Past elections

Seats won in each election

Each bar shows how that election's seats were split between the winners' labels, as recorded in the data. Labels change over time, and this page does not link a label in one year to a different label in another. The numbers are in the text beside each bar. Within each bar the labels are listed by seats won, most first, then alphabetically.

1. 1969 · 48 seats

   PERIKATAN 15, SNAP 12, SUPP 12, PESAKA 8, BEBAS 1
2. 1974 · 48 seats

   BN 30, SNAP 18
3. 1979 · 48 seats · 4 unopposed

   BN 45, BEBAS 3
4. 1983 · 48 seats · 3 unopposed

   BN 30, SNAP 8, PBDS 6, BEBAS 4
5. 1987 · 48 seats

   BN 28, PBDS 15, PERMAS 5
6. 1991 · 56 seats · 2 unopposed

   BN 49, PBDS 7
7. 1996 · 62 seats · 19 unopposed

   BN 57, DAP 3, BEBAS 2
8. 2001 · 62 seats · 4 unopposed

   BN 60, BEBAS 1, DAP 1
9. 2006 · 71 seats · 2 unopposed

   BN 62, DAP 6, BEBAS 1, PKR 1, SNAP 1
10. 2011 · 71 seats

    BN 55, PR 15, BEBAS 1
11. 2016 · 82 seats · 2 unopposed

    BN 72, PH 10
12. 2021 · 82 seats

    GPS 76, PSB 4, PH 2

Turnout in each election

The share of registered voters who were issued a ballot, counted over the seats where a vote was held. Seats with a single candidate are left out; counting all registered voters, including those seats, gives a lower figure. Published turnout figures for some years differ between sources; this page shows the figure worked out from its own source's seat data.

1. 1969 · 80.0%
2. 1974 · 75.1%
3. 1979 · 72.7%
4. 1983 · 72.6%
5. 1987 · 73.0%
6. 1991 · 71.8%
7. 1996 · 64.2%
8. 2001 · 67.0%
9. 2006 · 63.2%
10. 2011 · 69.9%
11. 2016 · 70.0%
12. 2021 · 60.7%

Seats and boundaries

The number of seats changed over time (48, 56, 62, 71, 82), and the boundaries changed with it. Seats are therefore compared only across 2016, 2021 and 2026, which share the 2015 boundaries. Earlier elections are shown statewide only.

Data table

Source for every statewide figure, including the 2021 totals, and for the 2016 seat results: ElectionData.MY, a secondary source compiled from gazettes and Election Commission records (CC0 licence). It has not been checked against the official gazettes for 2016 and earlier. Each seat's own 2021 result on its seat page is checked against the gazette.

The 2016 row for the BN label includes 11 winners that the source records as independents (BEBAS) under the BN label. They are shown as recorded.

2016 and 2021, seat by seat

The winner in each seat at the two most recent state elections. Labels are shown as recorded for each year. This table does not work out gains or losses.

2016: ElectionData.MY, a secondary source not yet checked against the official gazette. 2021: official gazette. These boundaries were used at both elections. Some 2016 winners are recorded as independents under the BN coalition label; they are shown as recorded.