Malaysian general election, 1986
Malaysian general election, 1986
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All 177 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 89 seats needed for a majority |
Registered |
6,791,446 |
Turnout |
4,752,004 (74.39%) |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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PAS |
Leader |
Mahathir Mohamad |
Lim Kit Siang |
Yusof Rawa |
Party |
Barisan Nasional |
DAP |
PAS |
Leader since |
16 July 1981 |
October 1969 |
1982 |
Leader's seat |
Kubang Pasu |
Tanjong |
No seat |
Last election |
132 seats, 60.5% |
9 seats, 19.6% |
5 seats, 14.5% |
Seats won |
148 |
24 |
1 |
Seat change |
16 |
15 |
4 |
Popular vote |
2,649,238 |
975,544 |
716,952 |
Percentage |
57.3% |
21.1% |
15.5% |
Swing |
3.2% |
1.5% |
1.0% |
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A general election was held on Sunday, 3 August 1986 for members of the 7th Parliament of Malaysia.[1] Voting took place in all 177 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 351 state constituencies in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.
Results
Parliamentary results
Political Party |
Votes |
% of vote |
Seats |
% of seats |
+/– |
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National Front | BN | 2,649,238 | 57.28 | 148 | 83.6 | +16 |
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United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 1,474,063 | 31.06 | 83 | 46.9 | +13 |
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Malaysian Chinese Association | MCA | 589,289 | 12.42 | 17 | 9.6 | -7 |
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Malaysian People's Movement Party | Gerakan | 149,644 | 3.15 | 5 | 2.8 | 0 |
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Malaysian Indian Congress | MIC | 104,701 | 2.21 | 6 | 3.4 | +2 |
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Sarawak United People's Party | SUPP | 93,018 | 1.96 | 4 | 2.3 | |
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United Sabah Party | PBS | 73,786 | 1.55 | 10 | 5.6 | New |
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United Traditional Bumiputera Party | PBB | 48,367 | 1.02 | 8 | 4.5 | |
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Sarawak National Party | SNAP | 34,221 | 0.72 | 4 | 2.3 | |
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Muslim People's Party of Malaysia | HAMIM | 29,943 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.6 | New |
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United Sabah National Organisation | USNO | 27,409 | 0.58 | 5 | 2.8 | |
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Sarawak Native People's Party | PBDS | 24,822 | 0.52 | 5 | 2.8 | New |
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People's Progressive Party | PPP | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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Democratic Action Party | DAP | 975,544 | 21.09 | 24 | 13.6 | +15 |
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | PAS | 716,952 | 15.50 | 1 | 0.6 | –4 |
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Other parties | | 136,635 | 2.95 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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Independents | IND | 146,903 | 3.18 | 4 | 2.3 | –4 |
Valid votes | 4,625,272 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 126,732 |
Total (turnout: 74.39%) | 4,752,004 | 100.0 | 177 | 100.0 | +23 |
Did not vote | 2,039,442 | |
Registered voters | 6,791,446 |
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | 7,893,900 |
Malaysian population | 16,110,000 |
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