state election. However, Sarawak BN won with a larger majority this time. PERMAS won none of the seats in this election and was dissolved not long after in 1991.
Results by constituency
The Sarawak BN won a total 49 out of 56 seats in the state assembly, including 2 seats won uncontested. The remaining seats were won by PBDS.
On the nomination day, Sarawak BN won 2 seats uncontested, namely N.3 Pantai Damai and N.24 Saribas.
The full list of elected representatives is shown below: