2018 Malaysian General Election
The first turnover9 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
| Share of the Dewan Rakyat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERSATU | Mahathir Mohamad | 113 | +46 | 5,518,906 | 45.7% | +9.8 | |
| UMNO | Najib Razak | 79 | -54 | 4,081,063 | 33.8% | -13.6 | |
| PAS | Abdul Hadi Awang | 18 | -3 | 2,041,200 | 16.9% | +1.8 | |
| Warisan | Shafie Apdal | 8 | — | 280,520 | 2.3% | — | |
| STAR | Jeffrey Kitingan | 1 | — | 67,175 | 0.6% | +0.5 |
3 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.