1986 Malaysian general election

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2–3 August 1986

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Members elected →

All 177 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
89 seats needed for a majority

Registered

6,791,446

Turnout

69.97%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mahathir Mohamad	Lim Kit Siang	Yusof Rawa
Party	BN	DAP	PAS
Last election	60.54%, 132 seats	19.58%, 9 seats	14.46%, 5 seats
Seats won	148	24	1
Seat change	16	15	4
Popular vote	2,649,238	975,544	716,952
Percentage	57.28%	21.09%	15.50%
Swing	3.26pp	1.51pp	1.04pp

Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

General elections were held in Malaysia on 2 and 3 August 1986.^[1] Voting took place in all 177 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 351 state constituencies in eleven of the thirteen states.

Results



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	2,649,238	57.28	83	+13
			Malaysian Chinese Association			17	–7
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			5	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress			6	+2
			Sarawak United Peoples' Party			4	–1
			United Sabah Party			10	New
			Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu			8	0
			Sarawak National Party			4	–2
			Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia			1	New
			United Sabah National Organisation			5	+5
			Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak			5	New
		Total				148	+16
	Democratic Action Party			975,544	21.09	24	+15
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			716,952	15.50	1	–4
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			59,156	1.28	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			45,340	0.98	0	0
	Sabah People's United Front			20,360	0.44	0	0
	Malaysian Nationalist Party			10,228	0.22	0	New
	Sarawak United Labour Party			967	0.02	0	New
	Sabah National Momogun Party			584	0.01	0	New
	Independents			146,903	3.18	4	–4
Total				4,625,272	100.00	177	+23

Valid votes				4,625,272	97.33
Invalid/blank votes				126,732	2.67
Total votes				4,752,004	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				6,791,446	69.97
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

By state

Johor


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	345,263	65.72	12	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			5	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
		Total				18	+2
	Democratic Action Party			93,228	17.75	0	0
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			45,255	8.61	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			28,493	5.42	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			7,980	1.52	0	0
	Independents			5,098	0.97	0	0
Total				525,317	100.00	18	+2

Valid votes				525,317	95.75
Invalid/blank votes				23,303	4.25
Total votes				548,620	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				767,930	71.44

Kedah


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	220,797	51.78	12	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	35,893	8.42	2	0
		Total		256,690	60.20	14	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			152,063	35.66	0	–1
	Democratic Action Party			17,422	4.09	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			249	0.06	0	0
Total				426,424	100.00	14	+1

Valid votes				426,424	97.59
Invalid/blank votes				10,536	2.41
Total votes				436,960	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				598,594	73.00

Kelantan


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	157,568	45.49	11	+3
			Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia	29,943	8.65	1	New
		Total		187,511	54.14	12	+3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			158,835	45.86	1	–3
Total				346,346	100.00	13	+1

Valid votes				346,346	97.65
Invalid/blank votes				8,332	2.35
Total votes				354,678	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				469,828	75.49

Kuala Lumpur


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Action Party			163,476	53.28	4	+1
	Barisan Nasional		Malaysian Chinese Association	43,699	14.24	0	–1
			United Malays National Organisation	42,384	13.81	2	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	38,798	12.65	1	+1
		Total		142,122	46.32	3	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			10,458	3.41	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			6,589	2.15	0	0
	Malaysian Nationalist Party			1,405	0.46	0	New
Total				306,809	100.00	7	+2

Valid votes				306,809	99.19
Invalid/blank votes				2,492	0.81
Total votes				309,301	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				473,640	65.30

Labuan


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Barisan Nasional	2,265	28.01	0
	Sabah People's United Front	597	7.38	0
	Independents	5,223	64.60	1
Total		8,085	100.00	1

Valid votes		8,085	99.04
Invalid/blank votes		78	0.96
Total votes		8,163	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		12,171	67.07

Malacca


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	100,655	58.43	3	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			1	0
		Total				4	+1
	Democratic Action Party			55,430	32.18	1	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			16,168	9.39	0	0
Total				172,253	100.00	5	+1

Valid votes				172,253	96.90
Invalid/blank votes				5,508	3.10
Total votes				177,761	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				242,913	73.18

Negeri Sembilan


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	135,530	64.44	4	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			0	–2
		Total				5	–1
	Democratic Action Party			63,807	30.34	2	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			10,992	5.23	0	0
Total				210,329	100.00	7	+1

Valid votes				210,329	97.12
Invalid/blank votes				6,246	2.88
Total votes				216,575	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				298,660	72.52

Pahang


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	169,118	64.31	7	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			3	+1
		Total				10	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			60,236	22.90	0	0
	Democratic Action Party			33,632	12.79	0	0
Total				262,986	100.00	10	+2

Valid votes				262,986	97.09
Invalid/blank votes				7,893	2.91
Total votes				270,879	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				380,979	71.10

Penang


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	66,746	17.96	4	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	62,799	16.90	1	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	54,179	14.58	0	–2
		Total		183,724	49.44	5	–2
	Democratic Action Party			147,641	39.73	6	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			24,053	6.47	0	0
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			13,901	3.74	0	0
	Malaysian Nationalist Party			1,219	0.33	0	New
	Social Democratic Party			1,075	0.29	0	New
Total				371,613	100.00	11	+2

Valid votes				371,613	97.51
Invalid/blank votes				9,503	2.49
Total votes				381,116	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				522,194	72.98

Perak


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	349,897	55.37	11	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			3	–3
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress			2	+1
		Total				19	–2
	Democratic Action Party			181,561	28.73	4	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			94,585	14.97	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			5,883	0.93	0	0
Total				631,926	100.00	23	+2

Valid votes				631,926	97.12
Invalid/blank votes				18,757	2.88
Total votes				650,683	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				954,180	68.19

Perlis


Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional	United Malays National Organisation	40,619	66.47	2	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		20,488	33.53	0	0
Total			61,107	100.00	2	0

Valid votes			61,107	97.51
Invalid/blank votes			1,560	2.49
Total votes			62,667	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			85,394	73.39

Sabah


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Sabah National Organisation	101,195	47.42	8	+8
			United Sabah Party			7	New
		Total				15	+8
	Democratic Action Party			41,392	19.40	4	+3
	Sabah People's United Front			19,763	9.26	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			8,346	3.91	0	0
	Sabah National Momogun Party			584	0.27	0	New
	Independents			42,132	19.74	1	–4
Total				213,412	100.00	20	+4

Valid votes				213,412	98.92
Invalid/blank votes				2,323	1.08
Total votes				215,735	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				390,709	55.22

Sarawak


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Sarawak United Peoples' Party	93,018	25.55	4	–1
			Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	48,367	13.29	8	0
			Sarawak National Party	34,221	9.40	5	–1
			Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak	24,822	6.82	4	New
		Total		200,428	55.06	21	–2
	Democratic Action Party			68,197	18.73	1	–1
	Sarawak United Labour Party			967	0.27	0	New
	Independents			94,450	25.94	2	–1
Total				364,042	100.00	24	0

Valid votes				364,042	97.98
Invalid/blank votes				7,491	2.02
Total votes				371,533	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				556,995	66.70

Selangor


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	325,571	63.16	7	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			3	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			2	+1
		Total				12	+1
	Democratic Action Party			109,758	21.29	2	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			48,972	9.50	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			23,564	4.57	0	0
	Malaysian Nationalist Party			7,604	1.48	0	New
Total				515,469	100.00	14	+3

Valid votes				515,469	96.84
Invalid/blank votes				16,843	3.16
Total votes				532,312	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				763,914	69.68

Terengganu


Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional	United Malays National Organisation	125,891	60.19	8	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		83,263	39.81	0	0
Total			209,154	100.00	8	+1

Valid votes			209,154	97.27
Invalid/blank votes			5,867	2.73
Total votes			215,021	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			273,345	78.66

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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