1995 Malaysian general election

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1995 Malaysian general election
Flag of Malaysia.svg
  1990 24–25 April 1995 1999  

All 192 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
97 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,012,370
  Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister's Office on 17 March 1995.jpg Tengku-razaleigh (closeup).jpg Lim Kit Siang cropped.jpg
Leader Mahathir Mohamad Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Fadzil Noor
Lim Kit Siang
Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Alliance BN APU GR
Last election53.38%, 127 seats21.78%, 15 seats19.91%, 34 seats
Seats won1621317
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 35Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 17
Popular vote3,881,2141,046,687910,769
Percentage65.16%17.57%15.29%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.78ppDecrease2.svg 4.21ppDecrease2.svg 4.62pp

Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

General elections were held in Malaysia on 24 and 25 April 1995. 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.

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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

Dewan Rakyat 1995 (blocs).svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 3,881,21465.1689+18
Malaysian Chinese Association 30+12
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 100
Sarawak United Peoples' Party 7+3
Malaysian Indian Congress 7+1
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 7+2
Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 5+1
Sarawak National Party 30
Sabah Progressive Party 2New
Liberal Democratic Party 1New
Sabah Democratic Party 0New
People's Progressive Party 00
People's Justice Front 00
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 0New
Independent1New
Total162+35
Angkatan
Perpaduan Ummah
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 616,58910.356–2
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 430,0987.2270
Total1,046,68717.5713–2
Gagasan Rakyat Democratic Action Party 712,17511.969–11
United Sabah Party 198,5943.338–6
Total910,76915.2917–17
Malaysian People's Justice Front 4,9570.080New
Parti Rakyat Malaysia 113,0681.9000
Independents0–4
Total5,956,695100.00192+12
Valid votes5,956,69596.81
Invalid/blank votes196,1143.19
Total votes6,152,809100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,012,37068.27
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

Results by state

Johor

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 613,99279.4413+1
Malaysian Chinese Association 6+1
Malaysian Indian Congress 10
Total20+2
Semangat 46 69,5199.0000
Democratic Action Party 53,6636.9400
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 19,5362.5300
Parti Rakyat Malaysia 11,2401.4500
United Sabah Party 4,1650.540New
Independents7410.1000
Total772,856100.0020+2
Valid votes772,85695.58
Invalid/blank votes35,7754.42
Total votes808,631100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,108,33572.96

Kedah

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 274,32853.4913+1
Malaysian Chinese Association 56,78711.0720
Total331,11564.5615+1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 127,67124.8900
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 52,89510.3100
Independents1,1770.2300
Total512,858100.0015+1
Valid votes512,85895.69
Invalid/blank votes23,1004.31
Total votes535,958100.00

Kelantan

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 185,84542.182+2
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 137,55131.226-1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 112,02225.4260
Malaysian People's Justice Front 4,9571.1200
Independents2730.0600
Total440,648100.00141
Valid votes440,64895.00
Invalid/blank votes23,1925.00
Total votes463,840100.00

Kuala Lumpur

PartySeats+/–
Barisan Nasional 6+3
Democratic Action Party 40
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 00
Parti Rakyat Malaysia 00
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 0New
Independents00
Total10+3

Labuan

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional 9,07669.7910
United Sabah Party 3,92930.210New
Total13,005100.0010
Valid votes13,00597.36
Invalid/blank votes3532.64
Total votes13,358100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,24365.99

Malacca

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 146,24067.7730
Malaysian Chinese Association 10
Total40
Democratic Action Party 45,31821.0010
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 16,7477.7600
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 7,4963.4700
Total215,801100.0050

Negeri Sembilan

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 186,85670.0340
Malaysian Chinese Association 20
Malaysian Indian Congress 10
Total70
Democratic Action Party 47,52017.8100
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 24,5449.2000
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 6,2292.3300
Independents1,6720.6300
Total266,821100.0070
Valid votes266,82196.14
Invalid/blank votes10,7063.86
Total votes277,527100.00
Registered voters/turnout381,38872.77

Pahang

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 244,57470.888+1
Malaysian Chinese Association 30
Total11+1
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 56,42416.3500
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 24,6507.1400
Democratic Action Party 15,0744.370-4
Independents4,3331.2600
Total345,055100.0011+1
Valid votes345,05595.68
Invalid/blank votes15,5944.32
Total votes360,649100.00
Registered voters/turnout498,32972.37

Penang

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 107,24122.8040
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 89,75219.082+1
Malaysian Chinese Association 88,77118.872+2
Total285,76460.768+3
Democratic Action Party 159,86533.993-3
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 11,4812.4400
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 11,3552.4100
United Sabah Party 1,8730.4000
Total470,338100.00110
Valid votes470,33897.24
Invalid/blank votes13,3662.76
Total votes483,704100.00
Registered voters/turnout634,71376.21

Perak

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 471,12669.09110
Malaysian Chinese Association 7+4
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 30
Malaysian Indian Congress 20
Total23+4
Democratic Action Party 127,50018.700-4
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 62,4869.1600
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 19,1192.8000
Independents1,6570.2400
Total681,888100.00230

Perlis

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 53,27962.273+1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 22,94326.8200
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 9,33710.9100
Total85,559100.003+1
Valid votes85,55996.59
Invalid/blank votes3,0193.41
Total votes88,578100.00

Sabah

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 228,19552.959New
Sabah Progressive Party 2New
Liberal Democratic Party 1New
Total120
United Sabah Party 183,89142.678-6
Democratic Action Party 16,9023.920-4
Independents1,9950.460-4
Total430,983100.00200

Sarawak

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional Sarawak United Peoples' Party 116,40330.927+3
Sarawak National Party 44,18511.7430
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 42,21011.21100
Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 29,7687.915+1
Independent6,7311.791+1
Total239,29763.5626+5
Democratic Action Party 78,45620.841-1
United Sabah Party 5,5361.470New
Independents53,18014.130-4
Total376,469100.00270
Valid votes376,46998.10
Invalid/blank votes7,2831.90
Total votes383,752100.00
Registered voters/turnout595,71364.42

Selangor

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 8+1
Malaysian Chinese Association 6+4
Malaysian Indian Congress 3+1
Total17+6
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 00
Democratic Action Party 0-3
Parti Rakyat Malaysia 00
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 00
Independents00
Total173

Terengganu

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 157,02054.717+1
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 65,31122.7600
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 64,65722.5310
Total286,988100.0080
Valid votes286,98896.40
Invalid/blank votes10,7273.60
Total votes297,715100.00
Registered voters/turnout367,69680.97

Aftermath

The 1995 general elections were the second and last elections involving Semangat 46. Having lost around a third of its vote share and facing desertions from party members, its leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah disbanded the party in 1996 and rejoined UMNO along with some other former Semangat 46 members. [2]

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