Proposal to add 17 new Sarawak State Assembly seats expected to be table in the July sitting of Parliament

KUCHING, March 8 2026: Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof said that proposal to add 17 new seats to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (SLA), which will increase the total number of seats from 82 to 99, is expected to be tabled in the July Parliament session.

Caption: Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof says that the discussions on the 17 additional seats are now at the federal level 

He said that discussions on the matter are still ongoing at the federal government level before it is tabled for consideration by Parliament.

“Right now we are only discussing at the federal level and we aim for the proposal to add more seats to the Sarawak SLA to be tabled in the July Parliament session,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters after attending the Iftar Jamaie NEXGEN P194 Petra Jaya 2026 held at the Al-Ghazali Mosque here this evening.

The Petra Jaya MP added that any further developments on the matter will only be known after the proposal to add more seats is tabled and receives Parliament’s approval.

Sarawak SLA on 7 July 2025 passed the State Legislative Assembly (Membership Composition) Bill 2025 which saw the addition of 17 new seats, bringing the total to 99 SLA seats.

At the same ceremony, Fadillah also presented duit raya donations to tahfiz students from Madrasah Darul Uloom Islamiyyah Rampangi, Madrasah Darul Uloom Al-Fatah and Madrasah Tahfiz Al-Qurah Bidayatul Muthadin as well as to residents of Toh Puan Hajah Norkiah Children's Home.