Malaysian general election, 1999

Malaysian general election, 1999

1995 ← 29 November 1999 (1999-11-29) → 2004

All 193 seats in the Dewan Rakyat   First party Second party   Leader Mahathir Mohammad Fadzil Noor Party BN Barisan Alternatif Leader since 16 July 1981 (1981-07-16) 24 October 1999 (1999-10-24) Leader's seat Kubang Pasu Pendang Last election 162 30[1] Seats won 147 45 Seat change 15 15 Popular vote 3,748,511 687,340 Percentage 56.53% 40.23 Swing 8.7 8.7

Prime Minister before election Mahathir Mohammad BN Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohamad BN

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The 1999 Malaysian General Election was held on 29 November 1999 as stipulated by the laws of Malaysia for general elections. As expected, the Barisan Nasional coalition maintained its majority in parliament, and thus, its grip on the post of Prime Minister.

However, due to the Anwar Ibrahim scandal, the win was one of the lowest experienced by the ruling coalition over the years, since independence, with the exception of the 1969 general election.

Results

Parliamentary results

6,631,094 out of 9,564,071 registered voters cast their vote in this election. Although Barisan Nasional maintained its majority in Parliament, its overall popular vote dropped to roughly 56%. The parliamentary results are as follows:

e • d Summary of the 29 November 1999 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional (National Front):	3,748,511	56.53	147	76.56	19
United Malays National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu, UMNO)	-	-	71	36.98	22
Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia, MCA)	-	-	29	15.10	-
Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC)	-	-	7	3.65	-
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Gerakan)	-	-	6	3.13
People's Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia, PPP)	-	-	-	-	-
Parties in Sarawak	-	-	28	14.58
Parties in Sabah	-	-	6	3.13
Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front):	2,667,818	40.23	42	21.88	26
Islamic Party of Malaysia (Parti Islam SeMalaysia, PAS)	994,279	14.99	27	14.06	19
Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik, DAP)	830,870	12.53	10	5.21	3
National Justice Party (Keadilan)1	773,679	11.67	5	2.60	1
Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)	68,990	1.04	0	0.00	0
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS)2	143,342	2.16	3	1.56	5
State Reform Party2	23,354	0.35	0	0
Malaysian Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik, LDP)	8,001	0.12	0	0.0
BERJASA	409	0.01	0	0
Parti Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia (AKIM)	274	0.00	0	0.0
Non-partisans	39,385	0.59	0	0	1
Overall total	6,631,094	100	192	100	N/A
1This is the first election taken part by KeADILan 2Pending to join Barisan Alternatif, but STAR have managed to negotiate with the component parties of BA over all the seats in Sarawak, while PBS could not fully manage the negotiation in Sabah. Source: The Star: Election 1999

State assembly results

The opposition won a total of 113 state assembly seats, 98 of which went to the PAS, 11 to the DAP and 4 for Keadilan.^[2] In the states of Kelantan and Terengganu, the PAS won by a huge margin–41-2 against Barisan Nasional out of a total of 43 seats and 28-4 out of a total of 32 seats respectively, hence allowing them to form the state governments in these states. In addition, PAS also captured one-third of the state seats in Kedah, with the remaining two-thirds going to Barisan Nasional (UMNO won 16 seats, MCA 2 seats in Kedah).

The election results were seen as a great gain for PAS, who previously had no state seats in Kedah and capturing only one seat in Terengganu in the 1995 General Elections. Observers attributed this to the negelect by the Federal Administration in the states of Terengganu and Kelantan.^[3]

References

• Chin, James (2000). "A New Balance: The Chinese Vote in the 1999 Malaysian General Election". South East Asia Research 8 (3): 281–299. doi:10.5367/000000000101297299. 
• "Malaysia unlikely to go fundamentalist: Lee Kuan Yew". (Dec. 13, 1999). Agence France Presse.

1. ^ Template:The previous election was contested under separate parties, mainly PAS and DAP
2. ^ PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 1999 - DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI
3. ^ Swee-Hock Saw, K. Kesavapany (2006). Malaysia recent trends and challenges. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 97–8. ISBN 9812303391. 

External links

• South Asia Analysis Group synopsis of the 1999 election results.
• Trends in Malaysia: Election Assessment (PDF) a 62 pages collection of papers from Institute of Southeast Asian Studies after the 1999 election.