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

Prime Minister (continued)

Mahathir Mohamad

Largest force

UMNO

127 of 180 seats

Turnout

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The result

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UMNO

Mahathir Mohamad · 53.4% of votes · -21 seats

127

seats

DAP & USP

Lim Kit Siang & Joseph Pairin Kitingan · 19.9% of votes · -4 seats

seats

S46

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah · 21.8% of votes · +14 seats

seats


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.