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				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	62,076	32.33	12	0
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	58,990	30.72	9	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	0.00	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	17,860	9.30	1	-1
		Total		138,926	72.35	24	0
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			12,604	6.56	0	0
	Democratic Action Party			7,680	4.00	1	New
	Kesatuan Insaf Tanah Air  [ ms ]			1,236	0.64	0	0
	Independents			31,567	16.44	1	+1
Total				192,013	100.00	26	+2
Valid votes				192,013	95.49
Invalid/blank votes				9,062	4.51
Total votes				201,075	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				286,091	70.28
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) [1]

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	96,737	45.79	22	+3
			United Malays National Organisation	52,897	25.04	13	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6,452	3.05	1	0
		Total		156,086	73.89	36	+6
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			5,519	2.61	0	0
	Independents			49,637	23.50	0	0
Total				211,242	100.00	36	+6
Valid votes				211,242	94.51
Invalid/blank votes				12,274	5.49
Total votes				223,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				304,313	73.45
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) [2]

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	57,813	27.16	11	–5
			United Malays National Organisation	29,997	14.09	9	+5
			Malaysian Chinese Association	11,144	5.23	1	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4,494	2.11	1	+1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	3,893	1.83	1	+1
		Total		107,341	50.42	23	+3
	Democratic Action Party			53,268	25.02	2	–1
	Malaysian Social Justice Party			27,421	12.88	1	New
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			13,496	6.34	0	0
	Kesatuan Insaf Tanah Air  [ ms ]			2,654	1.25	0	New
	Independents			8,697	4.09	1	+1
Total				212,877	100.00	27	+3
Valid votes				212,877	96.10
Invalid/blank votes				8,630	3.90
Total votes				221,507	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				273,473	81.00
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) [3]

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				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	15,194	40.32	8	-1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	4,923	13.06	2	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4,776	12.67	2	0
		Total		24,893	66.05	12	+1
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			6,338	16.82	0	0
	Independents			6,457	17.13	0	0
Total				37,688	100.00	12	0
Valid votes				37,688	91.94
Invalid/blank votes				3,304	8.06
Total votes				40,992	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				58,721	69.81
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) [4]

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				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	48,161	39.86	17	+5
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	25,150	20.82	9	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3,782	3.13	1	0
		Total		77,093	63.81	27	+3
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			34,361	28.44	0	0
	Independents			9,369	7.75	1	+1
Total				120,823	100.00	28	+4
Valid votes				120,823	92.92
Invalid/blank votes				9,205	7.08
Total votes				130,028	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				176,960	73.48
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) [5]

References

1. Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anzagain. pp. 73–76. ISBN   983-037-152-2.
2. Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anzagain. pp. 160–165. ISBN   983-037-152-2.
3. Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anzagain. pp. 325–330. ISBN   983-037-152-2.
4. Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anzagain. pp. 13–15. ISBN   983-037-152-2.
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