MALAYSIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 MAY 2018
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Elections to the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
Source: Malaysian Election Commission website, media websites

Parties
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 (Some Malaysian parties are better known by their English names and
acronyms)

* BN - Barisan Nasional (National Front)
  * UMNO - Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu (United Malays National
     Organisation)
  * MCA - Persatuan China Malaysia (Malaysian Chinese Association)
  * Gerakan - Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Malaysian People's Movement
     Party)
  * MIC - Kongres India Se-Malaysia (Malaysian Indian Congress)
  * PBB - Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (United Party of Traditional
     Sons of the Soil)
   A number of small regional parties in Sabah and Sarawak.

* PH - Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope)
  * Amanah - Parti Amanah Negar(National Trust Party)
  * DAP - Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik)
  * PPBM or Bersatu - Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Malaysian United
     Indigenous Party)
  * PRK or Keadilan - People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat)
  * Warisan - Parti Warisan Sabah (Sabah Heritage Party)

* PAS - Islamic Party of Malaysia (Parti Islam se Malaysia)


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Registered voters:               14,937,377
Votes cast:                      12,245,583  82.0
Invalid votes:                      163,052  01.3
Valid votes:                     12,082,531  98.7
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Party                            Votes       %            Seats
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Barisan Nasional-UMNO             2,525,854  20.9  -08.4   54  -34
Barisan Nasional-MCA                653,346  05.4  -02.6    1  -06
Barisan Nasional-PBB                220,479  01.8  -00.2   13  -01
Barisan Nasional-MIC                167,061  01.4  -00.9    2  -02
Barisan Nasional-Gerakan            128,973  01.1  -00.8    -  -01
Barisan Nasional-SUPP               122,540  01.0  -00.2    1
Barisan Nasional-PDP                 59,853  00.5   00.0    2  -02
Barisan Nasional-PRS                 59,218  00.5   00.0    3  -03
Barisan Nasional-PBS                 58,351  00.5  -00.2    1  -03
Barisan Nasional-UPKO                57,062  00.5  -00.1    1  -02
Barisan Nasional-PBRS                11,783  00.1   00.0    1
Barisan Nasional-LDP                  8,996  00.1   00.0    -
Barisan Nasional-MyPPP                7,422  00.1   00.0    -
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Barisan Nasional Total            4,080,938  33.8  -14.6   79  -54
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Pakatan Harapan-DAP               2,098,068  17.4  +01.7   42  +04
Pakatan Harapan-PKR               2,058,741  17.0  -03.4   48  +18
Pakatan Harapan-PPBM                706,391  05.8          12  +12
Pakatan Harapan-Amanah              655,530  05.4          11  +11
Pakatan Harapan-Warisan             281,441  02.3           8  +08
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Pakatan Harapan Total             5,800,171  48.0  -02.9  121  +32
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Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS)     2,032,116  16.8  +02.0   18  -03
Sabah STAR                           21,361  00.2           1  +01
Others                              148,110  01.2           3
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Total                            12,082,531               222
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Since the 2013 election, the PAS has withdrawn from the opposition
coalition, now called Pakatan Harapan (PH). This explains why PH’s vote 
appears to have fallen despite its winning a majority of seats, and why 
PH gained only 32 seats while its component parties gained 53.