2004 Malaysian general election

none July 2016 July 2016 Malaysia parliamentary 1999 Malaysian general election 1999 21 March 2004 2008 Malaysian general election 2008 All 219 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 110 9,755,097 ( 2.19%) 72.95% ( 1.76pp) 130x130px Abdullah_Ahmad_Badawi_in_New_Delhi_on_December_20,_2004.jpg 000080 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi United Malays National Organisation Barisan Nasional 56.52%, 148 seats 4,437,919 63.82% 7.30pp 198 50 Kerk Kim Hock.jpg Democratic Action Party Kerk Kim Hock Democratic Action Party no 12.74%, 10 seats 12 2 687,350 9.88% 2.86pp Majlis_pelancaran_pembangunan_Kompleks_PAS_Melaka_38_(Abdul_Hadi_Awang).jpg Barisan Alternatif Abdul Hadi Awang Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Barisan Alternatif 40.28%, 42 seats 8 34 1,672,350 24.05% 16.23pp Malaysia election results map 2004.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister-designate Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Barisan Nasional Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Barisan Nasional General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 21 March 2004. Voting took place in all 219 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. They were the first elections for Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Prime Minister following his appointment in 2003. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in twelve of the thirteen states (except Sarawak) on the same day, which also marked the first time Sabah held its state election parallel with the other states of Peninsular Malaysia. The result was a landslide victory for the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which received 64% of the vote (and would have gained a higher vote had all seats been contested) and won 198 seats to the combined opposition parties' 20 seats, with one independent. This was the largest majority that BN had won since 1978. The dominant party in BN, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), won 109 seats, a gain of 37. UMNO's allies also gained seats; the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) won 31 seats, a gain of two, and the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) won nine seats, a gain of two. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) managed to retain only seven of its 27 seats. PAS ran on a platform promising an Islamic state, which turned off many moderate voters. In addition, the PAS leader, Abdul Hadi Awang, lost his parliamentary seat. Another opposition party, the People's Justice Party (PKR), lost four of its five seats. After five recounts, the party's leader, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (the wife of imprisoned former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim), retained her seat with a majority of just 590 votes. The third opposition party, the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which was routed in the 1999 elections, improved its performance with the re-election of party chairman Lim Kit Siang in Ipoh Timor seat and his deputy, Karpal Singh in Bukit Gelugor seat although party secretary-general Kerk Kim Hock lost his seat. The DAP won 12 seats and regained the official leadership of the opposition in the national parliament from PAS. Most candidates who campaigned on platforms of Islamic issues lost their seats. This was a significant turnaround compared to the previous elections, where generally the more "Islamic" candidates had a greater chance of winning in the Malay heartland. Background On 2 March, the tenth national parliament and all state assemblies in Malaysia (with the exception of Sarawak) were dissolved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong upon the advice of the Prime Minister. Sarawak's last state election was held in 2001, and elections for the state assembly were not due till 2006. The elections were held nine months earlier than required by the constitution. The constitution allowed for a parliamentary term of up to five years. Elections were required to be called three months after parliament is dissolved. The government had until the end of November 2004 to call elections. Campaign Candidates were nominated on 13 March, with the National Front winning 15 seats uncontested, and another two seats after the opposing candidates withdrew. The right to withdraw was only introduced as a new rule at these elections. Under this rule candidates are allowed a three-day period to withdraw following nomination day. Of the 17 parliamentary seats won uncontested, nine were in the state of Sabah, six in Sarawak and two in Johor. PAS won a state assembly seat Senggarang in Johor for the first time, after the National Front candidate was disqualified because she was seconded by someone who was not a registered voter in the constituency that she wanted to contest. The requirement that the seconder be registered in the same constituency was only introduced in 2004. This seat was influenced by other opposition parties to gain many state seat in 2008 contest. Conduct The elections were marred by discrepancies, which were admitted by the electoral authorities. The head of the Election Commission, Ab Rashid Ab Rahman, made the statement "I have been in this line for so long... it should not have happened at all. There must be reasons why this happened." He has served in the election commission for the last five elections, and has stated that he intends to resign if a report on the discrepancies implicates him in the foul-ups. Among the discrepancies were wrongly printed ballots, registered voters being unable to vote and wide discrepancies in votes in various seats upon re-counting the ballots. In the seat of Sungai Lembing in state of Pahang, the Keadilan symbol was printed wrongly on the ballot paper for PAS candidate Idris Ahmad. Illiterate voters tend to rely on familiar party symbols for voting purposes as they are unable to read the candidate's names on the ballot. Voting was suspended for 5 hours before resuming. Polling was re-held for the seat on 28 March."Sg Lembing: Re-vote on March 28 after logo debacle", Malaysiakini Results Results of the 2004 Malaysian general election by parliamentary constituency Barisan Nasional 15 United Malays National Organisation 2483259 109 +37 Malaysian Chinese Association 1074230 31 +2 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 257663 10 +4 Malaysian Indian Congress 221546 9 +2 Sarawak United Peoples' Party 102057 6 –1 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 80408 11 0 UPKO 55117 4 +1 Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party 49483 4 New Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 46292 6 0 United Sabah Party 26504 4 +1 People's Progressive Party 20129 1 +1 Liberal Democratic Party 8208 0 –1 Sabah Progressive Party 7143 2 0 Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 5880 1 +1 4437919 198 +50 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 1062078 7 –20 People's Justice Party 617169 1 –4 1672350 8 –34 Democratic Action Party 687350 12 +2 Sarawak National Party 28481 0 –4 State Reform Party 6270 0 0 United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party 2143 0 New Malaysian Democratic Party 1107 0 0 United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation 543 0 New Independents 110567 1 +1 163190 +26 9755097 CLEA, CRISE By state Johor Barisan Nasional 5 United Malays National Organisation 402630 16 +3 Malaysian Chinese Association 232251 8 +2 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 18997 1 New Malaysian Indian Congress 17953 1 0 671831 26 +5 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 73946 0 0 People's Justice Party 39428 0 0 113374 0 0 Democratic Action Party 59013 0 0 24447 +6 1184788 Kedah Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 334295 12 +7 Malaysian Chinese Association 54648 2 0 388943 14 +7 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 184850 1 –7 People's Justice Party 77102 0 0 261952 1 –7 13795 0 821901 Kelantan Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 262377 8 +7 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 202103 6 –4 People's Justice Party 52824 0 –3 254927 6 –7 Independents 6198 0 0 11908 0 662722 Kuala Lumpur Barisan Nasional 4 Malaysian Chinese Association 108545 2 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 78207 2 United Malays National Organisation 77141 3 263893 7 Democratic Action Party 109339 4 Barisan Alternatif 3 People's Justice Party 57033 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 19183 0 76216 0 Malaysian Democratic Party 1107 0 Independents 132 0 3694 670920 Labuan Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 11087 1 0 Barisan Alternatif People's Justice Party 3186 0 0 0 488 22006 Malacca Barisan Nasional 3 United Malays National Organisation 121643 4 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 61137 2 +1 182780 6 +2 Democratic Action Party 38370 0 –1 Barisan Alternatif 3 People's Justice Party 19761 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 15653 0 0 35414 0 0 7997 +1 345917 Negeri Sembilan Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 121715 5 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 61551 2 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 28494 1 0 211760 8 +1 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 31010 0 0 People's Justice Party 19480 0 0 50490 0 0 Democratic Action Party 40752 0 0 9828 +1 429786 Pahang Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 205278 10 +2 Malaysian Chinese Association 68940 3 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 10226 1 New 284444 14 +2 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 79604 0 0 People's Justice Party 31081 0 0 110685 0 0 Democratic Action Party 24991 0 0 10234 +3 570126 Penang Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 108498 4 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 87822 1 0 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 87790 3 +1 284110 8 +2 Democratic Action Party 135125 4 0 Barisan Alternatif 3 People's Justice Party 61410 1 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 19109 0 0 80519 1 0 10712 +2 672362 Perak Barisan Nasional 6 United Malays National Organisation 182404 11 +2 Malaysian Chinese Association 166378 4 –2 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 51378 3 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 35742 2 0 People's Progressive Party 20129 1 +1 456031 21 +1 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 106022 0 –2 People's Justice Party 68703 0 0 174725 0 –2 Democratic Action Party 135056 3 +2 21969 +1 1170351 Perlis Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 58188 3 0 Barisan Alternatif Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 33132 0 0 1753 0 112482 Putrajaya Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 4086 1 0 Barisan Alternatif People's Justice Party 540 0 0 28 0 5079 Sabah Barisan Nasional 7 United Malays National Organisation 93831 13 –1 UKPO 55117 4 New United Sabah Party 26504 4 +1 Liberal Democratic Party 8208 0 –1 Sabah Progressive Party 7143 2 0 Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 5880 1 New 196683 24 –1 Barisan Alternatif People's Justice Party 33000 0 0 Democratic Action Party 8512 0 0 United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party 2143 0 New United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation 543 0 New Independents 64947 1 +1 11559 +5 512490 Sarawak Barisan Nasional 5 Sarawak United Peoples' Party 102057 6 –1 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 80408 11 0 Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party 49483 4 New Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 46292 6 0 278240 27 –1 Democratic Action Party 67556 1 +1 Sarawak National Party 28481 0 –4 Barisan Alternatif 3 People's Justice Party 5420 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 1035 0 0 6455 0 New State Reform Party 6270 0 0 Independents 35682 0 0 6276 0 695969 Selangor Barisan Nasional 5 United Malays National Organisation 280225 10 +2 Malaysian Chinese Association 232958 7 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress 129131 4 +1 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 21291 1 +1 663605 22 +5 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 143946 0 0 People's Justice Party 130752 0 0 274698 0 0 Democratic Action Party 68636 0 0 Independents 3608 0 0 22136 +5 1422274 Terengganu Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 219861 8 +8 Barisan Alternatif 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 149299 0 –7 People's Justice Party 20635 0 –1 169934 0 –8 6366 0 455924 See also Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 11th Malaysian Parliament 2004 Malaysian state elections Further reading Hong-Hai Lim Kiang-Min Ong The 2004 General Election and the Electoral Process in Malaysia Between Consolidation and Crisis: Elections and Democracy in Five Nations in Southeast Asia Lit Berlin 2006 147–214 References External links The (Malaysian) Star Online ChannelNewsAsia Bernama Election Commission Malaysia (SPR) ms Results from the SPR ms Malaysia General Category:General elections in Malaysia General