Malaysian general election, 1999

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Malaysian general election, 1999 All 192 seats to the Dewan Rakyat
November 29, 1999

Leader	Mahathir bin Mohamad	Fadzil Noor
Party	BN	Barisan Alternatif
Leader's seat	Kubang Pasu	Pendang
Seats won	147	42
Seat change	-19	+26
Popular vote	3,748,511	687,340
Percentage	90.4%	21.88%

Incumbent PM Mahathir bin Mohamad BN PM-Elect Mahathir bin Mohamad BN

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The 1999 Malaysian General Election was held on 29 November 1999 as stipulated by the laws of Malaysia for general elections. As expected, the Barisan Nasional coalition maintained its majority in parliament, and thus, its grip on the post of Prime Minister. However, due to the Anwar Ibrahim scandal, the win was one of the lowest experienced by the ruling coalition over the years, since independence, with the exception of the 1969 general election.

[edit] Election results

6,631,094 out of 9,564,071 registered voters cast their vote in this election. Although Barisan Nasional maintained its majority in Parliament, its overall popular vote dropped to roughly 56%. The parliamentary results are as follows:

Political party	Votes	% of votes	Seats	% of seats	+/-
Barisan Nasional coalition:	3,748,511	56.53	147	76.56	-19
United Malays National Organisation	?	?	71	36.98	-22
Malaysian Chinese Association	?	?	29	15.10	?
Malaysian Indian Congress	?	?	7	3.65	?
Malaysian People's Movement Party	?	?	6	3.13	?
Sarawak Barisan Nasional Parties	?	?	28	14.58	?
Sabah Barisan Nasional Parties	?	?	6	3.13	?
Barisan Alternatif coalition:	2,667,818	40.23	42	21.88	+26
Islamic Party of Malaysia	994,279	14.99	27	14.06	+19
Democratic Action Party	830,870	12.53	10	5.21	+3
People's Justice Party	773,679	11.67	5	2.60	-
Parti Rakyat Malaysia	68,990	1.04	0	0.00	0
Parti Bersatu Sabah	143,342	2.16	3	1.56	-5
Parti Reformasi Negeri	23,354	0.35	0	0.00	0
Parti Demokratik Malaysia	8,001	0.12	0	0.00	0
Barisan Jemaah Islamiah SeMalaysia	409	0.01	0	0.00	0
Parti Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia	274	0.00	0	0.00	0
Independents	39,385	0.59	0	0.00	0
Total	6,631,094	100%	192	100%	N/A

[edit] References

Chin, James (2000). "A New Balance: The Chinese Vote in the 1999 Malaysian General Election". South East Asia Research 8 (3), 281–299.
"Malaysia unlikely to go fundamentalist: Lee Kuan Yew". (Dec. 13, 1999). Agence France Presse.

[edit] External links

The Star Election 1999 results.
South Asia Analysis Group synopsis of the 1999 election results.
Trends in Malaysia: Election Assessment (PDF) a 62 pages collection of papers from Institute of Southeast Asian Studies after the 1999 election.