1969 Sarawak state election

1969 Sarawak state election

← 1963 10 May 1969 – 7 June 1969 (suspended due to 13 May incident) 6 June 1970 – 4 July 1970 1974 →
All 48 seats in the Council Negri 25 seats needed for a majority
Registered	332,373
Turnout	265,898 (80%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Ong Kee Hui Stephen Kalong Ningkan Party Alliance SUPP SNAP Leader since unknown 1959 1961 Leader's seat Kuala Rajang not contesting Layar Last election N/A N/A N/A Seats before N/A N/A N/A Seats won 15 12 12 Seat change – – – Popular vote 63,668 72,178 61,241 Percentage 25.4% 28.8% 24.4% Swing – – –
Chief Minister before election Tawi Sli Alliance Subsequent chief minister Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Alliance

The first Sarawak state election was held from Saturday, 10 May 1969 and scheduled to be completed on Saturday, 7 June 1969 which lasted for 4 weeks and was carried out in staggered basis. This was due to the lack of transportation and communication systems in the state at that time. The state election was held at the same time as the 1969 general election. The Dewan Rakyat of the Malaysian Parliament and all the state assemblies were dissolved on 20 March 1969, except for Kelantan (which dissolved later on 31 March) and Sabah (which were not up for election as it had held its state election in 1967). The nomination date was set on Saturday, 5 April 1969. However, because of the riot occurred during 13 May incident and the declaration of emergency and the promulgation of Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No. 1 of 1969 on 15 May 1969, all the ongoing polls were suspended until 1970. During when the suspension was enforced, polling in 9 out of 48 constituencies in Sarawak had started. None of the elections in Sarawak was completed at that time.^[1]