THE 2021 SARAWAK STATE ELECTION : THE RISE OF GABUNGAN PARTI SARAWAK AND PROSPECTS FOR SARAWAK POLITICS

• Main Authors: Neilson Ilan, Mersat, Arnold, Puyok, Farah, Zaini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2024
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44452/1/THE%202021%20SARAWAK.pdf.crdownload; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44452/; http://web.usm.my/km/current.html; https://doi.org/10.21315/km2024.42.s1.2
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This article examines the results of the 2021 Sarawak State Election (SSE21) and explains Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s (GPS) major victory. Analysts had predicted an unassailable success for GPS but stopped short of giving the coalition more than 70 seats (out of the 82 seats contested). This was due to...