The first Sarawak state election was held from 10 May 1969 and scheduled to be completed on 7 June 1969 which lasted for 4 weeks and was carried out in staggered basis. This was due to the lack of transportation and communication systems in the state at that time. The dissolution of House of Representatives of Malaysian parliament and all the state assemblies were conducted on 20 March 1969 except for Kelantan

Kelantan

Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....

. The nomination date was set on 5 April 1969. However, because of the riot occurred during 13 May incident and the declaration of emergency and the promulgation of Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No. 1 of 1969 on 15 May 1969, all the ongoing polls were suspended until 1970. During when the suspension was enforced, polling in 9 out of 48 constituencies in Sarawak had started. None of the elections in Sarawak was completed at that time.

Prior to 1969 election, a political party was suspended from contesting in general election. The political party later mounted a public campaign calling the voters to boycott the election. The Sarawak parliamentary and state election was resumed from 6 June 1970 to 4 July 1970. During the resumption of the election, there was a tragedy in Sarikei

Sarikei

Sarikei is a town, and the capital of the Sarikei District in Sarikei Division, Sarawak, east Malaysia. It is located on the Rajang River, near where the river empties into the South China Sea. The district population was 56,798...

 in the third division of Sarawak on 29 June 1970. The communist terrorists had killed three election officials on their return journey after completing polling at a station. There was also an incident were a land mine was exploded outside the polling station in the same division.

This election saw 332,373 eligible voters after the first registration in Sarawak. The turn up rate of voters was 80.0%, which was considered high as compared to other states in Malaysia. A total of 221 candidates were contesting for 48 state seats in Sarawak. The breakdown of number of seats were:

• 33 seats were contested by Sarawak Alliance (Perikatan Sarawak in Malay). It was made up of Parti Bumiputera Sarawak (BUMIPUTERA) and Sarawak Chinese Association (SCA)

• 40 seats by Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)

• 35 seats by Parti Pesaka Sarawak (Pesaka)

• 47 seats by Sarawak National Party
  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...
  
   (SNAP)

There were 66 independent candidates vying for the seats.

Results

SUPP later joined Sarawak Alliance to form a coalition government. This enable the coalition to secure a total of 27 out of 48 seats in the Sarawak state Council.

The full list of representatives is shown below:

No.	State Constituency	Elected State Council Members	Elected Party
Alliance 15 | 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...  12 | SUPP 12 | Pesaka 8 | IND Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...  1
S01	Lundu	Chong Kim Mook	SUPP
S02	Bau	Ong Ah Khim	SUPP
S03	Kuching Barat	Cheng Yew Kiew	Alliance
S04	Kuching Timor	Stephen K.T. Yong	SUPP
S05	Semariang	Ajibah Abol	Alliance
S06	Sekama	Sim Kheng Hong	SUPP
S07	Sebandi	Ikhwan bin Abang Haji Zainei	Alliance
S08	Muara Tuang	Mohamad Musa	Alliance
S09	Batu Kawah	Chong Kiun Kong	SUPP
S10	Bengoh	Segus Anak Ginyai	SUPP
S11	Tarat	Nelson Kundai Ngareng	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...
S12	Tebakang	Michael Ben Ak Panggi	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...
S13	Semera	Lee Thiam Kee(Puteh)	Alliance
S14	Gedong	Abang Haji Abdul Rahim	Alliance
S15	Lingga-Sebuyau	Dato' Penghulu Tawi Sli	Pesaka
S16	Simanggang	Nelson Liap Kudu	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...
S17	Engkilili-Skrang	Simon Dembab Maja	Pesaka
S18	Ulu Ai	David Anak Jemut	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...
S19	Saribas	Kihok bin Amat	Alliance
S20	Layar	Dato' Stephen Kalong Ningkan Stephen Kalong Ningkan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Stephen Kalong Ningkan was the first Chief Minister of Sarawak . As the executive of a newly-independent state which helped to form Malaysia, Kalong faced many challenges from within the state and from Sarawak's neighbour, Indonesia.- Personal life :Kalong was born on 20 August...	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...
S21	Kalaka	Wan Alwi bin Tuanku Ibrahim	Pesaka
S22	Krian	Dunstan Endawie Anak Enchana	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...
S23	Kuala Rajang	Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman bin Ya'kub is a Malaysian politician of Melanau descent from Mukah. He was the third Chief Minister of Sarawak and the fourth Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak . He is also an uncle of Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, the current Chief Minister of Sarawak...	Alliance
S24	Repok	Khoo Peng Loong	SUPP
S25	Matu-Daro	Awang Hipni bin Pengiran Anu	Alliance
S26	Binatang	Anthony Teo Tiao Gin	SUPP
S27	Sibu Tengah	Chew Kim Poon	SUPP
S28	Sibu Luar	Wong Kah Sing	SUPP
S29	Igan	Ling Beng Siong	Alliance
S30	Dudong	Kong Chung Siew	SUPP
S31	Balingian	Mohd. Pauzi bin Hamdani	Alliance
S32	Oya	Vincent Ferrer Suyong	Alliance
S33	Pakan	Mandi Anak Sanar	Pesaka
S34	Meluan	Gramong Anak Jelian	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...
S35	Machan	Thomas Kana	Pesaka
S36	Ngemah	Lias Anak Kana	IND Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
S37	Song	Ngelambong Bangau	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...
S38	Pelagus	Bennet Jarrow	Pesaka
S39	Baleh	Kenyan Anak Temenggong Koh	Pesaka
S40	Belaga	Nyipa Kilah	SUPP
S41	Tatau	Awang Ismail bin Pg. Zainuddin	Alliance
S42	Kemana	Ahok Anak Jalin	Pesaka
S43	Subis	Francis Loke	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...
S44	Miri	Chia Chin Shin	Alliance
S45	Marudi	Edward Jeli Anak Blayong	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...
S46	Telang Usan	Balan Seling	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...
S47	Limbang	Dato' James Wong Kim Min	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...
S48	Lawas	Awang Daud bin Awang Metusin	Alliance

Percentage of votes garnered by each party

Political parties	Number of votes	Percentage of votes (%)
Sarawak Alliance	63,668	25.4
Sarawak United Peoples' Party	72,178	28.8
Sarawak National Party 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...	61,241	24.4
Parti Pesaka Sarawak	34,281	12.7
Independent (66 candidates)	18,987	7.6
Total	250,355	100