1982 Malaysian general election

General elections were held in Malaysia between Thursday, 22 April and Monday, 26 April 1982. 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 293 state constituencies (except Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day. It was the first election for Mahathir Mohamed as Prime Minister since his appointment to this position in 1981.

1982 Malaysian general election
22–26 April 1982
All 154 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
78 seats needed for a majority
Registered6,081,628
Turnout74.39%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahathir Mohamad Lim Kit Siang Asri Muda
Party BN DAP PAS
Last election 57.23%, 130 seats 19.13%, 16 seats 15.48%, 5 seats
Seats won 132 9 5
Seat change 2 7
Popular vote 2,522,079 815,473 602,530
Percentage 60.54% 19.58 14.46%
Swing 3.31pp 0.45pp 0.98pp
Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

 Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

The result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 74%.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.