A general election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004 for members of the 11th

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. Voting took place in all 219 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. This is first election for

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as Prime Minister since appointed for this position in 2003. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except

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) on the same day as

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took the first time election was parallel with the rest of Peninsular Malaysia.

Election results

The National Front gained a popular vote of 63.9%, but would have gained a higher vote had all seats been contested. Reports in the Malaysian media 23 March showed the Front winning 198 parliamentary seats to the combined opposition parties' 20 seats, with one independent. This is the largest majority that National Front has won since the 1978 elections. The dominant party in the National Front, the Prime Minister's

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...

(UMNO), won 109 seats, a gain of 32. UMNO's allies also gained seats. The

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

won 31 seats, a gain of two, and the

Malaysian Indian Congress The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ், Malēciya Intiya Kāṅkiras; formerly known as Malayan Indian Congress) is a Malaysian political party. It is one of the founding membe ...

won nine seats, a gain of two.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS) managed to retain only seven of its 27 seats. PAS ran on a platform promising an Islamic nation. The PAS opposition leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, lost his parliamentary seat. Another opposition party, the

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

(Parti Keadilan Nasional) lost four of its five seats. After five recounts the party's leader, Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (the wife of imprisoned former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim), retained her seat with a majority of 590 votes. The third opposition party, the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left social democracy, social democratic political party in Malaysia. ...

, which was routed in the

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, improved its performance with the re-election of party chairman

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at Ipoh Timor seat and his deputy,

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at Bukit Gelugor seat while chairman

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lost his seat. The DAP won 12 seats and regained the official leadership of the opposition in the national parliament from PAS. Most candidates who campaigned on platforms of Islamic issues lost their seats. This is a significant turnaround since the last election where, generally, the more "Islamic" candidates had a greater chance of winning in the

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heartland.

Results

Dewan Rakyat

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , National Front , , BN , , 4,454,215 , , 63.85, , 198 , , 90.41, , 50 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=14, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 2,489,532 , , 35.69, , 109 , , 49.77, , 37 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 1,074,291 , , 15.40, , 31 , , 14.16, , 2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian People's Movement Party The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electio ...

, , Gerakan , , 257,663 , , 3.69, , 10 , , 4.57, , 4 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MIC , , 221,546 , , 3.18, , 9 , , 4.11, , 2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: yellow;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Sarawak United People's Party The Sarawak United Peoples' Party, or SUPP (; ms, Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak; Iban: ''Gerempong Sa'ati Rayat Sarawak'') is a multiracial centre-right local political party of Malaysia based in Sarawak. The SUPP president is Dr. Sim Kui Hi ...

, , SUPP , , 101,869 , , 1.46, , 6, , 2.74, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: red;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Traditional Bumiputera Party Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB; en, United Bumiputera Heritage Party) is a right-wing political party in Malaysia. It is currently the largest political party in Sarawak. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu was formed from the combination ...

, , PBB , , 80,408, , 1.15, , 11, , 5.02, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #00008B;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation The United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation ( ms, Pertubuhan Kinabalu Progresif Bersatu; abbrev: UPKO) is a multiracial political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. The party was rebranded from its previous party's name, United Pasokmomogun Ka ...

, , UPKO , , 55,117 , , 0.79, , 4, , 1.83, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FFFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party The Progressive Democratic Party (Malay: Parti Demokratik Progresif, Abbreviation: PDP), formerly known as Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party is a Sarawak based political party in Malaysia founded in 2002. The party was founded in the wake o ...

, , SPDP , , 50,350 , , 0.72, , 4, , 1.83, , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak The Sarawak Native People's Party or ms, Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) was a political party in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It was established in 1983, by Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Irok, after seceding from Sarawak National Party (SNAP) ...

, , PBDS , , 46,292 , , 0.66, , 6, , 2.74, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #ADD8E6;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Sabah Party The United Sabah Party ( ms, Parti Bersatu Sabah, abbreviated PBS) is a political party of Sabah. The PBS was founded by Joseph Pairin Kitingan in 1985 and it is Sabah's oldest local party. In August 2020, PBS confirmed that they would be usin ...

, , PBS , , 26,504 , , 0.38, , 4, , 1.83, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #DAA520;" , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Progressive Party , , PPP , , 20,129 , , 0.29, , 1, , 0.46, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Sabah Progressive Party The Sabah Progressive Party ( ms, Parti Maju Sabah, abbreviated SAPP) is a multiracial political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. It was registered on 21 January 1994 by dissidents led by former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee from Uni ...

, , SAPP , , 16,426 , , 0.24, , 2, , 0.91, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF7F00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Democratic Party , , LDP , , 8,208 , , 0.12, , 0, , 0.00 , , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FEDF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Sabah People's Party The United Sabah People's Party ( ms, Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah; abbreviated: PBRS) is a minority political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. Presently PBRS is being led by its founding and first President; Joseph Kurup. PBRS is officially a c ...

, , PBRS , , 5,880 , , 0.08, , 1, , 0.46, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Parties in the informal coalition, Alternative Front , , BA , , 1,672,350 , , 23.97 , , 8 , , 3.65, , 34 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 1,069,569 , , 15.33, , 7 , , 3.20, , 20 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP , , 702,243 , , 10.07 , , 12 , , 5.48, , 2 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 602,781 , , 8.64, , 1 , , 0.46, , 4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

Sarawak National Party The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 1976 until its expulsion ...

, , SNAP , , 28,579 , , 0.41, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , State Reform Party , , STAR , , 6,270 , , 0.09, , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party , , SETIA , , 2,143 , , 0.03, , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian Democratic Party The Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP, ms, Parti Demokratik Malaysia) was a political party in Malaysia formed by Wee Choo Keong in 1998, after he was expelled from Democratic Action Party (DAP) due to his fall-out and failed revolt against then ...

, , MDP , , 1,107 , , 0.02, , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation The United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation ( ms, Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Pasok Nunukragang Bersatu; PASOK) is a regional political party in Malaysia based in the state of Sabah. It was established in 1978. Before its deregistration, it wa ...

, , PASOK , , 543 , , 0.00, , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , 108,096 , , 1.55, , 1, , 0.46, , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Valid votes, , 6,975,546 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" ,

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s, , 293,810 , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

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: 73.9%) , , 7,269,356 , , 100.00 , , 219 , , 100.00, , +26 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Did not vote, , 2,486,741 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" ,

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, , 9,756,097 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , 13,802,493 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Malaysian population, , 23,092,940 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=9 , Source: Nohlen et al

Results by state

Johor

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 26 , , , , , , 26 , , 100.00 , , +6 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=4, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 16 , , , , , , 16 , , 61.54 , , +3 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 8 , , , , , , 8 , , 30.77 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MIC , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 3.85 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 3.85 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 26 , , 100.00 , , +6 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Johor's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Kedah

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 15 , , 388,943 , , 59.76 , , 14 , , 93.33 , , +7 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=2, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 13 , , 334,295 , , 51.36 , , 12 , , 80.00 , , +7 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 2 , , 54,648 , , 8.40 , , 2 , , 13.33 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 10 , , 184,850 , , 28.40 , , 1 , , 6.67 , , -7 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PKR , , 5 , , 77,102 , , 11.85 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 650,895 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , 14,802 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 81.00%) , , 665,697 , , 100.00 , , 15 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 156,195 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , 821,892 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Kedah's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Kelantan

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 14 , , 260,524 , , 49.96 , , 8 , , 57.14 , , +7 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=1, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 14 , , 260,524 , , 49.96 , , 8 , , 57.14 , , +7 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 11 , , 201,955 , , 38.73 , , 6 , , 42.86 , , -4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 3 , , 52,824 , , 10.13 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -3 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , 1 , , 6,198 , , 1.19 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 521,501 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , 13,562 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 80.74%) , , 535,063 , , 100.00 , , 14 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 127,650 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , 662,713 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Kelantan's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Kuala Lumpur

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 align=left, National Front, , BN , , , , , , , , , , , , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=1, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , align=left,

, , UMNO , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 align=left,

, , PAS , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" bgcolor="dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , , , 100.00 , , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" bgcolor="dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Kuala Lumpur's population, , , - , align=left colspan=10, Source:

Labuan

Malacca

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 6 , , , , , , 6 , , 100.00 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=2, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 4 , , , , , , 4 , , 66.67 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 2 , , , , , , 2 , , 33.33 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 6 , , 100.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Malacca's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Negeri Sembilan

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", National Front, , BN , , 8 , , , , , , 8 , , 100.00 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , UMNO , , 5 , , , , , , 5 , , 62.50 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , MCA , , 2 , , , , , , 2 , , 25.00 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , MIC , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 12.50 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;",

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;",

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Negeri Sembilan's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10, Source:

Pahang

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", National Front, , BN , , 14 , , , , , , 14 , , 100.00 , , +3 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , UMNO , , 10 , , , , , , 10 , , 71.43 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , MCA , , 3 , , , , , , 3 , , 21.43 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , MIC , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 7.14 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;",

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 14 , , 100.00 , , +3 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Pahang's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10, Source:

Penang

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 13 , , 284,110 , , 56.85 , , 8 , , 61.54 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 5 , , 108,498 , , 21.71 , , 4 , , 30.77 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 4 , , 87,822 , , 17.57 , , 1 , , 7.69 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , 4 , , 87,790 , , 17.57 , , 3 , , 23.08 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , 7 , , 135,125 , , 27.04 , , 4 , , 30.77 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR, , 5 , , 61,410 , , 12.29 , , 1 , , 7.69 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 2 , , 19,109 , , 3.82 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 499,754 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , 11,540 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 76.05%) , , 511,294 , , 100.00 , , 13 , , 100.00 , , +2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 161,058 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , 672,352 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Penang's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Perak

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 24 , , , , , , 21 , , 87.50 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=5, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , , , , , , , 11 , , 45.83 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , , , , , , , 4 , , 16.67 , , -2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , , , , , , , 3 , , 12.50 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MIC , , , , , , , , 2 , , 8.33 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #DAA520;" , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Progressive Party, , PPP, , , , , , , , 1 , , 4.17 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 3 , , 12.50 , , +2 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 24 , , 100.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Perak's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Perlis

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 3 , , 58,188 , , 63.72 , , 3 , , 100.00 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=1, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 3 , , 58,188 , , 63.72 , , 3 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 3 , , 33,132 , , 36.28 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 91,320 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , 2,290 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , 93,610 , , 100.00 , , 3 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Perlis's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Putrajaya

Sabah

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 25 , , , , , , 24 , , 96.00 , , +7 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=6, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , , , , , , , 13 , , 52.00 , , -1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #ADD8E6;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBS , , , , , , , , 4 , , 16.00 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #00008B;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UPKO , , , , , , , , 4 , , 16.00 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , SAPP , , , , , , , , 2 , , 8.00 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FEDF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBRS , , , , , , , , 1 , , 4.00 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF7F00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Democratic Party , , LDP , , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , , , , , , , 1 , , 4.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 25 , , 100.00 , , +5 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Sabah's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Sarawak

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 28 , , 278,919 , , 65.85 , , 27 , , 96.43 , , -1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=4, , style="background-color: yellow;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , SUPP , , 7 , , 101,869 , , 24.05 , , 6 , , 21.43 , , -1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: red;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBB , , 11 , , 80,408 , , 18.98 , , 11 , , 39.29 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FFFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , SPDP , , 4 , , 50,350 , , 11.89 , , 4 , , 14.29 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBDS , , 6 , , 46,292 , , 10.93 , , 6 , , 21.43 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP , , 5 , , 67,631 , , 15.97 , , 1 , , 3.57 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , SNAP , , 7 , , 28,579 , , 6.75 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , State Reform Party , , STAR , , 1 , , 6,270 , , 1.48 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 1 , , 5,420 , , 1.28 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 1 , , 1,035 , , 0.24 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , 10 , , 35,682 , , 8.43 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 423,536 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 28 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Sarawak's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Selangor

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 22 , , , , , , 22 , , 100.00 , , +5 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=4, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 10 , , , , , , 10 , , 45.45 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 7 , , , , , , 7 , , 31.82 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MIC , , 4 , , , , , , 4 , , 18.18 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 4.55 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

s, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 22 , , 100.00 , , +5 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Selangor's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Terengganu

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 8 , , 221,328 , , 56.46 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , +8 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=1, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 8 , , 221,328 , , 56.46 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , +8 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 7 , , 150,057 , , 38.28 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -7 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 1 , , 20,635 , , 5.26 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 392,020 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

s, , 8,874 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 87.93%) , , 400,894 , , 100.00 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 55,029 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

, , 455,923 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Terengganu's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

State Assemblies

Elections for the assemblies of all the Malaysian states except

were also held on 21 March. The National Front and its allies won majorities in all states except

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where, despite earlier reports to the contrary, PAS retained control with a narrow majority of 24 seats to BN's 21 seats. The National Front regained control of the state of

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, which it lost to PAS in 1999. The PAS opposition leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, who lost his parliamentary seat as mentioned earlier, managed to retain his state seat.

Background

On 2 March, the 10th

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and all state assemblies in

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(with the exception of

) were dissolved by the

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upon the advice of the

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. Sarawak's last state election was held in 2001, and elections for the state assembly are not due till

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. The election was held nine months earlier than required by the

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. The constitution allows that parliament has a mandate of 5 years. Elections are required to be called three months after parliament is dissolved. The government had until the end of November 2004 to call elections. Candidates nominated on 13 March, with the National Front winning 15 seats uncontested, and another two seats after the opposing candidates withdrew. The right to withdraw was only introduced as a new rule at these elections. Under this rule candidates are allowed a three-day period to withdraw following nomination day. Of the 17 parliamentary seats won uncontested, nine were in the state of

, six in

and two in Johor. PAS won a state assembly seat Senggarang in

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for the first time, after the National Front candidate was disqualified because she was seconded by someone who was not a registered voter in the constituency which she wanted to contest. The requirement that the seconder be registered in the same constituency was only introduced in 2004. This seat was influenced by other opposition parties to gain many state seat in 2008 contest.

Election irregularities

The elections were marred by discrepancies, which were admitted by the electoral authorities. The head of the Election Commission ( Tan Sri Ab Rashid Ab Rahman) made the statement "I have been in this line for so long... it should not have happened at all. There must be reasons why this happened." He has served in the election commission for the last five elections, and has stated that he intends to resign if a report on the discrepancies implicates him in the foul-ups. Among the discrepancies were wrongly printed ballots, registered voters being unable to vote and wide discrepancies in votes in various seats upon re-counting the ballots. In the seat of

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in state of Pahang, the Keadilan symbol was printed wrongly on the ballot paper for PAS candidate Idris Ahmad. Illiterate voters tend to rely on familiar party symbols for voting purposes as they are unable to read the candidate's names on the ballot. Voting was suspended for 5 hours before resuming. Polling was re-held for the seat on 28 March."Sg Lembing: Re-vote on March 28 after logo debacle"

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References

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Results from the SPR
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Election results

Results

Dewan Rakyat

Results by state

Johor

Kedah

Kelantan

Kuala Lumpur

Labuan

Malacca

Negeri Sembilan

Pahang

Penang

Perak

Perlis

Putrajaya

Sabah

Sarawak

Selangor

Terengganu

State Assemblies

Background

Election irregularities

See also

Further reading

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