1995 Malaysian general election

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.

1995 Malaysian general election

24 April 1995 - 25 April 1995
All 192 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 97 seats needed for a majority
Registered	9,012,370
Turnout	6,152,809 (68.3%)
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 35 11 2 Popular vote 3,881,214 712,175 616,589 Percentage 65.2% 12.0% 10.4% Swing 11.8% 5.1% 4.4%   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 6 Popular vote 430,098 198,594 Percentage 7.2% 3.3% Swing 0.2% 1.0%
Prime Minister before election Mahathir Mohamad BN Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohamad BN

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

 Summary of the 24 – 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results

Party				Vote		Seats
				Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front[lower-alpha 1]		BN	3,881,214	65.16	162	84.38	+35
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO			89	46.35	+18
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA			30	15.63	+12
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	42,210		10	5.21	0
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	116,403		7	3.65	+3
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC			7	3.65	+1
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan			7	3.65	+2
		Sarawak Native People's Party	PBDS	29,768		5	2.60	+1
		Sarawak National Party	SNAP	44,185		3	1.56	0
		Sabah Progressive Party	SAPP			2	1.04	New
		Liberal Democratic Party	LDP			1	0.52	New
		Barisan Nasional Direct Candidate				1	0.52
		Sabah Democratic Party	PDS			0	0.00	New
		People's Progressive Party	PPP			0	0.00	0
		People's Justice Front	AKAR			0	0.00	0
		United Sabah People's Party	PBRS			0	0.00	New
	Parties in the informal coalition, Muslims Unity Movement		APU	1,046,687	17.57	13	6.77	-2
	Parties in the informal coalition, People's Concept		GR	910,769	15.29	17	8.85	-17
	Democratic Action Party[lower-alpha 2]		DAP	712,175	11.96	9	4.69	-11
	Semangat 46[lower-alpha 3]		S46	616,589	10.35	6	3.13	-2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party[lower-alpha 3]		PAS	430,098	7.22	7	3.65	0
	United Sabah Party[lower-alpha 2]		PBS	198,594	3.33	8	4.17	-6
	Malaysian People's Party		PRM			0	0.00	0
	Malaysian People's Justice Front		AKIM			0	0.00	New
	Independents and other parties			118,025	1.98	0	0.00	-4
Valid votes				5,956,695
Invalid/blank votes				196,114
Total (turnout: 68.3%)				6,152,809	100.00	192	100.00	+12
Did not vote				2,859,561
Registered voters				9,012,370
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)				10,175,010
Malaysian population				19,951,000
Source: Nohlen et al.

1. Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.
2. Parties in the informal coalition, People's Concept (Gagasan Rakyat). Contested using separate election symbol on the ballot papers.
3. Parties in the informal coalition, Muslims Unity Movement (Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah). Contested using separate election symbol on the ballot papers.

Results by state

Summary of the 24 – 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results by state

'Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Perlis Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 3 53,279 62.27 3 100.00 +1 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 3 53,279 62.27 3 100.00 +1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 2 22,943 26.82 0 0.00 0 Semangat 46 S46 1 9,337 10.91 0 0.00 0 Valid votes 85,559 Invalid/blank votes 3,019 Total votes (voter turnout: %) 88,578 100.00 3 100.00 +1 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Perlis's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Kedah Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 15 331,115 64.56 15 100.00 +1 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 13 274,328 53.49 13 86.67 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 2 56,787 11.07 2 13.33 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 9 127,671 24.89 0 0.00 0 Semangat 46 S46 6 52,895 10.31 0 0.00 0 Independents IND 1 1,177 0.23 0 0.00 0 Valid votes 512,858 Invalid/blank votes 23,100 Total votes (voter turnout: %) 535,958 100.00 15 100.00 +1 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Kedah's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Kelantan Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 14 185,845 42.18 2 14.29 +1 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 14 185,845 42.18 2 14.29 +2 Semangat 46 S46 8 137,551 31.22 6 42.86 -1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 6 112,022 25.42 6 42.86 0 Malaysian People's Justice Front AKIM 2 4,957 1.12 0 0.00 0 Independents IND 1 273 0.06 0 0.00 0 Valid votes 440,648 Invalid/blank votes 23,192 Total votes (voter turnout: %) 463,840 100.00 14 100.00 +1 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Kelantan's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Terengganu Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 8 157,020 54.71 7 87.50 +1 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 8 157,020 54.71 7 87.50 +1 Semangat 46 S46 1 65,311 22.76 0 0.00 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 1 64,657 22.53 1 12.50 0 Valid votes 286,988 Invalid/blank votes 10,727 Total votes (voter turnout: 80.97%) 297,715 100.00 8 100.00 0 Did not vote 69,981 Registered voters 367,696 Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Terengganu's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Penang Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 11 285,764 60.76 8 72.73 +3 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 4 107,241 22.80 4 36.36 0 Malaysian People's Movement Party Gerakan 4 89,752 19.08 2 18.18 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 3 88,771 18.87 2 18.18 +2 Democratic Action Party DAP 8 159,865 33.99 3 27.27 -3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 2 11,481 2.44 0 0.00 0 Semangat 46 S46 2 11,355 2.41 0 0.00 0 United Sabah Party PBS 3 1,873 0.40 0 0.00 0 Valid votes 470,338 Invalid/blank votes 13,366 Total votes (voter turnout: 76.21%) 483,704 100.00 11 100.00 0 Did not vote 151,009 Registered voters 634,713 Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Penang's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Perak Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 23 23 100.00 +4 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 11 47.83 0 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 7 30.43 +4 Malaysian People's Movement Party Gerakan 3 13.04 0 Malaysian Indian Congress MIC 2 8.70 0 Democratic Action Party DAP 0 0.00 -4 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 0 0.00 0 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 23 100.00 0 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Perak's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Pahang Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 11 11 100.00 +1 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 8 8 72.73 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 3 3 27.27 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 0 0.00 0 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 11 100.00 +1 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Pahang's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Selangor Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 17 17 100.00 +6 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 8 8 47.06 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 6 6 35.29 +4 Malaysian Indian Congress MIC 3 3 17.65 +1 Democratic Action Party DAP 0 0.00 -3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 0 0.00 0 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 17 100.00 +3 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Selangor's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers. {{Malaysian general election, 1995 (Kuala Lumpur)}}  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Negeri Sembilan Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 7 7 100.00 0 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 4 4 57.14 0 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 2 2 28.57 0 Malaysian Indian Congress MIC 1 1 14.29 0 Democratic Action Party DAP 0 0.00 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 0 0.00 0 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 7 100.00 0 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Negeri Sembilan's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Malacca Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 5 4 80.00 0 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 3 3 60.00 0 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 2 1 20.00 0 Democratic Action Party DAP 1 20.00 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 0 0.00 0 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 5 100.00 0 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Malacca's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Johor Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 20 20 100.00 +2 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 13 13 65.00 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 6 6 30.00 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress MIC 1 1 5.00 0 Democratic Action Party DAP 0 0.00 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 0 0.00 0 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 20 100.00 +2 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Johor's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers. {{Malaysian general election, 1995 (Labuan)}}  Summary of the 24 – 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Sabah Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 20 12 60.00 +6 United Malays National Organisation UMNO 9 45.00 New Sabah Progressive Party SAPP 2 10.00 New Liberal Democratic Party LDP 1 5.00 New United Sabah Party PBS 8 40.00 -6 Valid votes Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 20 100.00 0 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Sabah's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.  Summary of the 24 – 25 April 1995 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Sarawak Party Candidates Vote Seats Votes % Won % +/– National Front[lower-alpha 1] BN 27 239,297 63.56 26 96.30 +5 Sarawak United People's Party SUPP 7 116,403 30.92 7 25.93 +3 Sarawak National Party SNAP 4 44,185 11.74 3 11.11 0 United Traditional Bumiputera Party PBB 10 42,210 11.21 10 37.04 0 Sarawak Native People's Party PBDS 5 29,768 7.91 5 18.52 +1 Barisan Nasional Direct Candidate 1 6,731 1.78 1 3.70 +1 Democratic Action Party DAP 6 78,456 20.84 1 3.70 -1 United Sabah Party PBS 3 5,536 1.47 0 0.00 New Independents IND 15 53,180 14.13 0 0.00 -4 Valid votes 376,469 Invalid/blank votes Total votes (voter turnout: %)   100.00 27 100.00 0 Did not vote Registered voters   Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)   Sarawak's population   Source: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

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