Malaysian general election, 1982

Malaysian general election, 1982

22 April 1982
All 154 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 78 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,081,628
Turnout	4,296,312 (75.4%)
First party Second party Third party   PAS Leader Mahathir Mohammed Lim Kit Siang Asri Muda Party Barisan Nasional DAP PAS Leader since 16 July 1981 October 1969 1970 Leader's seat Kubang Pasu Kota Melaka No seat Last election 130 seats, 57.2% 16 seats, 19.1% 5 seats, 15.5% Seats won 132 9 5 Seat change 2 7 Popular vote 2,522,079 815,473 602,530 Percentage 60.5% 19.6% 14.5% Swing 3.3% 0.5% 1.0%
Prime Minister before election Mahathir Mohammed Barisan Nasional Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohammed Barisan Nasional

A general election was held on Thursday, 22 April 1982 for members of the 6th Parliament of Malaysia. 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 in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.

The result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 75.4%.

Results

Parliamentary results

Political Party				Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
	National Front		BN	2,522,079	60.54	132	85.7	+2
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO			70	45.5	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA			24	15.6	+7
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan			5	3.2	+1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC			4	2.6	+1
		People's Progressive Party	PPP			0	0.0	0
		Sabah People's United Front	BERJAYA
		Sarawak National Party	SNAP
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB
		United Sabah National Organisation	USNO
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	815,473	19.58	9	5.8	-7
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	602,530	14.46	5	3.2	0
	Sarawak People's Organisation		SAPO	178	0.004	0	0.0	-1
	Other parties			68,208	1.637	0	0.0	0
	Independents		IND	157,229	3.77	8	5.2	+6
Valid votes				4,165,697
Invalid/blank votes				130,615
Total (turnout: 75.4%)				4,296,312	100.0	154	100.0	0
Did not vote				1,785,316
Registered voters				6,081,628
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)				6,828,160
Malaysian population				14,528,000
Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2]