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1995 Malaysian general election

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1995 Malaysian general election

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All 192 seats to the Dewan Rakyat
97 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,012,370
Turnout6,152,809 (68.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahathir Mohamad Lim Kit Siang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Party BN DAP Semangat 46
Leader since 28 June 1981 1 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 Increase 35 Decrease 11 Decrease 2
Popular vote 3,881,214 712,175 616,589
Percentage 65.2% 12.0% 10.4%
Swing Increase 11.8% Decrease 5.1% Decrease 4.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  PAS
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 Steady Decrease 6
Popular vote 430,098 198,594
Percentage 7.2% 3.3%
Swing Increase 0.2% Increase 1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

A general election was held between Monday, 24 April and 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

Dewan Rakyat

Template:Malaysian general election, 1995

Results by state

State Assemblies

References

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