General Election In Malaysia

Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies each electing one mp to the dewan rakyat the dominant house of parliament.

General election in malaysia. Since independence the parliamentary elections were most often won by the barisan nasional national front abbreviated bn. A general election was held on wednesday 27 july 1955 the only general election before malaya s independence in 1957. 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.

A general election should be held no later than two months in west malaysia and three months for east malaysia sabah and sarawak after the dissolution of the parliament. A general election was held on saturday 10 may 1969 for members of the 3rd parliament of malaysia although voting was postponed until between 6 june and 4 july 1970 in sabah and sarawak. This election marked the first parliamentary election held in sabah and sarawak after the formation of malaysia in 1963.

General elections were held in malaysia on sunday 5 may 2013 to elect the members of the 13th parliament. 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. It was held to elect members of the federal legislative council which prior to this was fully appointed by the british high commissioner in malaya voting took place in all 52 federal constituencies of malaya each electing one federal councillor to the federal legislative.