The general election in Malaysia was held on March 8, 2008. Parliament was dissolved on February 13, 2008, and the next day, the Malaysian CEC announced the election date. [1] At the same time, according to tradition, the State Assemblies with the exception of Sarawak were dissolved in order to hold general parliamentary elections and assemblies on the same day. [one]
← 2004  2013 → | |||
| General Election in Malaysia (2008) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |||
| March 8 | |||
 |  | ||
| Party head | Abdullah Badawi | Van Aziza Van Ismail | |
| The consignment | National front | People’s Bloc | |
| Seats received | 140 ( ▼ 58) | 82 ( ▲ 61) | |
| Votes | 4 082 411 (50.27%) | 3 796 464 (46.75%) | |
| Change in the percentage of votes | ▼ 13.63% | ▲ 10.63% | |
| Past number of seats | 198 | 21 | |
 2008 election results | |||
 The distribution of seats in parliament between the ruling and opposition parties. | |||
| Election result | The majority got the National Front ; Abdullah Badawi again became Prime Minister. | ||
The newly formed opposition coalition People’s Bloc includes the Democratic Action Party, the All-Alai Islamic Party and the People’s Justice Party .
As a result, the National Front , which has been ruling in Malaysia since independence, has retained a majority, but the result has become one of the worst in the history of the country. The Popular Front was not able to get a constitutional majority, which has not happened since the 1969 elections , securing only 140 of the 222 seats of parliament, while the opposition Popular Bloc received 82 seats (36.9%). Moreover, the opposition won 5 out of 12 states in assemblies, while in the last election it won only one state. [2]
Results
| Coalition / Party | Vote | % | Places | % | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Front Coalition: | 4 082 411 | 50.27 | 140 | 63.1 | ▼ 58 |
| United Malay National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu, UMNO) | 2 381 725 | 29.33 | 79 | 35.6 | ▼ 30 |
| Malay Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia, MCA) | 840 489 | 10.35 | 15 | 6.8 | ▼ 16 |
| Malay Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC) | 179,422 | 2.21 | 3 | 1.4 | ▼ 6 |
| Malaysian Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Gerakan) | 184 548 | 2.27 | 2 | 0.9 | ▼ 8 |
| United Traditional Bumiputra Party (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, PBB) | 131,243 | 1,62 | 14 | 6.3 | ▲ 3 |
| United People's Party of Sarawak (Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak, SUPP) | 119 264 | 1.47 | 6 | 2.7 | ▬ |
| Progressive Democratic Party of Sarawak (Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak, SAPP) | 52 645 | 0.65 | four | 1.8 | ▬ |
| Party People of Sarawak (Parti Rakyat Sarawak, PRS) | 33,410 | 0.41 | 6 | 2.7 | ▲ 6 |
| Joint organization Kadazan-Duzun and Murut (Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Bersatu, UPKO) | 58 856 | 0.72 | four | 1.8 | ▬ |
| Sabah United Party (Parti Bersatu Sabah, PBS) | 44,885 | 0.55 | 3 | 1.4 | ▼ 1 |
| Sabah's Progressive Party (Parti Maju Sabah, SAPP) | 30,827 | 0.38 | 2 | 1.4 | ▼ 2 |
| Sabah United Party (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah, PBRS) | one | 0.5 | ▬ | ||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik, LDP) | 8 297 | 0.10 | one | 0.5 | ▲ 1 |
| People's Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia, PPP) | 16 800 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | ▼ 1 |
| People’s coalition block : | 3 796 464 | 46.75 | 82 | 36.9 | ▲ 62 |
| People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat, PKR) | 1 509 080 | 18.58 | 31 | 14.0 | ▲ 30 |
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam SeMalaysia, PAS) | 1,140,676 | 14.05 | 23 | 10,4 | ▲ 16 |
| Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik, DAP) | 1,118,025 | 13.77 | 28 | 12.6 | ▲ 16 |
| Independent and others | 65 399 | 0.81 | 0 | 0 | ▼ 1 |
| Total | 7 944 274 | 100 | 222 | 100 | ▲ 3 |
| Source: Sin Chew Jit Poh [3] , Malaysia. | |||||
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Nomination day on Feb 24, polls on March 8 , The Star (February 14, 2008). Archived February 21, 2013.
- ↑ Election setback for Malaysia PM . BBC News (March 8, 2008). Archived on May 18, 2013.
- ↑ 3 Sin Chew Jit Poh nationwide results statistics , Sin Chew Jit Poh (March 10, 2008).