Malaysian general election, 1986

Malaysian general election, 1986

3 August 1986
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 Barisan Nasional DAP PAS Leader since 16 July 1981 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 Barisan Nasional Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohamad Barisan Nasional

A general election was held on Sunday, 3 August 1986 for members of the 7th Parliament of Malaysia. 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

Parliamentary results

Political Party				Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
	National Front		BN	2,649,238	57.28	148	83.6	+16
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	1,474,063	31.06	83	46.9	+13
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	589,289	12.42	17	9.6	-7
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan	149,644	3.15	5	2.8	0
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	104,701	2.21	6	3.4	+2
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	93,018	1.96	4	2.3
		United Sabah Party	PBS	73,786	1.55	10	5.6	New
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	48,367	1.02	8	4.5
		Sarawak National Party	SNAP	34,221	0.72	4	2.3
		Muslim People's Party of Malaysia	HAMIM	29,943	0.63	1	0.6	New
		United Sabah National Organisation	USNO	27,409	0.58	5	2.8
		Sarawak Native People's Party	PBDS	24,822	0.52	5	2.8	New
		People's Progressive Party	PPP			0	0.0	0
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	975,544	21.09	24	13.6	+15
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	716,952	15.50	1	0.6	-4
	Other parties			136,635	2.95	0	0.0	0
	Independents		IND	146,903	3.18	4	2.3	-4
Valid votes				4,625,272
Invalid/blank votes				126,732
Total (turnout: 74.39%)				4,752,004	100.0	177	100.0	+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]