1978 Malaysian general election

1978 Malaysian general election

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All 154 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 78 seats needed for a majority
Registered	5,059,689
Turnout	75.30%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hussein Onn Lim Kit Siang Asri Muda Party BN DAP PAS Last election 60.81%, 135 seats 18.32%, 9 seats 13 seats Seats won 130 16 5 Seat change 5 7 8 Popular vote 1,987,907 664,433 537,720 Percentage 57.23% 19.13% 15.58% Swing 3.58pp 0.81pp –
Prime Minister before election Hussein Onn BN Prime Minister-designate Hussein Onn BN

General elections were held in Malaysia between Saturday, 8 July and Saturday, 22 July 1978.^[1] 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 276 state constituencies (except Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day.

It was Hussein Onn's first and only election since he became the country's third Prime Minister in 1976. His Barisan Nasional Party emerged victorious with 131 of the 154 seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 75.3%.