1999 Malaysian general election

1999 Malaysian general election
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All 193 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
97 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,546,303
Turnout71.19%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahathir Mohamad Fadzil Noor Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Party UMNO PAS PBS
Alliance BN BA –
Last election 162 seats, 65.16% 16 seats 3.33%, 8 seats
Seats won 148 42 3
Seat change Decrease 14 Increase 26 Decrease 5
Popular vote 3,763,003 2,681,460 143,338
Percentage 56.52% 40.28% 2.15%
Swing Decrease8.64pp Increase 10.75pp Decrease1.18pp
Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

General elections were held in Malaysia on Monday, 29 November 1999. Voting took place in all 193 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. They were the last elections for Mahathir Mohamad as Prime Minister and Chairman of Barisan Nasional, until 2018. They were also the first elections held in a single day nationwide.

The opposition won a total of 113 state assembly seats, 98 of which went to the PAS, 11 to the DAP and 4 for Keadilan.[1] In the states of Kelantan and Terengganu, the PAS won by a huge margin–41-2 against Barisan Nasional out of a total of 43 seats and 28-4 out of a total of 32 seats respectively, hence allowing them to form the state governments in these states. In addition, PAS also captured one-third of the state seats in Kedah, with the remaining two-thirds going to Barisan Nasional (UMNO won 16 seats, MCA 2 seats in Kedah).

The election results were seen as a great gain for PAS, who previously had no state seats in Kedah and capturing only one seat in Terengganu in the 1995 General Elections. Observers attributed this to the neglect by the Federal Administration in the states of Terengganu and Kelantan due to administration by different parties.[2]

  1. ^ "Pilihan Raya umum 1999 - Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  2. ^ Swee-Hock Saw, K. Kesavapany (2006). Malaysia recent trends and challenges. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 97–8. ISBN 981-230-339-1.