General election in Malaysia 2008

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On March 8, 2008, the elections for the People's Assembly ( Dewan Rakyat ) took place, the parliament of Malaysia .

Parties

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008)

Several parties competed for the 222 seats in parliament. Due to the strict majority suffrage, it was expected even before the election that the government alliance Barisan Nasional would once again be the strongest force.

The current ruling party UMNO of the Barisan Nasional was led by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , then Prime Minister of Malaysia . The Barisan Nasional is a multiethnic alliance led by the UMNO and has ruled since it was founded, consisting of 14 parties at the time of the elections.

The three largest opposition parties also formed an alliance, the Pakatan Rakyat . Represented in it are the social democratic Democratic Action Party (DAP), strictly Islamic party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and the national justice party Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) from Anwar Ibrahim on.

Result

Distribution of seats in parliament after the election
Regional election results

The elections on March 8, 2008 were won by the National Front ( Barisan Nasional ), which has ruled for more than 50 years , but suffered the most severe electoral defeat since 1969. It also lost the two-thirds majority, which is psychologically important for the BN and allows constitutional changes.

Party / electoral alliance be right Share of votes Seats
National Front ( Barisan Nasional , BN) 4,082,411 50.27% 140
Democratic Action Party ( Parti Tindakan Demokratie , DAP) 1,118,025 13.77% 28
Islamist Party of Malaysia ( Parti Islam Se-Malaysia , PAS) 1,140,676 14.05% 23
People's Justice Party ( Parti Keadilan Rakyat , Keadilan) 1,509,080 18.58% 31
Independent and other 65,399 0.81% 0

Results of the state parliaments

Perlis : BN (13), PAS (2) = 15

Kedah : BN (14), PAS (16), PKR (4), DAP (1), Independent (1) = 36

Kelantan : BN (6), PAS (38), PKR (1) = 45

Terengganu : BN (24), PAS (8) = 32

Penang : BN (11), PAS (1), DAP (19), PKR (9) = 40

Perak : BN (28), PAS (6), DAP (18), PKR (8) = 59

Pahang : BN (37), PAS (2), DAP (2), Independent (1), = 42

Selangor : BN (20), DAP (13), PKR (15), PAS (8) = 56

Negeri Sembilan : BN (21), PAS (1), DAP (10), PKR (4) = 36

Malacca : BN (23), DAP (5) = 28

Johor : BN (50), PAS (2), DAP (4) = 56

Sabah : BN (59), DAP (1) = 60

Sarawak

The state parliament in Sarawak did not dissolve. The last elections for the state parliament were on May 20, 2006.

Seats won in the last three elections

Party / electoral alliance 2008 2004 1999
National Front (BN) 140 (63.0%) 198 (90.4%) 148 (76.7%)
Democratic Action Party (DAP) 28 (12.6%) 12 (5.5%) 10 (5.2%)
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) 23 (10.4%) 7 (3.2%) 27 (14.0%)
Parti Keadilan Rakyatvon (Keadilan) 31 (14.0%) 1 (0.45%) 5 (2.6%)
Other / Independent 0 (0%) 1 (0.45%) 3 (1.5%)

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