| Jelaing Mersat | |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Crown Colony of Sarawak |
| Office: | Deputy Minister of Transport |
| Primeminister: | Najib Razak |
| Constituency: | Saratok |
| Term Start: | 4 June 2010 |
| Term End: | 15 May 2013 |
| Successor: | Abdul Aziz Kaprawi |
| Predecessor: | Robert Lau Hoi Chew |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Home Affairs |
| Term Start1: | 10 April 2009 |
| Term End1: | 4 June 2010 |
| Monarch1: | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Minister1: | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Primeminister1: | Najib Razak |
| Predecessor1: | Chor Chee Heung |
| Successor1: | Lee Chee Leong |
| Constituency1: | Saratok |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs |
| Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Term Start2: | 19 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 9 April 2009 |
| Minister2: | Shahrir Abdul Samad |
| Predecessor2: | S. Veerasingam |
| Successor2: | Tan Lian Hoe as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism |
| Constituency2: | Saratok |
| Constituency Mp3: | Saratok, Sarawak |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End3: | 5 May 2013 |
| Majority3: | 7,545 (2004) 8,706 (2008) |
| Predecessor3: | Peter Tinggom Kamarau (BN–SPDP) |
| Successor3: | William Mawan Ikom (BN–SPDP) |
| Party: | Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Jelaing Mersat (31 December 1948 – 1 September 2023) was a Malaysian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Saratok constituency in Sarawak from 2004 until 2013, representing the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP). During his time in Parliament he served as Deputy Home Minister in the Barisan Nasional coalition government,[1] and later as Deputy Minister for Transport.[2]
Jelaing was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election, replacing Peter Tinggom as the SPDP's Barisan Nasional candidate for the Saratok seat. He had been a staffer to Tinggom while the latter was a Deputy Minister.[3] [4] Jelaing was dropped as the Barisan Nasional's candidate for the 2013 election, in favour of SPDP president William Mawan Ikom. Jelaing and a group of his supporters within the SPDP protested against his replacement and refused to support Mawan's candidacy.[5]
Jelaing Mersat died on 1 September 2023, at the age of 74.[6]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opposnent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P205 Saratok, Sarawak | (SPDP) | 11,995 | 72.94% | bgcolor= | Edmund Stanley Jugol (SNAP) | 4,450 | 27.06% | 16,684 | 7,545 | 67.80% | |||
| 2008 | (SPDP) | 12,470 | 76.81% | Mohd Yahya Abdullah (PKR) | 3,764 | 23.19% | 16,467 | 8,706 | 68.66% | |||||