1986 Malaysian general election

none Malaysia parliamentary 1982 Malaysian general election 1982 Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 6th Malaysian Parliament 1990 Malaysian general election 1990 All 177 seats in the Dewan Rakyat Members elected 89 6,791,446 69.97% 2–3 August 1986 130x130px Mahathir_at_the_White_House_in_1984_(2)_(3_to_4_ratio).png Mahathir Mohamad Barisan Nasional 60.54%, 132 seats 148 16 2,649,238 57.28% 3.26pp Lim_Kit_Siang_cropped_(cropped,_3to4_closeup).jpg Lim Kit Siang Democratic Action Party 19.58%, 9 seats 24 15 975,544 21.09% 1.51pp 3x4.svg Yusof Rawa Malaysian Islamic Party 14.46%, 5 seats 1 4 716,952 15.50% 1.04pp Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Mahathir Mohamad Barisan Nasional Mahathir Mohamad Barisan Nasional General elections were held in Malaysia on 2 and 3 August 1986.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 0-19-924959-8Ramanathan Sankaran Malaysia's 1986 General Election: The Urban-Rural Dichotomy Adnan Mohd H. 1988 ISEAS Publishing 978-981-4376-82-2 SingaporeRachagan S. Sothi 1987 The 1986 Parliamentary Elections in Peninsular Malaysia https://www.jstor.org/stable/27908577 Southeast Asian Affairs 217–235 0377-5437Hanafiah A. Malek 1987-12-01 The Malaysian general election of 1986 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379487900400 Electoral Studies 6 3 279–285 10.1016/0261-3794(87)90040-0 0261-3794 subscription Voting took place in all 177 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 eleven of the thirteen states. Results File:Dewan Rakyat 1986 (blocs).svg Barisan Nasional 12 United Malays National Organisation 1474069 83 +13 Malaysian Chinese Association 589253 17 –7 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 149644 5 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 104706 6 +2 Sarawak United Peoples' Party 93018 4 –1 United Sabah Party 73786 10 New Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 48367 8 0 Sarawak National Party 34221 4 –2 Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia 29943 1 New United Sabah National Organisation 27409 5 +5 Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 24822 5 New 2649238 148 +16 Democratic Action Party 975544 24 +15 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 716952 1 –4 Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 59156 0 0 Social Democratic Party 45340 0 0 Sabah People's United Front 20360 0 0 Malaysian Nationalist Party 10228 0 New Sarawak United Labour Party 967 0 New Sabah National Momogun Party 584 0 New Independents 146903 4 –4 126734 +23 6791446 Nohlen et al., IPU, Tindak Malaysia Github Total registered voters above to total electors of contested constituencies. Total Electors of Malaysia inclusive of 6 uncontested constituencies is 6964960. By state Source:TindakMalaysia HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1986-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1986_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1986-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1986_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv 2025-11-07 GitHub en Johor Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 224130 12 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 102489 5 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress 18644 1 0 345623 18 +2 Democratic Action Party 93228 0 0 Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 45255 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 28493 0 0 Social Democratic Party 7980 0 0 Independents 5098 0 0 23303 +2 767930Total registered voters above refers to total electorate of contested constituencies. Total Electorate for Johor including two uncontested seats is 858819TindakMalaysia HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1986-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1986_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1986-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1986_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv 2025-11-07 GitHub en Kedah Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 220797 12 +2 Malaysian Chinese Association 35893 2 0 256690 14 +2 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 152063 0 –1 Democratic Action Party 17422 0 0 Social Democratic Party 249 0 0 10536 +1 598594 Kelantan Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 157568 11 +3 Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia 29943 1 New 187511 12 +3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 158835 1 –3 8332 +1 469828There was conflicting information whether HAMIM sent in one or two candidates. The above table takes the view of New Straits Times 5 August that HAMIM sent two candidates.TindakMalaysia HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1986-ELECTION-RESULTS/METADATA/MALAYSIA_1986_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS_METADATA.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1986-ELECTION-RESULTS/METADATA/MALAYSIA_1986_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS_METADATA.csv 2025-11-07 GitHub en Kuala Lumpur Democratic Action Party 163476 4 +1 Barisan Nasional 4 Malaysian Chinese Association 43699 0 –1 United Malays National Organisation 42384 2 +1 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 38798 1 +1 142122 3 +1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 10458 0 0 Social Democratic Party 6589 0 0 Malaysian Nationalist Party 1405 0 New 2492 +2 473640 Labuan Barisan Nasional 4 0 United Malays National Organisation 2265 0 Sabah People's United Front 597 0 Independents 5223 1 78 12171 Malacca Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 65824 3 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 34831 1 0 100665 4 +1 Democratic Action Party 55430 1 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 16168 0 0 5508 +1 242913 Negeri Sembilan Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 74156 4 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress 19193 1 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 42181 0 –2 135530 5 –1 Democratic Action Party 63807 2 +2 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 10992 0 0 6246 +1 298660 Pahang Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 120774 7 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 48334 3 +1 169118 10 +2 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 60236 0 0 Democratic Action Party 33632 0 0 7893 +2 380979 Penang Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 66746 4 +1 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 62799 1 –1 Malaysian Chinese Association 54179 0 –2 183724 5 –2 Democratic Action Party 147641 6 +4 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 24053 0 0 Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 13901 0 0 Malaysian Nationalist Party 1219 0 New Social Democratic Party 1075 0 New 9503 +2 522194 Perak Barisan Nasional 5 United Malays National Organisation 173158 11 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 101962 3 –3 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 48047 3 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 26730 2 +1 349897 19 –2 Democratic Action Party 181561 4 +4 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 94585 0 0 Social Democratic Party 5883 0 0 18757 +2 954180 Perlis Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 40619 2 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 20488 0 0 1560 0 85394 Sabah Barisan Nasional 3 United Sabah National Organisation 27409 8 +8 United Sabah Party 73786 7 New 101195 15 +8 Democratic Action Party 41392 4 +3 Sabah People's United Front 19763 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 8346 0 0 Sabah National Momogun Party 584 0 New Independents 42132 1 –4 2323 +4 390709Total registered voters above refer to total electorate of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of whole of Sabah including two uncontested constituencies is 423097. Sarawak Barisan Nasional 5 Sarawak United Peoples' Party 93018 4 –1 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 48367 8 0 Sarawak National Party 34221 5 –1 Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 24822 4 New 200428 21 –2 Democratic Action Party 68197 1 –1 Sarawak United Labour Party 967 0 New Independents 94450 2 –1 7491 0 556995Total registered voters above refer to total electorate of contested constituencies. Total electorate for whole of Sarawak including two uncontested constituencies is 607232. Selangor Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 159757 7 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 125675 3 –1 Malaysian Indian Congress 40139 2 +1 325571 12 +1 Democratic Action Party 109758 2 +2 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 48972 0 0 Social Democratic Party 23564 0 0 Malaysian Nationalist Party 7604 0 New 16843 +3 763914 Terengganu Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 125891 8 +1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 83263 0 0 5867 +1 273345 See also Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 7th Malaysian Parliament 1986 Malaysian state elections First premiership of Mahathir Mohamad References Category:General elections in Malaysia Malaysia General Malaysia