| Election Name: | 2001 Sarawak state election |
| Country: | Sarawak |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Sarawak state election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Previous Mps: | Members of the 14th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Next Election: | 2006 Sarawak state election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Next Mps: | Members of the 16th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Elected Mps: | Members of the 15th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Seats For Election: | All 62 seats in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| Election Date: | 27 September 2001 |
| Registered: | 868,487 |
| Turnout: | 542,285 (62.44%) |
| Leader1: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Party1: | Barisan Nasional |
| Leaders Seat1: | Balingian |
| Popular Vote1: | 382,137 |
| Percentage1: | 71.2% |
| Swing1: | 3.5% |
| Last Election1: | 57 seats, 67.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 57 |
| Seats1: | 60 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Leader2: | Wong Ho Leng |
| Leader Since2: | 12 February 2001 |
| Party2: | Democratic Action Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Bukit Assek (lost) |
| Popular Vote2: | 45,327 |
| Percentage2: | 8.4% |
| Swing2: | 0.6% |
| Last Election2: | 3 seats, 9.0% |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Chief Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent chief minister |
| Before Election: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Before Party: | Barisan Nasional |
| After Election: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| After Party: | Barisan Nasional |
The eighth Sarawak state election was held on Thursday, 27 September 2001 with nomination date on Tuesday, 18 September 2001. The state assembly was supposed to be expired on 18 November 2001 but it was dissolved by the governor of Sarawak 2 months earlier on 3 September 2001.
The election saw 815,932 citizens eligible to vote but only 67.01% of the total voters or 546,285 voters had turned up to vote in this election.[1]
There were 171 candidates pursuing for 62 state seats in Sarawak. Sarawak Barisan Nasional (National Front) won 60 out of 62 seats while the remaining two seats were won by Democratic Action Party (DAP) and independent respectively.[1]
4 state seats were won unopposed by Sarawak National Front on the nomination day. They were:
N11. Batu Kawah – Alfred Yap Chin Loi by Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)
N25. Batang Ai – Dublin Unting anak Ingkot by Sarawak Dayak People's Party (PBDS)
N49. Katibas – Ambrose Blikau by United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB)
N62. Ba'kelalan – Dr Judson Tagal by Sarawak National Party (SNAP)
There were two election petitions filed to the Sarawak high court for N48 Pelagus and N60 Limbang constituency respectively after the election.[1]
The full list of representatives is shown below:[1] [2]
| No. | State Constituency | Elected state assembly members | Elected party | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN 60 | DAP 1 | KeADILan 0 | PAS 0 | STAR 0 | IND 1 | |||||||
| N01 | Tanjung Datu | Ranum Mina | BN | |||||||||
| N02 | Tasik Biru | Peter Nansian Ngusie | BN | |||||||||
| N03 | Pantai Damai | Abdul Rahman Junaidi | BN | |||||||||
| N04 | Demak Laut | Abang Draup Zamahari @ Abang Abdul Rauf Abang Zen | BN | |||||||||
| N05 | Tupong | Daud Abdul Rahman | BN | |||||||||
| N06 | Satok | Abang Johari Abang Openg | BN | |||||||||
| N07 | Samariang | Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi | BN | |||||||||
| N08 | Padungan | Lily Yong Lee Lee | BN | |||||||||
| N09 | Pending | Sim Kheng Hui | BN | |||||||||
| N10 | Batu Lintang | BN | ||||||||||
| N11 | Batu Kawah | Alfred Yap Chin Loi | BN | |||||||||
| N12 | Asajaya | Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah | BN | |||||||||
| N13 | Muara Tuang | BN | ||||||||||
| N14 | Bengoh | Jerip Susil | BN | |||||||||
| N15 | Tarat | Roland Sagah | BN | |||||||||
| N16 | Tebedu | BN | ||||||||||
| N17 | Kedup | Federick Bayoi Manggie | BN | |||||||||
| N18 | Sadong Jaya | Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi | BN | |||||||||
| N19 | Simunjan | Naroden Majais | BN | |||||||||
| N20 | Sebuyau | Julaihi Narawi | BN | |||||||||
| N21 | Beting Maro | Bolhassan Di | BN | |||||||||
| N22 | Bukit Begunan | Mong Dagang | BN | |||||||||
| N23 | Simanggang | Francis Harden Hollis | BN | |||||||||
| N24 | Engkilili | Toh Heng San | BN | |||||||||
| N25 | Batang Ai | Dublin Unting Ingkot | BN | |||||||||
| N26 | Saribas | Wahbi Junaidi | BN | |||||||||
| N27 | Layar | Alfred Jabu Numpang | BN | |||||||||
| N28 | Kalaka | Abdul Wahab Aziz | BN | |||||||||
| N29 | Krian | Peter Nyarok Entrie | BN | |||||||||
| N30 | Belawai | Hamden Ahmad | BN | |||||||||
| N31 | Serdeng | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar | BN | |||||||||
| N32 | Matu Daro | BN | ||||||||||
| N33 | Meradong | Ting Check Sii | BN | |||||||||
| N34 | Repok | David Teng Lung Chi | BN | |||||||||
| N35 | Pakan | William Mawan Ikom | BN | |||||||||
| N36 | Meluan | Wong Judat | IND | |||||||||
| N37 | Ngemah | Gabriel Adit Demong | BN | |||||||||
| N38 | Machan | Gramong Juna | BN | |||||||||
| N39 | Bukit Assek | Daniel Ngieng Kiong Ann | BN | |||||||||
| N40 | Dudong | Soon Choon Teck | BN | |||||||||
| N41 | Bawang Assan | Wong Soon Koh | BN | |||||||||
| N42 | Pelawan | Vincent Goh Chung Siong | BN | |||||||||
| N43 | Nangka | Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah | BN | |||||||||
| N44 | Dalat | BN | ||||||||||
| N45 | Balingian | BN | ||||||||||
| N46 | Tamin | BN | ||||||||||
| N47 | Kakus | John Sikei Tayai | BN | |||||||||
| N48 | Pelagus | Larry Soon @ Larry Sng Wei Shien | BN | |||||||||
| N49 | Katibas | Ambrose Blikau | BN | |||||||||
| N50 | Baleh | James Jemut Masing | BN | |||||||||
| N51 | Belaga | Stanley Ajang Batok | BN | |||||||||
| N52 | Kemena | Stephen Rundi Utom | BN | |||||||||
| N53 | Kidurong | Chiew Chiu Sing | DAP | |||||||||
| N54 | Jepak | Talib Zulpilip | BN | |||||||||
| N55 | Lambir | Aidan Wing | BN | |||||||||
| N56 | Piasau | BN | ||||||||||
| N57 | Senadin | Lee Kim Shin | BN | |||||||||
| N58 | Marudi | Sylvester Entri Muran | BN | |||||||||
| N59 | Telang Usan | Lihan Jok | BN | |||||||||
| N60 | Limbang | Richard Wong Shoan Fook | BN | |||||||||
| N61 | Lawas | Awang Tengah Ali Hasan | BN | |||||||||
| N62 | Ba'kelalan | Judson Tagal | BN | |||||||||
Wong Judat, the independent candidate who won the Meluan seat, joined BN through its component party Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), an offshoot of deregistered SNAP, in 2003, 2 years after his victory.[3]