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Malaysia 1995 general election

What was the result of the 1995 general election in Malaysia?

United Malays National Organisation won 89 of 192 seats with 36.7% of the vote. 71.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • Malaysian Election Corpus, read 8 November 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Results published by the Malaysian Election Corpus, read : United Malays National Organisation won 89 of 192 seats with 36.7% of the vote; 71.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 1990.

  • United Malays National Organisation 89 +18 seats 36.7% +6.3 points
  • Malaysian Chinese Association 30 +12 seats 15.6% +3.5 points
  • Democratic Action Party 9 −11 seats 12.1% −5.1 points
  • Spirit of 46 Malay Party 6 −2 seats 10.2% −4.6 points
  • Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 7 0 seats 7.3% +0.6 points
  • Malaysian People's Movement Party 7 +2 seats 3.9% +0.7 points
  • Parti Bersatu Sabah 8 −6 seats 3.3% +1.0 points
  • Malaysian Indian Congress 7 +1 seat 3.3% +1.2 points
  • Sarawak United Peoples' Party 7 +3 seats 1.9% +0.1 points
  • Sarawak National Party 3 0 seats 0.7% +0.1 points
  • Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak 10 0 seats 0.7% −1.1 points
  • Sabah Progressive Party 2 0.7%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Malaysia 1990 general election, party by party.

97 of 192 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.7%

    Share of the vote won by United Malays National Organisation

    United Malays National Organisation won 89 of 192 seats. A majority needs 97.

  2. +18 seats

    Seats gained by United Malays National Organisation

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1990. Democratic Action Party lost 11 seats.

  3. 71.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.3 points on 1990.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
United Malays National Organisation89+1836.7+6.32,199,604
Malaysian Chinese Association30+1215.6+3.5937,747
Democratic Action Party9−1112.1−5.1723,366
Spirit of 46 Malay Party6−210.2−4.6611,260
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party707.3+0.6438,109
Malaysian People's Movement Party7+23.9+0.7231,300
Parti Bersatu Sabah8−63.3+1.0199,394
Malaysian Indian Congress7+13.3+1.2195,438
Sarawak United Peoples' Party7+31.9+0.1116,403
Independents0−41.2−2.074,813
Sarawak National Party300.7+0.144,185
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak1000.7−1.142,210
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Sabah Progressive Party20.741,292
Malaysian People's Party000.6−0.438,242
Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak6+20.6+0.236,499
Democratic Sabah Party00.319,444
People's Justice Movement000.30.016,193
United Sabah People's Party00.315,761
Liberal Democratic Party10.212,892
Malaysian People's Justice Front00.14,957

± is the change against the Malaysia 1990 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • United Malays National Organisation 2,199,604
  • Malaysian Chinese Association 937,747
  • Democratic Action Party 723,366
  • Spirit of 46 Malay Party 611,260
  • Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 438,109
  • Malaysian People's Movement Party 231,300
  • Parti Bersatu Sabah 199,394
  • Malaysian Indian Congress 195,438
  • Sarawak United Peoples' Party 116,403
  • Independents 74,813
  • Sarawak National Party 44,185
  • Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak 42,210
  • Sabah Progressive Party 41,292
  • Malaysian People's Party 38,242
  • Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 36,499
  • Democratic Sabah Party 19,444
  • People's Justice Movement 16,193
  • United Sabah People's Party 15,761
  • Liberal Democratic Party 12,892
  • Malaysian People's Justice Front 4,957

Source: Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo) by Thevesh Thevananthan, which collects the Election Commission of Malaysia's reports of the 1995 federal election, open data under CC0. Shown in our own layout: a party's votes and seats are added up by us from the candidates' rows, and the shares, the turnout, the change on the election before and the indices are worked out by us.

A party's votes are the votes of its candidates added up, and its seats are the constituencies where its candidate won. A share is a party's votes over all valid votes in the constituencies where a vote was held. Candidates who stood without a party are one row, Independents.

11 of the 192 seats were won without a vote, because only one candidate stood. They count as seats for the winner's party and add no votes.

The turnout counts the valid and the rejected votes over the voters on the roll in the constituencies where a vote was held. A constituency won without a vote is left out.

How many people voted?

71.3% of the 8,702,076 registered voters cast a ballot (6,201,227 ballots), down 1.3 points on 1990. 5,999,109 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • United Malays National Organisation36.7% of votes46.4% of seats
  • Malaysian Chinese Association15.6% of votes15.6% of seats
  • Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak0.7% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Democratic Action Party12.1% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Parti Bersatu Sabah3.3% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party7.3% of votes3.6% of seats
  • Malaysian People's Movement Party3.9% of votes3.6% of seats
  • Malaysian Indian Congress3.3% of votes3.6% of seats
  • Sarawak United Peoples' Party1.9% of votes3.6% of seats
  • Spirit of 46 Malay Party10.2% of votes3.1% of seats
  • Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak0.6% of votes3.1% of seats
  • Sarawak National Party0.7% of votes1.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 3.9 by seats; United Malays National Organisation led Malaysian Chinese Association by 21.0 points of the vote.

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