The ''Parti Rakyat Sarawak'' or PRS (

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: Sarawak Peoples' Party) is a multiracialism & nationalism political party in

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, and

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at all. The party was founded in the wake of the de-registration of the

Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak The Sarawak Native People's Party or ms, Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) was a political party in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It was established in 1983, by Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Irok, after seceding from Sarawak National Party (SNAP) ...

and later

Sarawak National Party The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 1976 until its expulsion ...

in December 2003 by a breakaway faction led by Tan Sri Dr.

James Jemut Masing Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr. James Jemut Masing (5 March 1949 – 31 October 2021) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister, State Minister of Infrastructure and Ports Development of Sarawak under Chief Ministers Adenan S ...

and Dato' Sng Chee Hua. It is one of the former constituent members of the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018, PRS leave the coalition to formed a new Sarawak-based coalition of

Sarawak Parties Alliance The Sarawak Parties Alliance ( Malay: ''Gabungan Parti Sarawak''; abbrev: GPS) is a Sarawak-based national political alliance in Malaysia. It was established in 2018 by four former Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties operating solely in ...

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

* His Majesty's appointee: ** Rita Sarimah Patrick Insol (PRS)

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

PRS has 5 MPs in the

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Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

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General election results

State election results

External links

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References

Notes

* Khoo, Phillip (June 2004
The Taming of the Dayak
Aliran Monthly Political parties in Sarawak 2004 establishments in Malaysia Political parties established in 2004 {{Malaysia-party-stub