Nelson Balang Rining

Nelson Balang Rining is a Malaysian politician from PDP. He was the Member of Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Ba'kelalan from 2004 to 2011 and is currently the Deputy President of PDP. He is one of the member of the Board of Directors of LAKU Management Sdn Bhd, a Sarawak government owned company, after being appointed on 7 July 2020.^[1][2]

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Nelson Balang Rining PJN JMN
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Ba'kelalan
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	Judson Sakai Tagal
Succeeded by	Baru Bian
Chairman of LAKU Management Sdn Bhd
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 February 2020
Preceded by	Ahmad Lai Bujang Alice Jalan Empaling
Personal details
Born	Balang anak Rining
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	PDP
Other political affiliations	BN (till 2018) GPS (since 2018) PN (since 2020)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Sarawak State Legislative Assembly^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Total votes	Majority	Turnout
2004	N62 Ba'kelalan		Nelson Balang Rining (SPDP)	2,843	67.15%		Baru Bian (IND)	1,391	32.85%	4,313	1,452	56.04%
2006	N70 Ba'kelalan		Nelson Balang Rining (SPDP)	2,064	56.50%		Baru Bian (SNAP)	1,589	43.50%	3,680	475	58.56%

Awards and recognitions

•  Malaysia :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (2010)^[4]
  • Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (2012)^[4]