1991 Sarawak state election

1991 Sarawak state election

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All 56 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered	723,743
Turnout	505,093 (69.79%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Abdul Taib Mahmud Leo Moggie Party BN PBDS Leader since 26 March 1981 (1981-03-26) 17 July 1983 Leader's seat Asajaya not contesting Last election 28 seats, 55.3% 15 seats, 17.6% Seats before 37 7 Seats won 49 7 Seat change 12 Popular vote 301,067 104,216 Percentage 62.8% 21.7% Swing 7.5% 4.1%
Chief Minister before election Abdul Taib Mahmud BN Subsequent chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud BN

The sixth Sarawak state election was held between Friday, 27 September and Saturday, 28 September 1991. This election elected 56 state representatives into the Sarawak State Assembly. This election saw 72.8% of the eligible voters to cast their votes.^[1]

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 were successfully nominated on the nomination day.^[1]

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 the 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.