2018 Malaysian General Election

The first turnover

9 May 2018 · The two-coalition era · 222 seats, 112 for a majority

General elections were held in Malaysia on Wednesday, 9 May 2018. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament.

Prime Minister before

Najib Razak

BN

Prime Minister after

Mahathir Mohamad

PH

Largest force

BERSATU

113 of 222 seats

Turnout

82.3%

The result

BERSATU
Mahathir Mohamad · 45.7% of votes · +46 seats
113
seats
UMNO
Najib Razak · 33.8% of votes · -54 seats
79
seats
PAS
Abdul Hadi Awang · 16.9% of votes · -3 seats
18
seats
Warisan
Shafie Apdal · 2.3% of votes
8
seats
STAR
Jeffrey Kitingan · 0.6% of votes
1
seats

3 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.