1974 Malaysian general election

none July 2016 July 2026 Malaysia parliamentary 1969 Malaysian general election 1969 Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 3rd Malaysian Parliament 1978 Malaysian general election 1978 All 154 seats in the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 4th Malaysian Parliament 78 4,013,012Candidates were returned unopposed in 47 constituencies, reducing the number of eligible voters to 2,956,378.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p156 0-19-924959-8Tindak Malaysia Github 75.01% 24 August – 14 September 1974 130x130px Tun Abdul Razak Official Portrait (cropped).jpg Abdul Razak Hussein Barisan Nasional 82.35%, 121 seats 135 14 1,287,463 60.76% 14.47pp Lim Kit Siang (3to4).jpg Lim Kit Siang Democratic Action Party 11.96%, 13 seats 9 4 387,845 18.30% 6.34pp 3x4.svg James Wong Sarawak National Party 2.70%, 9 seats 9 117,566 5.55% 2.85pp Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Abdul Razak Hussein Barisan Nasional Abdul Razak Hussein Barisan Nasional File:Malaysia_election_results_map_1974.svg 400px Results by constituency. General elections were held in Malaysia between Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 14 September 1974.Nohlen et al., p152 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 360 state constituencies (except Sabah) on the same day. The elections were the first and only general elections for Tun Abdul Razak as Prime Minister following his appointment to the position in 1970. They were also the first general elections for Barisan Nasional (BN), a new political alliance replacing the Alliance Party; with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM) and the People's Progressive Party (PPP) joining the parties from the old Alliance. Once Parliament had been dissolved on 31 July 1974, the Election Commission fixed 8 August 1974, as Nomination Day and 24 August 1974, as Polling Day. Candidates were returned unopposed in 47 constituencies. The 1,060,871 electors from these constituencies therefore did not cast ballots. Another 88 Front members were later successful, thus enabling their alliance to gain an overwhelming majority in the House. This result was a victory for Barisan Nasional which won 135 of the 154 seats. 10 additional Parliament seats was created in the Peninsular Malaysia in 1974. Results Barisan Nasional 11 11 United Malays National Organisation 1287463 62 +10 Malaysian Chinese Association 19 +6 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 13 +1 United Sabah National Organisation 13 0 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 8 New Sarawak United Peoples' Party 7 +2 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 5 –3 Malaysian Indian Congress 4 +2 Sabah Chinese Association 3 0 People's Progressive Party 1 –3 0 135 +14 Democratic Action Party 387845 9 –4 Sarawak National Party 117503 9 0 Malaysian Social Justice Party 108709 1 New Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 84206 0 0 Homeland Consciousness Union 8625 0 New Independent People's Progressive Party 1356 0 New Independents 124202 0 –1 100267 +10 2956378 Nohlen et al., IPU, Tindak Malaysia GithubTotal Electorate (1974): 4013012. Registered voters shown above is the total electorate of contested seats excluding 47 uncontested seats *Comparison BN vote growth in pop-up box on the top right since 1969 elections was the comparison between BN (1974) and Alliance with Sabah and Sarawak Alliance (1969) By state Source:Tindak Malaysia GitHub HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1974_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1974-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1974_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv 2025-04-25 GitHub en Johore Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 77046 11 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 72520 5 0 149566 16 0 DAP 43002 0 0 PSRM 6015 0 0 Independent 10142 0 0 9354 0 290491 Total voters above refers to total voters of the contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Johor which includes 8 uncontested seats is 495380. Kedah Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 52112 8 +1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 16475 3 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 13420 2 0 82007 13 0 DAP 9450 0 0 Homeland Consciousness Union 4016 0 New PSRM 4099 0 0 Independents 10471 0 0 5562 +1 165675 Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Kedah is 400285 which includes 8 uncontested seats Kelantan Barisan Nasional 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 81280 7 +1 United Malays National Organisation 29677 5 +1 110957 12 +2 Independents 37111 0 0 7564 +2 209953Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Kelantan is 400285 which includes 4 uncontested seats Kuala Lumpur Barisan Nasional 5 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 15682 0 United Malays National Organisation 14743 1 Malaysian Chinese Association 9886 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 9763 1 50074 2 Democratic Action Party 42591 2 Malaysian Social Justice Party 20504 1 Independents 681 0 1919 0 115769No seat change information was shown due to formation of Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory from 1st February 1974 (excised from Selangor) Malacca Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 39511 2 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 31642 1 0 71153 3 0 Democratic Action Party 17664 1 0 Malaysian Social Justice Party 12838 0 New PSRM 10276 0 0 Independents 1910 0 0 4550 0 151699 Negri Sembilan Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 14138 3 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 26714 1 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress 13295 1 +1 54147 5 +2 Democratic Action Party 27956 1 –2 PSRM 1451 0 Independent People's Progressive Party 1356 0 New Malaysian Social Justice Party 967 0 New Independent 1914 0 5088 0 121097Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Negeri Sembilan is 178717 which includes 2 uncontested seats Pahang Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 49917 7 +2 Malaysian Chinese Association 12064 1 0 61981 8 +2 Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 14244 0 0 DAP 11898 0 0 Independents 2721 0 0 5049 +2 126711Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Pahang is 199478 which includes 3 uncontested seats Penang Barisan Nasional 4 Malaysian Chinese Association 46226 3 +2 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 42792 3 –2 United Malays National Organisation 28331 3 +2 117349 9 +2 Democratic Action Party 51025 0 –1 Malaysian Social Justice Party 27638 0 New Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 12409 0 0 Homeland Consciousness Union 1235 0 New 8710 +1 271133Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Penang is 289140 which includes 1 uncontested seat Perak Barisan Nasional 7 United Malays National Organisation 80684 10 +3 Malaysian Chinese Association 33444 2 +1 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 23938 2 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress 9045 1 0 People's Progressive Party 45904 1 –3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 15781 1 0 208796 17 +3 Democratic Action Party 144621 4 –1 Malaysian Social Justice Party 15817 0 New Homeland Consciousness Union 3374 0 New Independent 27029 0 0 16934 +1 555473Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Perak is 626525 which includes 3 uncontested seats Perlis Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 29039 2 0 Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 2796 0 0 Independents 11513 0 0 2407 0 58721 Sabah Barisan Nasional 3 United Sabah National Organisation 6468 13 0 Sabah Chinese Association 3 0 6468 16 0 Malaysian Social Justice Party 4162 0 New 439 0 14419 SCA won all three seats in an uncontested manner. Only one seat was contested in Sabah Sarawak Barisan Nasional 3 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 82853 9 New Sarawak United Peoples' Party 65104 6 +1 147957 15 +1 Sarawak National Party 117503 9 0 Independents 2322 0 –1 14657 0 375882 Selangor Barisan Nasional 5 United Malays National Organisation 34957 5 –1 Malaysian Chinese Association 64635 4 +2 Malaysian Indian Congress 16277 1 0 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 12868 0 -2 128737 10 +1 Democratic Action Party 39638 1 –2 Malaysian Social Justice Party 26783 0 New Independents 13283 0 0 10972 –3 290264Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Sabah is 337353 which includes 2 uncontested seats Trengganu Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 34382 4 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 34850 3 +1 69232 7 +1 Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia 32916 0 0 Independents 5105 0 0 7062 +1 155825Total Voters above in the table refers to total voters of contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Trengganu is 183769 which includes 1 uncontested seat Aftermath After the election, Sarawak National Party (SNAP) became the largest opposition party in the Malaysian parliament and James Wong was appointed the opposition leader. After 2 months, he was detained under Internal Security Act. Datuk Seri Edmund Langgau Anak Saga from the SNAP party later succeeded him. James Wong was detained for almost two years before negotiation led by Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Anak Irok resulting in SNAP joining the Barisan Nasional. See also 1974 Malaysian state elections Notes References Malaysia Malaysia Category:General elections in Malaysia Malaysia General