Malaysian general election, 1995

Malaysian general election, 1995

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 35 11 2 Popular vote 3,881,214 712,175 616,589 Percentage 65.2% 12.0% 10.4% Swing 11.8% 5.1% 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 6 Popular vote 430,098 198,594 Percentage 3.3% 3.3% Swing 3.7% 1.0%

Prime Minister before election Mahathir Mohammed Barisan Nasional Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohammed Barisan Nasional

A general election was held on 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

Parliamentary results

Political Party				Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
	National Front		BN	3,881,214	65.2	162	84.4	+35
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO			89	46.4	+18
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA			30	15.6	+12
		Sarawak National Front				27	14.1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC			7	3.6	+1
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan			7	3.6	+2
		Others				2	1.0
	Muslims Unity Movement		APU	1,046,687	17.6	13	6.8	–2
		Semangat 46	S46	616,589	10.4	6	3.1	–2
		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	PAS	430,098	7.2	7	3.6	0
	People's Concept		GR	910,769	15.3	17	8.9	–17
		Democratic Action Party	DAP	712,175	12.0	9	4.7	–11
		United Sabah Party	PBS	198,594	3.3	8	4.2	–6
	Other parties and independents			118,025	2.0	0	0.0	–4
Valid votes				5,956,695
Invalid/blank votes				196,114
Total (turnout: 68.3%)				6,152,809	100.0	192	100.0	+12
Did not vote				2,859,561
Registered voters				9,012,370
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)				10,175,010
Malaysian population				19,951,000
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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