1974 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia between 24 August and 14 September 1974 in all states except Sabah.

Results

Johore

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	20	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	10	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		31	+1
	Democratic Action Party			1	0
Total				32	0

Kedah

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	0
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	9	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	-1
		Total		24	0
	Democratic Action Party			1	New
	Independents			1	+1
Total				26	+2

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	22	+3
			United Malays National Organisation	13	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		36	+6
Total				36	+6

Malacca

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	–1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	0	0
		Total		16	+1
	Democratic Action Party			4	0
Total				20	0

Negri Sembilan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	14	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1	+1
		Total		21	+5
	Democratic Action Party			3	–5
Total				24	0

Pahang

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	23	+7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	7	+3
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
		Total		32	+11
Total				32	+8

Penang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	107,341	50.70	11	–5
			United Malays National Organisation			9	+5
			Malaysian Chinese Association			1	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	+1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	+1
		Total				23	+3
	Democratic Action Party			52,368	24.73	2	–1
	Malaysian Social Justice Party			27,161	12.83	1	New
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			13,516	6.38	0	0
	Homeland Consciousness Union			2,654	1.25	0	New
	Independents			8,697	4.11	1	+1
Total				211,737	100.00	27	+3
Registered voters/turnout				271,133	–

Perak

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	21	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	+2
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	3	+2
			People's Progressive Party	2	–10
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	+1
		Total		31	–3
	Democratic Action Party			11	+5
Total				42	+2

Perlis

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	8	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	2	0
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	2	+1
		Total		12	0
Total				12	0

Sarawak

Main article: 1974 Sarawak state election

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	89,534	34.34	18	New
			Sarawak United Peoples' Party	54,958	21.08	12	0
		Total		144,492	55.42	30	New
	Sarawak National Party			111,438	42.74	18	+6
	Sarawak Bisamah Party			716	0.27	0	New
	Independents			4,084	1.57	0	–1
Total				260,730	100.00	48	0
Valid votes				260,730	92.31
Invalid/blank votes				21,732	7.69
Total votes				282,462	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				375,282	75.27

Selangor

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	19	+7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6	+5
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	+2
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	–3
		Total		30	+12
	Democratic Action Party			1	–8
	Independents			2	+1
Total				33	+5

Trengganu

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	17	+5
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	9	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		27	+3
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			0	0
	Independents			1	+1
Total				28	+4