1986 Malaysian general election

1986 Malaysian general election

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All 177 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 89 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,791,446
Turnout	4,752,004 (74.39%)
First party Second party Third party   PAS Leader Mahathir Mohamad Lim Kit Siang Yusof Rawa Party BN DAP PAS Leader since 28 June 1981 1 October 1969 1982 Leader's seat Kubang Pasu Tanjong No seat Last election 132 seats, 60.5% 9 seats, 19.6% 5 seats, 14.5% Seats won 148 24 1 Seat change 16 15 4 Popular vote 2,649,238 975,544 716,952 Percentage 57.3% 21.1% 15.5% Swing 3.2% 1.5% 1.0%
Prime Minister before election Mahathir Mohamad BN Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohamad BN

A general election was held between Saturday, 2 August and Sunday, 3 August 1986 for members of the 7th Parliament of Malaysia.^[1] Voting took place in all 177 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 351 state constituencies in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.

Results[]

Dewan Rakyat[]

Summary of the 2 – 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results

Party				Vote		Seats
				Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	2,649,238	57.28	148	83.62	+16
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	1,474,063	31.06	83	46.89	+13
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	589,289	12.42	17	9.60	-7
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan	149,644	3.15	5	2.82	0
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	104,701	2.21	6	3.39	+2
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	93,018	1.96	4	2.26	-1
		United Sabah Party	PBS	73,786	1.55	10	5.65	New
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	48,367	1.02	8	4.52	0
		Sarawak National Party	SNAP	34,221	0.72	4	2.26	-2
		Muslim People's Party of Malaysia	HAMIM	29,943	0.63	1	0.56	New
		United Sabah National Organisation	USNO	27,409	0.58	5	2.82	+5
		Sarawak Native People's Party	PBDS	24,822	0.52	5	2.82	New
		People's Progressive Party	PPP			0	0.00	0
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	975,544	21.09	24	13.56	+15
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	716,952	15.50	1	0.56	-4
	Malaysian People's Socialist Party		PSRM			0	0.00	0
	Social Democratic Party		SDP			0	0.00	0
	Nationalist Party of Malaysia		NASMA			0	0.00	New
	Sabah People's United Front		BERJAYA			0	0.00	0
	Sabah National Momogun Party		MOMOGUN			0	0.00	New
			PLUS			0	0.00	New
	Other parties			136,635	2.95	0	0.00	0
	Independents		IND	146,903	3.18	4	2.26	-4
Valid votes				4,625,272
Invalid/blank votes				126,732
Total (turnout: 74.39%)				4,752,004	100.00	177	100.00	+23
Did not vote				2,039,442
Registered voters				6,791,446
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)				7,893,900
Malaysian population				16,110,000
Source: Nohlen et al. [1]

Results by state[]

Johor[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Johor

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	18			18	100.00	+2
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	12			12	66.67	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	5			5	27.78	+1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	1			1	5.56	0
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				0	0.00	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	18	100.00	+2
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Kedah[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Kedah

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	14	256,690	60.20	14	100.00	+2
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	12	220,797	51.78	12	85.71	+2
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	2	35,893	8.44	2	14.29	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	14	152,063	35.66	0	0.00	-1
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	2	17,422	4.09	0	0.00	0
	Social Democratic Party		SDP	1	249	0.06	0	0.00	0
Valid votes					426,424
Invalid/blank votes					10,536
Total votes (voter turnout: 73.00%)					436,960	100.00	14	100.00	+1
Did not vote					161,634
Registered voters					598,594
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Kelantan[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Kelantan

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	13	187,511	54.14	12	92.31	+4
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	11	157,568	45.49	11	91.67	+3
		Muslim People's Party of Malaysia	HAMIM	2	29,943	8.65	1	7.69	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	13	158,835	45.86	1	7.69	-3
Valid votes					346,346
Invalid/blank votes					8,332
Total votes (voter turnout: 75.49%)					354,678	100.00	13	100.00	+1
Did not vote					115,150
Registered voters					469,828
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Kuala Lumpur[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Kuala Lumpur

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00		100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Labuan[]

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Malacca[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Malacca

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	5			4	80.00	+1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	3			3	60.00	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	2			1	20.00	0
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				1	20.00	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	5	100.00	+1
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Negeri Sembilan[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Negeri Sembilan

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	7			5	71.43	-1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	4			4	57.14	+1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	1			1	14.29	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	2			0	0.00	-2
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				2	33.33	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	7	100.00	+1
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Pahang[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Pahang

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	10			10	100.00	+2
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	7			7	70.00	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	30.00	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	10	100.00	+2
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Penang[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Penang

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	11	183,724	49.44	5	45.45	-2
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	4	66,746	17.96	4	36.36	+1
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan	4	62,799	16.90	1	9.09	-1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	3	54,179	14.58	0	0.00	-2
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	7	147,641	39.73	6	54.55	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	4	24,053	6.47	0	0.00	0
	Malaysian People's Socialist Party		PSRM	1	13,901	3.74	0	0.00	0
	Nationalist Party of Malaysia		NASMA	1	1,219	0.33	0	0.00	New
	Social Democratic Party		SDP	1	1,075	0.29	0	0.00	New
Valid votes					371,613
Invalid/blank votes					9,503
Total votes (voter turnout: 72.98%)					381,116	100.00	11	100.00	+2
Did not vote					141,078
Registered voters					522,194
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Perak[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Perak

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	23			19	82.61	-2
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				11	47.83	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				3	13.04	-3
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan				3	13.04	0
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				2	8.70	+1
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				4	17.39	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	23	100.00	+2
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Perlis[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Perlis

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	2	40,619	66.47	2	100.00	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	2	40,619	66.47	2	100.00	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	2	20,488	33.53	0	0.00	0
Valid votes					61,107
Invalid/blank votes					1,560
Total votes (voter turnout: 73.39%)					62,667	100.00	2	100.00	0
Did not vote					22,727
Registered voters					85,394
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Sabah[]

Summary of the 2 – 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Sabah

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	20			15	75.00	+5
		United Sabah National Organisation	USNO				8	40.00	+8
		United Sabah Party	PBS				7	35.00	New
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				4	20.00	+3
	Independents		IND				1	5.00	-4
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	20	100.00	+4
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Sabah's population
Source:

Sarawak[]

Summary of the 2 – 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Sarawak

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	24	200,428	55.61	21	87.50	+2
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	7	93,018	25.81	4	16.67	-1
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	8	48,367	13.42	8	33.33	0
		Sarawak National Party	SNAP	5	34,221	9.49	5	20.83	-1
		Sarawak Native People's Party	PBDS	4	24,822	6.89	4	16.67	New
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	5	68,197	18.92	1	4.17	-1
	Independents		IND	28	90,843	25.20	2	8.33	-1
Valid votes					360,435
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	24	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Sarawak's population
Source:

Selangor[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Selangor

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	14			12	85.71	+1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	7			7	50.00	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	5			3	21.43	-1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	2			2	14.29	+1
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				2	14.29	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	14	100.00	+3
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

Terengganu[]

Summary of the 3 August 1986 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results in Terengganu

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front		BN	8	125,891	60.19	8	100.00	+1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	8	125,891	60.19	8	100.00	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	8	83,263	39.81	0	0.00	0
Valid votes					209,154
Invalid/blank votes					5,868
Total votes (voter turnout: 78.66%)					215,022	100.00	8	100.00	+1
Did not vote					58,324
Registered voters					273,346
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Source:

State Assemblies[]

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