1990 Malaysian General Election
20–21 October 1990 · The Barisan Nasional decades · 180 seats, 91 for a majority
General elections were held in Malaysia on 20 and 21 October 1990. Voting took place in all 180 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
Mahathir Mohamad
BN
Prime Minister (continued)
Mahathir Mohamad
BN
Largest force
UMNO
127 of 180 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the Dewan Rakyat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO | Mahathir Mohamad | 127 | -21 | 2,985,392 | 53.4% | -3.9 | |
| DAP & USP | Lim Kit Siang & Joseph Pairin Kitingan | 34 | -4 | 1,113,488 | 19.9% | -2.8 | |
| S46 | Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah | 15 | +14 | 1,218,211 | 21.8% | +6.3 |
4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.