1982 Malaysian general election

General elections were held in Malaysia between Thursday, 22 April and Monday, 26 April 1982.^[1] Voting took place in all 154 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 293 state constituencies (except Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day. It was the first election for Mahathir Mohamad as Prime Minister since his appointment to this position in 1981.

1982 Malaysian general election

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All 154 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 78 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,081,628[a]
Turnout	74.39%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mahathir Mohamad Lim Kit Siang Asri Muda Party BN DAP PAS Last election 57.23%, 130 seats 19.13%, 16 seats 15.48%, 5 seats Seats won 132 9 5 Seat change 2 7 Popular vote 2,522,079 815,473 602,530 Percentage 60.54% 19.58 14.46% Swing 3.31pp 0.45pp 0.98pp
Prime Minister before election Mahathir Mohamad BN Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohamad BN

The result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 74%.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	2,522,079	60.54	70	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			24	+7
			Sabah People's United Front			10	+1
			Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu			8	0
			Sarawak National Party			6	–3
			Sarawak United Peoples' Party			5	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			5	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			4	+1
			United Sabah National Organisation			0	–5
			People's Progressive Party			0	0
		Total				132	+2
	Democratic Action Party			815,473	19.58	9	–7
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			602,530	14.46	5	0
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			39,419	0.95	0	0
	United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation			14,958	0.36	0	New
	Sabah Chinese United Party			11,600	0.28	0	New
	Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak			1,415	0.03	0	0
	Social Democratic Party			464	0.01	0	0
	Social United Association Party			352	0.01	0	0
	Sarawak People's Organisation			178	0.00	0	–1
	Independents			157,229	3.77	8	+7
Total				4,165,697	100.00	154	0
Valid votes				4,165,697	96.96
Invalid/blank votes				130,605	3.04
Total votes				4,296,302	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,775,595	74.39
Source: CLEA

By state

Johore

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	312,529	73.70	11	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			4	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	New
		Total				16	0
	Democratic Action Party			71,351	16.83	0	–1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			18,224	4.30	0	0
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			21,288	5.02	0	0
	Independents			683	0.16	0	0
Total				424,075	100.00	16	0
Valid votes				424,075	95.56
Invalid/blank votes				19,725	4.44
Total votes				443,800	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				587,458	75.55

Kedah

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	248,816	61.24	10	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			2	0
		Total				12	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			131,872	32.46	1	–1
	Democratic Action Party			24,354	5.99	0	0
	Independents			1,271	0.31	0	0
Total				406,313	100.00	13	0
Valid votes				406,313	97.15
Invalid/blank votes				11,928	2.85
Total votes				418,241	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				541,914	77.18

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	171,992	52.78	8	–2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			151,629	46.53	4	+2
	Democratic Action Party			1,896	0.58	0	0
	Independents			348	0.11	0	0
Total				325,865	100.00	12	0
Valid votes				325,865	97.33
Invalid/blank votes				8,945	2.67
Total votes				334,810	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				418,242	80.05

Kuala Lumpur

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Action Party			133,442	46.80	3	0
	Barisan Nasional		Malaysian Chinese Association	69,588	24.41	1	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	40,186	14.09	0	0
			United Malays National Organisation	32,348	11.35	1	0
		Total		142,122	49.85	2	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			7,979	2.80	0	0
	Independents			1,582	0.55	0	New
Total				285,125	100.00	5	0
Valid votes				285,125	98.88
Invalid/blank votes				3,239	1.12
Total votes				288,364	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				406,782	70.89

Malacca

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	108,281	66.44	2	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			1	0
		Total				3	0
	Democratic Action Party			34,584	21.22	1	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			20,105	12.34	0	0
Total				162,970	100.00	4	0
Valid votes				162,970	96.77
Invalid/blank votes				5,438	3.23
Total votes				168,408	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				219,236	76.82

Negri Sembilan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	131,463	67.30	3	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			2	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
		Total				6	+1
	Democratic Action Party			53,592	27.43	0	–1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			8,751	4.48	0	0
	Independents			1,539	0.79	0	0
Total				195,345	100.00	6	0
Valid votes				195,345	96.88
Invalid/blank votes				6,301	3.12
Total votes				201,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				261,632	77.07

Pahang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	140,896	60.39	6	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			2	0
		Total				8	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			46,951	20.12	0	0
	Democratic Action Party			40,016	17.15	0	0
	Independents			5,434	2.33	0	0
Total				233,297	100.00	8	0
Valid votes				233,297	96.22
Invalid/blank votes				9,160	3.78
Total votes				242,457	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				325,831	74.41

Penang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	193,610	56.23	3	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association			2	+2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			2	+2
		Total				7	+5
	Democratic Action Party			124,089	36.04	2	–2
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			15,944	4.63	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			8,612	2.50	0	–1
	Social Democratic Party			464	0.13	0	0
	Independents			1,626	0.47	0	0
Total				344,345	100.00	9	0
Valid votes				344,345	97.25
Invalid/blank votes				9,746	2.75
Total votes				354,091	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				460,387	76.91

Perak

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	372,137	61.23	11	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			6	+3
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			3	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
		Total				21	+4
	Democratic Action Party			154,472	25.42	0	–4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			79,264	13.04	0	0
	Malaysian Social Justice Party			619	0.10	0	0
	Independents			1,297	0.21	0	0
Total				607,789	100.00	21	0
Valid votes				607,789	96.79
Invalid/blank votes				20,135	3.21
Total votes				627,924	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				848,885	73.97

Perlis

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	39,715	67.80	2	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			18,860	32.20	0	0
Total				58,575	100.00	2	0
Valid votes				58,575	96.25
Invalid/blank votes				2,283	3.75
Total votes				60,858	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				79,018	77.02

Sabah

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Sabah People's United Front	112,779	52.77	10	+1
			United Sabah National Organisation			0	–5
		Total				10	–4
	Democratic Action Party			18,641	8.72	1	0
	United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation			14,958	7.00	0	0
	Sabah Chinese United Party			11,600	5.43	0	0
	Social United Association Party			352	0.16	0	0
	Independents			55,382	25.91	5	+4
Total				213,712	100.00	16	0
Valid votes				213,712	98.09
Invalid/blank votes				4,163	1.91
Total votes				217,875	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				324,199	67.20

Sarawak

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		Sarawak United Peoples' Party	81,993	30.62	5	–1
			Sarawak National Party	41,295	15.42	6	–3
			Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu	28,700	10.72	8	0
		Total		151,988	56.75	19	–4
	Democratic Action Party			48,623	18.16	2	+2
	Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak			1,415	0.53	0	0
	Sarawak People's Organisation			178	0.07	0	–1
	Independents			65,594	24.49	3	+3
Total				267,798	100.00	24	0
Valid votes				267,798	97.22
Invalid/blank votes				7,656	2.78
Total votes				275,454	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				412,158	66.83

Selangor

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	288,882	63.58	6	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association			4	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			1	0
		Total				11	+1
	Democratic Action Party			110,413	24.30	0	–1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			33,292	7.33	0	0
	Independents			21,754	4.79	0	0
Total				454,341	100.00	11	0
Valid votes				454,341	96.97
Invalid/blank votes				14,175	3.03
Total votes				468,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				647,761	72.33

Trengganu

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	106,869	57.41	7	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			76,991	41.36	0	0
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia			1,568	0.84	0	0
	Independents			719	0.39	1	0
Total				186,147	100.00	8	0
Valid votes				186,147	96.02
Invalid/blank votes				7,711	3.98
Total votes				193,858	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				242,092	80.08

See also

• 1982 Malaysian state elections

Notes

1. Multiple constituencies were uncontested, reducing the number of eligible voters to 5,775,595.