Roland Engan

Roland Engan is a Malaysian politician of Dayak descent who serves as a vice president of the People's Justice Party (PKR). He previously served as Chairman of the State Leadership Council (MPN) of Sarawak PKR during the 2022–2025 term.

Political career

Engan began his political career when he contested the 2013 general election for the Baram parliamentary seat, where he faced off against the incumbent, Anyi Ngau of Barisan Nasional (BN), and narrowly lost by 194 votes. He was nominated again by PKR to contest the Baram seat in the 2018 general election. However, he lost a second time to Anyi Ngau, who secured the seat with an increased majority of 1,990 votes.

In 2021, Engan was appointed as State Chairman of Sarawak PKR, a position that had been vacant for a year following the resignation of the previous chairman, Larry Sng. He contested the Baram seat for a third time in 2022, losing again to Anyi Ngau who won with a further increased majority of 7,339 votes. Engan became involved in PKR's central leadership when he was appointed as one of the party's vice-presidents in 2025, serving alongside four other elected vice-presidents: Amirudin Shari, Ramanan Ramakrishnan, Aminuddin Harun, and Chang Lih Kang.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P220 Baram Roland Engan (PKR) 8,988 48.50% Anyi Ngau (PDP) 9,182 49.54% 18,533 194 63.96%
Patrick Sibat (IND) 363 1.96%
2018 Roland Engan (PKR) 10,181 45.55% Anyi Ngau (PDP) 12,171 54.45% 22,352 1,990 63.91%
2022 Roland Engan (PKR) 11,060 37.14% Anyi Ngau (PDP) 18,399 61.78% 29,783 7,339 50.76%
Wilfred Entika (IND) 810 1.06%
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2016 N77 Telang Usan Roland Engan (PKR) 3,064 48.67% Dennis Ngau (PBB) 3,231 51.33% 6,388 167 63.88%
2021 N78 Mulu Roland Engan (PKR) 810 14.47% Gerawat Gala (PBB) 3,731 66.67% 5,802 2,875 60.61%
Son Radu (PSB) 856 15.30%
Richard Ibuh (PBK) 199 3.56%

References

  1. ↑ "PKR umum pengerusi Sabah, Sarawak". Berita Harian (in Malay). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2018. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  3. ↑ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. ↑ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. ↑ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  6. ↑ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-07-08.