Malaysian general election, 1995

Malaysian general election, 1995
Malaysia
24 – 25 April 1995

All 192 seats to the Dewan Rakyat
97 seats needed for a majority
Registered 9,012,370
Turnout 6,152,809 (68.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahathir Mohammed Lim Kit Siang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Party Barisan Nasional DAP Semangat 46
Leader since 16 July 1981 October 1969 1989
Leader's seat Kubang Pasu Tanjong Gua Musang
Last election 127 seats, 53.4% 20 seats, 17.1% 8 seats, 14.8%
Seats won 162 9 6
Seat change Increase 35 Decrease 11 Decrease 2
Popular vote 3,881,214 712,175 616,589
Percentage 65.2% 12.0% 10.4%
Swing Increase 11.8% Decrease 5.1% Decrease 4.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  PAS PBS
Leader Fadzil Noor Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Party PAS PBS
Leader since 1989 5 March 1985
Leader's seat No seat Keningau
Last election 7 seats, 7.0% 14 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 7 8
Seat change Steady Decrease 6
Popular vote 430,098 198,594
Percentage 3.3% 3.3%
Swing Decrease 3.7% Increase 1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohammed
Barisan Nasional

Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohammed
Barisan Nasional

A general election was held between Monday, 24 April and Tuesday, 25 April 1995 for members of the 9th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 192 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 394 state constituencies in 11 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day.

The result was a victory for the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional, which won 162 of the 192 seats. Voter turnout was 68.3%.[1]

Results

Dewan Rakyat

 Summary of the 24 – 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % Won % +/–
National Front[lower-alpha 1]BN3,881,21465.1616284.38+35
United Malays National Organisation UMNO 89 46.35 +18
Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 30 15.63 +12
United Traditional Bumiputera PartyPBB 10 5.21 0
Sarawak United People's Party SUPP 7 3.65 +3
Malaysian Indian Congress MIC 7 3.65 +1
Malaysian People's Movement PartyGerakan 7 3.65 +2
Sarawak Native People's Party PBDS 5 2.60 +1
Sarawak National PartySNAP 3 1.56 0
Sabah Progressive Party SAPP 21.04 New
Liberal Democratic Party LDP 10.52 New
Barisan Nasional Direct Candidate 1 0.52
Sabah Democratic Party PDS 0 0.00 New
People's Progressive PartyPPP 0 0.00 0
People's Justice FrontAKAR 00.00 0
United Sabah People's Party PBRS 0 0.00 New
Parties in the informal coalition, Muslims Unity MovementAPU1,046,68717.57136.77-2
Parties in the informal coalition, People's ConceptGR910,76915.29178.85-17
Democratic Action Party[lower-alpha 2]DAP712,17511.9694.69-11
Semangat 46[lower-alpha 3]S46616,58910.3563.13-2
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party[lower-alpha 3]PAS430,0987.2273.650
United Sabah Party[lower-alpha 2]PBS198,5943.3384.17-6
Malaysian People's PartyPRM 00.000
Malaysian People's Justice FrontAKIM 00.00New
Independents and other parties 118,0251.9800.00-4
Valid votes5,956,695
Invalid/blank votes196,114
Total (turnout: 68.3%)6,152,809100.00192100.00+12
Did not vote2,859,561
Registered voters9,012,370
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)10,175,010
Malaysian population19,951,000
Source: Nohlen et al.
  1. Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.
  2. 1 2 Parties in the informal coalition, People's Concept (Gagasan Rakyat). Contested using separate election symbol on the ballot papers.
  3. 1 2 Parties in the informal coalition, Muslims Unity Movement (Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah). Contested using separate election symbol on the ballot papers.

Results by state

State Assemblies

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p157 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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