1974 Malaysian General Election

Barisan Nasional's debut

24 August – 14 September 1974 · The Barisan Nasional decades · 154 seats, 78 for a majority

General elections were held in Malaysia between Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 14 September 1974. 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.

Cleanly counted but heavily tilted: severe malapportionment, government-controlled media and the Internal Security Act framed every contest of the Barisan Nasional decades.

Prime Minister before

Abdul Razak Hussein

Prime Minister (continued)

Abdul Razak Hussein

Largest force

135 of 154 seats

Turnout

75.0%

The result

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Abdul Razak Hussein · 60.8% of votes · +14 seats

135

seats

DAP

Lim Kit Siang · 18.3% of votes · -4 seats

seats

SNAP

James Wong · 5.5% of votes · 0 seats

seats


BN	Abdul Razak Hussein	135	+14	1,287,463	60.8%	+14.5
DAP	Lim Kit Siang	9	-4	387,845	18.3%	+6.3
SNAP	James Wong	9	0	117,566	5.5%	+2.9

1 further seat went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.