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All 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
112 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Anwar Ibrahim Muhyiddin Yassin Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Party PKR BERSATU UMNO
Alliance Pakatan Harapan
Perikatan Nasional
Barisan Nasional
Last election81 seats74 seats30 seats
Current seats817430
Seats neededIncrease2.svg 31Increase2.svg 38Increase2.svg 82
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Leader Abang Johari Hajiji Noor Shafie Apdal
Party PBB GAGASAN WARISAN
Alliance GPS
GRS
Last election23 seats6 seats3 seats
Current seats2363
Seats neededSteady2.svg [nb 1] Steady2.svg [nb 2] Increase2.svg 109
Incumbent Prime Minister

Anwar Ibrahim
PH



General elections must be held in Malaysia by 17 February 2028. Redistribution and boundary changes for the constituencies are expected to take place by 2026, with the last taking place before the 2018 general election.

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, leader of Pakatan Harapan, currently leads a coalition government consisting of PH, BN, GPS, GRS, WARISAN and other minor parties. [1] Perikatan Nasional (PN) and the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) currently sit as the opposition. [2] [3]

The 2022 general election saw PN make gains primarily in the northern peninsular states of Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu in what was dubbed as the Green Wave. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] It resulted in a hung parliament for the first time in Malaysian electoral history.

Electoral system

Elections in Malaysia are conducted at the federal and state levels. Federal elections elect members of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of Parliament, while state elections in each of the 13 states elect members of their respective state legislative assembly. As Malaysia follows the Westminster system of government, the head of government (Prime Minister at the federal level and the Chief Ministers, the so-called Menteri Besar, at the state level) is the person who commands the confidence of the majority of members in the respective legislature – this is normally the leader of the party or coalition with the majority of seats in the legislature.

The Dewan Rakyat consists of 222 members, known as Members of Parliament (MPs), that are elected for five-year terms. Each MP is elected from a single-member constituency using the first-past-the-post voting system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the government, with its leader becoming the Prime Minister. In the event of a hung parliament, where no single party obtains the majority of seats, the government may still form through a coalition or a confidence and supply agreement with other parties. In practice, coalitions and alliances in Malaysia generally persist between elections, and member parties do not normally contest for the same seats.

Notes

  1. ↑ GPS only contests seats in Sarawak, insufficient to form government in their own right.
  2. ↑ GRS only contests seats in Sabah and Labuan, insufficient to form government in their own right.

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