PKR had lost its two representatives to the new opposition Parti Bersatu Sarawak (PBS), which managed to win 4 seats in its debut election, being disappointing to the leader Wong Soon Koh, who was able to muster massive grassroots resources into the campaign. Pakatan also failed to form any alliance with Parti Bersatu Sarawak (PBS), which split the vote in three cornered fights. PKR had poorly mismanaged the Sarawak branch, which was left without any figure able to rally any passion for the party locally. However, many reported that PKR didn’t provide any vision for Sarawak. The Democratic Action Party (DAP) which won 7 seats in the 2016 state election, lost 5 seats to GPS, leaving them with just two representatives in parliament, while Anwar Ibrahim’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) failed in all the 28 seats the party contested.Īnwar Ibrahim was seen campaigning around the state.
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), which has a political office in Kuching fielded a single candidate who lost. However, both United Malays Nasional Organization (UMNO) and Bersatu agreed with GPS not to field candidates in the Sarawak state election. Mahathir Mohamed while prime minister had threatened to move Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) into Sarawak to contest the state election. The results also fulfilled a long-held ambition by PBB to rid the state of pollical influence from the peninsula. This maintains PBB’s prominent place in Sarawak politics that would appear very difficult to dislodge for generations to come. PBB won all the 47 seats the party contested, well over the 42 mark which would allow PBB to govern in their own right. Parti Demokratik Progresif (PDP) won five seats, and SUPP won 13 out of the 18 seats it contested. PRS won all the eleven seats it contested. This move saw GPS completely disassociate themselves with peninsula based Barisan Nasional coalition, which GPS was part of until 2018. In addition, GPS was rebranded and went into the election with the message “Sarawak first”. There were some uncertainties whether infighting between GPS component parties, Parti Pesaka Bersatu (PBB), Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), and Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) would affect support. Rather the election was to be more a referendum about the popularity of Abang Johari Openg, who had taken over the leadership after the death of the popular Adenan Satem.
The election was never going to be any threat to the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government, which held 67 of the 72 seats in the house, expanded to 82 for the 2021 election.
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