Malaysian general election, 1999
Malaysian general election, 1999
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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.
Results
Parliamentary 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:
e • d Summary of the 29 November 1999 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results
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Votes |
% of vote |
Seats |
% of seats |
+/– |
Barisan Nasional (National Front): |
3,748,511 |
56.53 |
147 |
76.56 |
19 |
United Malays National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu, UMNO) |
- |
- |
71 |
36.98 |
22 |
Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia, MCA) |
- |
- |
29 |
15.10 |
- |
Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC) |
- |
- |
7 |
3.65 |
- |
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Gerakan) |
- |
- |
6 |
3.13 |
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People's Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia, PPP) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Parties in Sarawak |
- |
- |
28 |
14.58 |
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Parties in Sabah |
- |
- |
6 |
3.13 |
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Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front): |
2,667,818 |
40.23 |
42 |
21.88 |
26 |
Islamic Party of Malaysia (Parti Islam SeMalaysia, PAS) |
994,279 |
14.99 |
27 |
14.06 |
19 |
Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik, DAP) |
830,870 |
12.53 |
10 |
5.21 |
3 |
National Justice Party (Keadilan)1 |
773,679 |
11.67 |
5 |
2.60 |
1 |
Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) |
68,990 |
1.04 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS)2 |
143,342 |
2.16 |
3 |
1.56 |
5 |
State Reform Party2 |
23,354 |
0.35 |
0 |
0 |
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Malaysian Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik, LDP) |
8,001 |
0.12 |
0 |
0.0 |
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BERJASA |
409 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
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Parti Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia (AKIM) |
274 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Non-partisans |
39,385 |
0.59 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Overall total |
6,631,094 |
100 |
192 |
100 |
N/A |
1This is the first election taken part by KeADILan
2Pending to join Barisan Alternatif, but STAR have managed to negotiate with the component parties of BA over all the seats in Sarawak, while PBS could not fully manage the negotiation in Sabah.
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State assembly results
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.[2] 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 negelect by the Federal Administration in the states of Terengganu and Kelantan.[3]
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