General elections were held in

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between Thursday, 22 April and Monday, 26 April 1982.

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, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p152 Voting took place in all 154 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 293 state constituencies (except

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and

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) on the same day. It was the first election for

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as Prime Minister since his appointment to this position in 1981. The result was a victory for

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, which won 132 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 74%.

Results

By state

Johore

Kedah

Kelantan

Kuala Lumpur

Malacca

Negri Sembilan

Pahang

Penang

Perak

Perlis

Sabah

Sarawak

Selangor

Trengganu

Notes

References

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