1995 Malaysian general election

1995 Malaysian general election

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All 192 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
97 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,012,370
 
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 Increase 35 Decrease 2 Decrease 17
Popular vote 3,881,214 1,046,687 910,769
Percentage 65.16% 17.57% 15.29%
Swing Increase 11.78pp Decrease 4.21pp Decrease 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]

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