Malaysian general election, 1982
Malaysian general election, 1982
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All 154 seats to the Dewan Rakyat
78 seats needed for a majority |
| Registered |
6,081,628 |
| Turnout |
4,296,312 (75.4%) |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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PAS |
| Leader |
Mahathir Mohammed |
Lim Kit Siang |
Asri Muda |
| Party |
Barisan Nasional |
DAP |
PAS |
| Leader since |
16 July 1981 |
October 1969 |
1970 |
| Leader's seat |
Kubang Pasu |
Kota Melaka |
No seat |
| Last election |
130 seats, 57.2% |
16 seats, 19.1% |
5 seats, 15.5% |
| Seats won |
132 |
9 |
5 |
| Seat change |
 2 |
 7 |
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| Popular vote |
2,522,079 |
815,473 |
602,530 |
| Percentage |
60.5% |
19.6% |
14.5% |
| Swing |
3.3% |
0.5% |
1.0% |
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A general election was held on Thursday, 22 April 1982 for members of the 6th Parliament of Malaysia.[1] Voting took place in all 154 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 293 state constituencies in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.
The result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 75.4%.
Results
Parliamentary results
| Political Party |
Votes |
% of vote |
Seats |
% of seats |
+/– |
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National Front | BN | 2,522,079 | 60.54 | 132 | 85.7 | +2 |
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United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | | | 70 | 45.5 | +1 |
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Malaysian Chinese Association | MCA | | | 24 | 15.6 | +7 |
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Malaysian People's Movement Party | Gerakan | | | 5 | 3.2 | +1 |
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Malaysian Indian Congress | MIC | | | 4 | 2.6 | +1 |
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People's Progressive Party | PPP | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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Sabah People's United Front | BERJAYA | | | | | |
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Sarawak National Party | SNAP | | | | | |
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Sarawak United People's Party | SUPP | | | | | |
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United Traditional Bumiputera Party | PBB | | | | | |
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United Sabah National Organisation | USNO | | | | | |
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Democratic Action Party | DAP | 815,473 | 19.58 | 9 | 5.8 | –7 |
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | PAS | 602,530 | 14.46 | 5 | 3.2 | 0 |
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Sarawak People's Organisation | SAPO | 178 | 0.004 | 0 | 0.0 | –1 |
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Other parties | | 68,208 | 1.637 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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Independents | IND | 157,229 | 3.77 | 8 | 5.2 | +6 |
| Valid votes | 4,165,697 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 130,615 |
| Total (turnout: 75.4%) | 4,296,312 | 100.0 | 154 | 100.0 | 0 |
| Did not vote | 1,785,316 | |
| Registered voters | 6,081,628 |
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | 6,828,160 |
| Malaysian population | 14,528,000 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. , |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 ISBN 0-19-924959-8