1995 Malaysian general election

1995 Malaysian general election

24–25 April 1995
All 192 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 97 seats needed for a majority
Registered	9,012,370
Leader Mahathir Mohamad Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Fadzil Noor Lim Kit Siang Joseph Pairin Kitingan Alliance BN APU GR Last election 53.38%, 127 seats 21.78%, 15 seats 19.91%, 34 seats Seats won 162 13 17 Seat change 35 2 17 Popular vote 3,881,214 1,046,687 910,769 Percentage 65.16% 17.57% 15.29% Swing 11.78pp 4.21pp 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.

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

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	3,881,214	65.16	89	+18
			Malaysian Chinese Association			30	+12
			Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu			10	0
			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			3	0
			Sabah Progressive Party			2	New
			Liberal Democratic Party			1	New
			Sabah Democratic Party			0	New
			People's Progressive Party			0	0
			People's Justice Front			0	0
			Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah			0	New
			Independent			1	New
		Total				162	+35
	Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah		Parti Melayu Semangat 46	616,589	10.35	6	–2
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	430,098	7.22	7	0
		Total		1,046,687	17.57	13	–2
	Gagasan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	712,175	11.96	9	–11
			United Sabah Party	198,594	3.33	8	–6
		Total		910,769	15.29	17	–17
	Malaysian People's Justice Front			4,957	0.08	0	New
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			113,068	1.90	0	0
	Independents					0	–4
Total				5,956,695	100.00	192	+12
Valid votes				5,956,695	96.81
Invalid/blank votes				196,114	3.19
Total votes				6,152,809	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				9,012,370	68.27
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

Results by state

Johor

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	613,992	79.44	13	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			6	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
		Total				20	+2
	Semangat 46			69,519	9.00	0	0
	Democratic Action Party			53,663	6.94	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			19,536	2.53	0	0
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			11,240	1.45	0	0
	United Sabah Party			4,165	0.54	0	New
	Independents			741	0.10	0	0
Total				772,856	100.00	20	+2
Valid votes				772,856	95.58
Invalid/blank votes				35,775	4.42
Total votes				808,631	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,108,335	72.96

Kedah

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	274,328	53.49	13	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	56,787	11.07	2	0
		Total		331,115	64.56	15	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			127,671	24.89	0	0
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			52,895	10.31	0	0
	Independents			1,177	0.23	0	0
Total				512,858	100.00	15	+1
Valid votes				512,858	95.69
Invalid/blank votes				23,100	4.31
Total votes				535,958	100.00

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	185,845	42.18	2	+2
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			137,551	31.22	6	-1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			112,022	25.42	6	0
	Malaysian People's Justice Front			4,957	1.12	0	0
	Independents			273	0.06	0	0
Total				440,648	100.00	14	1
Valid votes				440,648	95.00
Invalid/blank votes				23,192	5.00
Total votes				463,840	100.00

Kuala Lumpur

Party		Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional	6	+3
	Democratic Action Party	4	0
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46	0	0
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	0	New
	Independents	0	0
Total		10	+3

Labuan

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional	9,076	69.79	1	0
	United Sabah Party	3,929	30.21	0	New
Total		13,005	100.00	1	0
Valid votes		13,005	97.36
Invalid/blank votes		353	2.64
Total votes		13,358	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,243	65.99

Malacca

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	146,240	67.77	3	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			1	0
		Total				4	0
	Democratic Action Party			45,318	21.00	1	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			16,747	7.76	0	0
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			7,496	3.47	0	0
Total				215,801	100.00	5	0

Negeri Sembilan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	186,856	70.03	4	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			2	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
		Total				7	0
	Democratic Action Party			47,520	17.81	0	0
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			24,544	9.20	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			6,229	2.33	0	0
	Independents			1,672	0.63	0	0
Total				266,821	100.00	7	0
Valid votes				266,821	96.14
Invalid/blank votes				10,706	3.86
Total votes				277,527	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				381,388	72.77

Pahang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	244,574	70.88	8	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			3	0
		Total				11	+1
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			56,424	16.35	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			24,650	7.14	0	0
	Democratic Action Party			15,074	4.37	0	-4
	Independents			4,333	1.26	0	0
Total				345,055	100.00	11	+1
Valid votes				345,055	95.68
Invalid/blank votes				15,594	4.32
Total votes				360,649	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				498,329	72.37

Penang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	107,241	22.80	4	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	89,752	19.08	2	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	88,771	18.87	2	+2
		Total		285,764	60.76	8	+3
	Democratic Action Party			159,865	33.99	3	-3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			11,481	2.44	0	0
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			11,355	2.41	0	0
	United Sabah Party			1,873	0.40	0	0
Total				470,338	100.00	11	0
Valid votes				470,338	97.24
Invalid/blank votes				13,366	2.76
Total votes				483,704	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				634,713	76.21

Perak

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	471,126	69.09	11	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			7	+4
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress			2	0
		Total				23	+4
	Democratic Action Party			127,500	18.70	0	-4
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			62,486	9.16	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			19,119	2.80	0	0
	Independents			1,657	0.24	0	0
Total				681,888	100.00	23	0

Perlis

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	53,279	62.27	3	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			22,943	26.82	0	0
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			9,337	10.91	0	0
Total				85,559	100.00	3	+1
Valid votes				85,559	96.59
Invalid/blank votes				3,019	3.41
Total votes				88,578	100.00

Sabah

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	228,195	52.95	9	New
			Sabah Progressive Party			2	New
			Liberal Democratic Party			1	New
		Total				12	0
	United Sabah Party			183,891	42.67	8	-6
	Democratic Action Party			16,902	3.92	0	-4
	Independents			1,995	0.46	0	-4
Total				430,983	100.00	20	0

Sarawak

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Sarawak United Peoples' Party	116,403	30.92	7	+3
			Sarawak National Party	44,185	11.74	3	0
			Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	42,210	11.21	10	0
			Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak	29,768	7.91	5	+1
			Independent	6,731	1.79	1	+1
		Total		239,297	63.56	26	+5
	Democratic Action Party			78,456	20.84	1	-1
	United Sabah Party			5,536	1.47	0	New
	Independents			53,180	14.13	0	-4
Total				376,469	100.00	27	0
Valid votes				376,469	98.10
Invalid/blank votes				7,283	1.90
Total votes				383,752	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				595,713	64.42

Selangor

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	8	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6	+4
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	+1
		Total		17	+6
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			0	0
	Democratic Action Party			0	-3
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			0	0
Total				17	3

Terengganu

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	157,020	54.71	7	+1
	Parti Melayu Semangat 46			65,311	22.76	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			64,657	22.53	1	0
Total				286,988	100.00	8	0
Valid votes				286,988	96.40
Invalid/blank votes				10,727	3.60
Total votes				297,715	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				367,696	80.97

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.

See also

• 1995 Malaysian state elections

References

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