1978 Malaysian general election
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Registered | 5,059,689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 75.30% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Malaysia between Saturday, 8 July and Saturday, 22 July 1978.[1] 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 276 state constituencies (except Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day.
It was Hussein Onn's first and only election since he became the country's third Prime Minister in 1976. His Barisan Nasional Party emerged victorious with 131 of the 154 seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 75.3%.
Results
As expected, Barisan Nasional comfortably maintained its majority in the Malaysian Parliament and thus, gave the Prime Minister the power to form a government with a free hand. Despite the victory, BN actually lost four seats out of 154 seats to the opposition.
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The opposition garnered 42.8% of total votes. In spite of that, the opposition as one won only 23 seats.
Candidates were returned unopposed in nine constituencies. The registered electors from these constituencies therefore did not cast ballots.
By state
Johore
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 32,512 | 7.61 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 427,130 | 100.00 | 16 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 427,130 | 95.90 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,283 | 4.10 | |||||
Total votes | 445,413 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 572,447 | 77.81 |
Kedah
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 137,400 | 39.65 | 2 | -1 | |||
Democratic Action Party | 2,828 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 8,410 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 346,503 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 346,503 | 97.17 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,099 | 2.83 | |||||
Total votes | 356,602 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 461,290 | 77.31 |
Kelantan
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 110,620 | 43.59 | 2 | -5 | |||
Total | 253,781 | 100.00 | 12 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 253,781 | 98.99 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,600 | 1.01 | |||||
Total votes | 256,381 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 340,141 | 75.37 |
Kuala Lumpur
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 12,006 | 6.52 | 0 | 0 | |||
Malaysian Workers' Party | 1,731 | 0.94 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 5,072 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 184,250 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 184,250 | 98.97 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,910 | 1.03 | |||||
Total votes | 186,160 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 261,783 | 71.11 |
Malacca
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 12,536 | 11.79 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 106,300 | 100.00 | 4 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 106,300 | 96.00 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,428 | 4.00 | |||||
Total votes | 110,728 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 141,841 | 78.06 |
Negri Sembilan
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 11,217 | 7.91 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 7,151 | 5.04 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 141,775 | 100.00 | 6 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 141,775 | 95.36 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,906 | 4.64 | |||||
Total votes | 148,681 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 190,379 | 78.10 |
Pahang
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 34,156 | 18.47 | 0 | 0 | |||
Democratic Action Party | 16,354 | 8.84 | 0 | 0 | |||
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia | 6,441 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 4,384 | 2.37 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 184,928 | 100.00 | 8 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 184,928 | 95.21 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,297 | 4.79 | |||||
Total votes | 194,225 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 258,024 | 75.27 |
Penang
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 31,667 | 10.80 | 1 | +1 | |||
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia | 10,044 | 3.43 | 0 | 0 | |||
Social Democratic Party | 13,788 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 | |||
Homeland Consciousness Union | 350 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 19,280 | 6.58 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 293,220 | 100.00 | 9 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 293,220 | 96.60 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,321 | 3.40 | |||||
Total votes | 303,541 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 383,134 | 79.23 |
Perak
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 52,655 | 9.60 | 0 | -1 | |||
Malaysian Social Justice Party | 342 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 1,564 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 548,671 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 548,671 | 96.29 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 21,127 | 3.71 | |||||
Total votes | 569,798 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 736,963 | 77.32 |
Perlis
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 16,973 | 33.52 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 2,906 | 5.74 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 50,641 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 50,641 | 95.78 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,232 | 4.22 | |||||
Total votes | 52,873 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 68,572 | 77.11 |
Sabah
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Barisan Nasional | Sabah People's United Front | 94,225 | 51.83 | 8 | New | ||
United Sabah National Organisation | 5 | –8 | |||||
Total | 14 | -8 | |||||
Democratic Action Party | 11,733 | 6.45 | 1 | +1 | |||
Social United Association Party | 5,594 | 3.08 | 0 | New | |||
Sabah Democratic People's Party | 4,491 | 2.47 | 0 | New | |||
Sabah Chinese Association | 1,305 | 0.72 | 0 | –3 | |||
Malaysian Social Justice Party | 921 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 63,515 | 34.94 | 2 | +2 | |||
Total | 181,784 | 100.00 | 16 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 181,784 | 96.97 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,682 | 3.03 | |||||
Total votes | 187,466 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 282,369 | 66.39 |
Sarawak
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Barisan Nasional | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu | 52,222 | 20.38 | 8 | 0 | ||
Sarawak National Party | 45,218 | 17.64 | 9 | 0 | |||
Sarawak United Peoples' Party | 64,099 | 25.01 | 6 | -1 | |||
Total | 161,539 | 63.03 | 23 | -1 | |||
Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak | 35,009 | 13.66 | 0 | New | |||
Sarawak People's Organisation | 10,150 | 3.96 | 1 | New | |||
Parti Umat Sarawak | 3,898 | 1.52 | 0 | New | |||
Sarawak People's National Party | 861 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 44,831 | 17.49 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 256,288 | 100.00 | 24 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 256,288 | 96.49 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,324 | 3.51 | |||||
Total votes | 265,612 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 385,345 | 68.93 |
Selangor
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 36,615 | 9.94 | 0 | 0 | |||
Malaysian Social Justice Party | 4,541 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |||
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia | 902 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 3,257 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 368,430 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 368,430 | 96.18 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 14,623 | 3.82 | |||||
Total votes | 383,053 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 515,497 | 74.31 |
Trengganu
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 49,363 | 38.05 | 0 | -3 | |||
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia | 4,644 | 3.58 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 129,729 | 100.00 | 7 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 129,729 | 95.32 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,367 | 4.68 | |||||
Total votes | 136,096 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 178,576 | 76.21 |
See also
References
- ISBN 0-19-924959-8