Election Of Malaysia 2018

Malaysia uses the same first past the post electoral system as the uk.

Election of malaysia 2018. Malaysia s 14th general election ge14 held on 9 may 2018 resulted in the first turnover of federal government in the country s history. Former malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad has scored a historic victory in the general election. Malaysia s veteran ex leader mahathir mohamad 92 has won a historic election victory in a political earthquake that toppled the country s scandal plagued premier and ousted a regime that.

At stake were all 222 seats in the dewan rakyat the legislature s lower house and 505 seats in 12 out of the 13 state legislative assemblies of malaysia. Bersih malaysia s electoral reform organisation says najib will be able to win the election with just 16 5 of the popular. At the age of 92 mr mahathir defeated the barisan nasional coalition which has been in.

222 of 222 parliament seats. Results overview simple majority. Here s how it happened and what it might mean.

With all 222 seats in the country s. Supporters of mahathir mohamad cheer as they watch live televised result announcement of the 14th general elections on may 10 2018 in kuala lumpur malaysia. The incumbent barisan nasional national front or bn led by najib tun ra zak lost power to a coalition led by former prime minister dr.

The 2018 malaysian general election formally known as the 14th malaysian general election was held on wednesday 9 may 2018 for members of the 14th parliament of malaysia. Outgoing malaysian prime minister najib razak of the barisan national party addresses the media after his party lost the 14th general election in kuala lumpur on may 10 2018. Many observers were predicting that the mighty ruling party the barisan nasional bn national front would be re elected to federal power once again for the fourteenth time since the malaysian state s independence in 1957.

A 92 year old man has just pulled off the most extraordinary election result in malaysian history.