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The ninth Sarawak state election was held on 20 May 2006 with nomination day on 9 May. The election functioned to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly (''Dewan Undangan Negeri'' in Malay). The eighth state assembly was dissolved by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng by the advice of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, on 24 April 2006. On nomination day, Barisan Nasional won two seats without contest. This election saw 892,537 voters eligible to cast their ballots.〔(Polling In Sarawak State Election Completed ). (20 May 2006). ''BERNAMA''.〕 The previous state election was held in 2001, when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) won 60 out of 62 seats in the eighth state assembly. The Democratic Action Party won one, while another went to an independent candidate. The eighth state assembly's mandate would expire on 18 November 2006, necessitating the calling of an election beforehand.〔''(Background of Sarawak politics )''. BERNAMA. URL accessed on 20 May 2006〕 Barisan Nasional fielded candidates for all 71 seats: * 35 seats by United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB) * 19 seats by Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) * 9 seats by Sarawak Peoples Party (PRS) * 8 seats by Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) A total of 28 seats was contested by Sarawak National Party (SNAP), followed by People's Justice Party (PKR) (25 seats), Democratic Action Party (DAP) (12 seats), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (1 seat). There were 20 independents contesting for 16 seats.〔 ==The opposition parties== People's Justice Party (PKR), Sarawak National Party (SNAP) and Malaysian Dayak Congress (MDC) teamed up to form the Sarawak United Front ((マレー語:Barisan Bersatu Sarawak)). MDC, being one of the two parties split from the deregistered Sarawak Dayak People's Party, was newly formed and awaiting for registration approval. So they have to contest under the SNAP ticket. Although Democratic Action Party and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party did not join the coalition, they managed to negotiate with the coalition over the contesting of seats so that they could challenge BN one-to-one. Another Sarawak local opposition party, the State Reform Party (STAR), failed the negotiation and decided not to contest in the election. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarawak state election, 2006」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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