Jelaing Mersat is a Malaysian politician. He is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia

Parliament of Malaysia

The Parliament of Malaysia is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The King as the Head of State is the third component of Parliament....

 for the Saratok

Saratok

Saratok is a town, and the capital of the Saratok District in Betong Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia in the island of Borneo. The last recorded district population was 44,600 . It is located about 50 kilometers from Betong...

 constituency in Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, representing the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party, or SPDP is a Sarawak based political party in Malaysia founded in 2002...

 (SPDP). He was the Deputy Home Minister in the Barisan Nasional

Barisan Nasional

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 coalition government. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Transport after a minor cabinet reshuffle in June 2010.

Jelaing was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election

Malaysian general election, 2004

General elections were held in Malaysia on March 21, 2004. The incumbent National Front government of Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was re-elected with an increased majority.-Election results:...

, replacing Peter Tinggom as the SPDP's nominee for the Saratok seat. Jelaing had been a staffer to Tinggom while the latter was a Deputy Minister.

Election results

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia

Dewan Rakyat

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: Saratok

Saratok

Saratok is a town, and the capital of the Saratok District in Betong Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia in the island of Borneo. The last recorded district population was 44,600 . It is located about 50 kilometers from Betong...

, Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

!|Year
!
!|Barisan Nasional
!|Votes
!|Pct
!
!|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Pct
|-
|2004

Malaysian general election, 2004

General elections were held in Malaysia on March 21, 2004. The incumbent National Front government of Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was re-elected with an increased majority.-Election results:...

|
| | (SPDP

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party, or SPDP is a Sarawak based political party in Malaysia founded in 2002...

)
| align="right" |11,995
| |72%
|
| |Edmund Stanley Jugol (SNAP

Sarawak National Party

Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is a political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of Barisan Nasional since Sarawak joined Malaysia until 2004 when it was expelled from Barisan Nasional...

)
| align="right" |4,450
| |27%
|-
|2008

Malaysian general election, 2008

The 12th Malaysian general election was held on March 8, 2008, in accordance with Malaysian laws for national elections, which states that a general election must be held no later than five years subsequent to the previous elections; the previous general election was held in 2004...

|
| | (SPDP

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party, or SPDP is a Sarawak based political party in Malaysia founded in 2002...

)
| align="right" |12,470
| |76%
|
| |Mohd Yahya Abdullah (PKR

Parti Keadilan Rakyat

The People's Justice Party , often known simply as KeADILan) is a centrist political party in Malaysia formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party...

)
| align="right" |3,764
| |23%