| 18th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | |
| Body: | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Jurisdiction: | Sarawak |
| Meeting Place: | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building |
| Election: | 2016 Sarawak state election |
| Government: | Second Adenan cabinet Johari cabinet |
| Term Start: | [1] |
| Before: | 17th Assembly |
| After: | 19th Assembly |
| Chamber1 Image: | July 2020 Sarawak State Legislative Assembly composition.svg |
| Chamber1 Image Size: | 250px |
| Membership1: | 82 |
| Control1: | Gabungan Parti Sarawak coalition |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Deputy Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Gerawat Gala |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Chief Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Chong Chieng Jen (until 8 November 2020) Wong Soon Koh (from 9 November 2020) |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Session1 Start: | 7 June 2016 |
| Session1 End: | ? |
| Session2 Start: | ? |
| Session2 End: | 17 November 2017 |
| Session3 Start: | 9 July 2018 |
| Session3 End: | 14 November 2018 |
| Session4 Start: | 29 April 2019 |
| Session4 End: | 13 November 2019 |
| Session5 Start: | 11 May 2020 |
| Session5 End: | ? |
| Session6 Start: | ? |
| Session6 End: | 3 November 2021 |
The 18th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly was a term of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Sarawak in Sarawak, Malaysia. The 18th Assembly consisted of 82 members that were elected in the 2016 state election and served from 7 June 2016 until 3 November 2021.
The legislature would, in normal circumstances, have dissolved automatically at the expiration of the five-year term on 6 June 2021 per the Sarawak constitution, but it was overridden by an ongoing emergency declaration at the federal level arising from the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.[2] The subsequent state election has also been delayed.[3] The emergency declaration was however ended several months earlier than scheduled and the legislature was dissolved on the same day.
Following the state election that was held on 7 May 2016, Barisan Nasional was able to form the next state government with a majority of 72 seats out of 82.[4] There were several candidates from breakaway parties such as TERAS and UPP that had their members contest seats under the Barisan banner as direct election candidates under a deal by Adenan Satem after their parties were prevented from joining Barisan after opposition from parties such as PDP and SUPP.[5] On 12 June 2018, all Sarawak-based BN parties including Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) officially left Barisan Nasional forming a new coalition Sarawak Parties Alliance due to Barisan Nasional's defeat in general elections on 9 May 2018.[6]
The fifth session of the 18th Assembly consists of 6 select committees:
| Standing Orders and Selection Committee | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar (Speaker) | 5–0 | ||
| Public Accounts Committee | Aidel Lariwoo (PBB) | 5–2 | ||
| House Committee | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar (Speaker) | 6–0 | ||
| Public Petitions Committee | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar (Speaker) | 6–0 | ||
| Committee of Privileges | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar (Speaker) | 7–0 | ||
| Events Committee | Mohd Naroden Majais (PBB) | 16–0 |
| Affiliation | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 2016 election | At dissolution | |||
| Gabungan Parti Sarawak | 67 | |||
| Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu | 47 | |||
| Parti Rakyat Sarawak | 10 | |||
| Sarawak United Peoples' Party | 7 | |||
| Progressive Democratic Party | 3 | |||
| Barisan Nasional | 72 | 0 | ||
| No party | 11 | 0 | ||
| Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu | 39 | |||
| Parti Rakyat Sarawak | 11 | |||
| Sarawak United Peoples' Party | 7 | |||
| Progressive Democratic Party | 4 | |||
| Government total | 72 | 67 | ||
| Malaysian United Indigenous Party | 0 | 1 | ||
| Confidence and supply total | 0 | 1 | ||
| Parti Sarawak Bersatu | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pakatan Harapan | 10 | 5 | ||
| Democratic Action Party | 7 | 5 | ||
| People's Justice Party | 3 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | ||
| Opposition total | 10 | 12 | ||
| Total | 82 | 80 | ||
| Working government majority | 62 | 56 | ||
| Vacant | 0 | 2 | ||
| Before | Change | After | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | |||
| Dudong | Tiong Thai King | BN | Change of party | [9] | Tiong Thai King | PSB | |||
| Bawang Assan | Wong Soon Koh | BN | Change of party | Wong Soon Koh | PSB | ||||
| Opar | Ranum Anak Mina | BN | Change of party | 11 August 2016[10] | Ranum Anak Mina | PSB | |||
| Engkilili | Johnical Rayong Ngipa | BN | Change of party | 12 August 2016 | Johnical Rayong Ngipa | PSB | |||
| Mambong | Jerip Susil | BN | Change of party | 13 August 2016 | Jerip Susil | PSB | |||
| Mambong | Jerip Susil | PSB | Change of party | ? | Jerip Susil | PBB | |||
| Serembu | Miro Simuh | BN | Party membership within coalition | 16 August 2016[11] | Miro Simuh | BN–PBB | |||
| Bukit Semuja | John Ilus | John Ilus | |||||||
| Bekenu | Rosey Yunus | Rosey Yunus | |||||||
| Mulu | Gerawat Jala | Gerawat Jala | |||||||
| Batu Danau | Paulus Gumbang | Paulus Gumbang | |||||||
| Tanjong Datu | Adenan Satem | BN–PBB | Death | 11 January 2017 | 18 February 2017[12] | Jamilah Anu | BN–PBB | ||
| All BN members | BN | Departure from coalition and formation of new coalition | 12 June 2018 | All BN members | GPS | ||||
| Pujut | Ting Tiong Choon | PH–DAP | Disqualification[13] | 11 February 2020 | Vacant | ||||
| Krian | Ali Biju | PH–PKR | Departure from party[14] [15] | 24 February 2020 | Ali Biju | Independent | |||
| Ba'kelalan | Baru Bian | Baru Bian | |||||||
| Krian | Ali Biju | Independent | Party membership[16] | 28 February 2020 | Ali Biju | PN-BERSATU | |||
| Batu Lintang | See Chee How | PH-PKR | Expulsion from party[17] | 14 April 2020 | See Chee How | Independent | |||
| Ba'kelalan | Baru Bian | Independent | Party membership[18] | 30 May 2020 | Baru Bian | PSB | |||
| Batu Lintang | See Chee How | See Chee How | |||||||
| Padungan | Wong King Wei | PH–DAP | Departure from party | 26 July 2020[19] | Wong King Wei | Independent | |||
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