General elections were held in Malaysia on 24 and 25 April 1995. Voting took place in all 192 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 394 state constituencies in 11 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except Sabah and Sarawak ) on the same day.
1995 Malaysian general election Registered 9,012,370
The result was a victory for the UMNO -led Barisan Nasional , which won 162 of the 192 seats. Voter turnout was 68.3%.[ 1]
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 3,881,214 65.16 89 +18 Malaysian Chinese Association 30 +12 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 10 0 Sarawak United Peoples' Party 7 +3 Malaysian Indian Congress 7 +1 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 7 +2 Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 5 +1 Sarawak National Party 3 0 Sabah Progressive Party 2 New Liberal Democratic Party 1 New Sabah Democratic Party 0 New People's Progressive Party 0 0 People's Justice Front 0 0 Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah 0 New Independent 1 New Total 162 +35 Angkatan Parti Melayu Semangat 46 616,589 10.35 6 –2 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 430,098 7.22 7 0 Total 1,046,687 17.57 13 –2 Gagasan Rakyat Democratic Action Party 712,175 11.96 9 –11 United Sabah Party 198,594 3.33 8 –6 Total 910,769 15.29 17 –17 Malaysian People's Justice Front 4,957 0.08 0 New Parti Rakyat Malaysia 113,068 1.90 0 0 Independents 0 –4 Total 5,956,695 100.00 192 +12 Valid votes 5,956,695 96.81 Invalid/blank votes 196,114 3.19 Total votes 6,152,809 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,012,370 68.27 Source: Nohlen et al ., IPU
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 613,992 79.44 13 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 6 +1 Malaysian Indian Congress 1 0 Total 20 +2 Semangat 46 69,519 9.00 0 0 Democratic Action Party 53,663 6.94 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 19,536 2.53 0 0 Parti Rakyat Malaysia 11,240 1.45 0 0 United Sabah Party 4,165 0.54 0 New Independents 741 0.10 0 0 Total 772,856 100.00 20 +2 Valid votes 772,856 95.58 Invalid/blank votes 35,775 4.42 Total votes 808,631 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,108,335 72.96
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 274,328 53.49 13 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 56,787 11.07 2 0 Total 331,115 64.56 15 +1 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 127,671 24.89 0 0 Parti Melayu Semangat 46 52,895 10.31 0 0 Independents 1,177 0.23 0 0 Total 512,858 100.00 15 +1 Valid votes 512,858 95.69 Invalid/blank votes 23,100 4.31 Total votes 535,958 100.00
Party Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional 9,076 69.79 1 0 United Sabah Party 3,929 30.21 0 New Total 13,005 100.00 1 0 Valid votes 13,005 97.36 Invalid/blank votes 353 2.64 Total votes 13,358 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,243 65.99
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 186,856 70.03 4 0 Malaysian Chinese Association 2 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 1 0 Total 7 0 Democratic Action Party 47,520 17.81 0 0 Parti Melayu Semangat 46 24,544 9.20 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 6,229 2.33 0 0 Independents 1,672 0.63 0 0 Total 266,821 100.00 7 0 Valid votes 266,821 96.14 Invalid/blank votes 10,706 3.86 Total votes 277,527 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 381,388 72.77
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 244,574 70.88 8 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 3 0 Total 11 +1 Parti Melayu Semangat 46 56,424 16.35 0 0 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 24,650 7.14 0 0 Democratic Action Party 15,074 4.37 0 -4 Independents 4,333 1.26 0 0 Total 345,055 100.00 11 +1 Valid votes 345,055 95.68 Invalid/blank votes 15,594 4.32 Total votes 360,649 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 498,329 72.37
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 107,241 22.80 4 0 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 89,752 19.08 2 +1 Malaysian Chinese Association 88,771 18.87 2 +2 Total 285,764 60.76 8 +3 Democratic Action Party 159,865 33.99 3 -3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 11,481 2.44 0 0 Parti Melayu Semangat 46 11,355 2.41 0 0 United Sabah Party 1,873 0.40 0 0 Total 470,338 100.00 11 0 Valid votes 470,338 97.24 Invalid/blank votes 13,366 2.76 Total votes 483,704 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 634,713 76.21
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Barisan Nasional Sarawak United Peoples' Party 116,403 30.92 7 +3 Sarawak National Party 44,185 11.74 3 0 Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu 42,210 11.21 10 0 Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak 29,768 7.91 5 +1 Independent 6,731 1.79 1 +1 Total 239,297 63.56 26 +5 Democratic Action Party 78,456 20.84 1 -1 United Sabah Party 5,536 1.47 0 New Independents 53,180 14.13 0 -4 Total 376,469 100.00 27 0 Valid votes 376,469 98.10 Invalid/blank votes 7,283 1.90 Total votes 383,752 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 595,713 64.42
The 1995 general elections were the second and last elections involving Semangat 46 . Having lost around a third of its vote share and facing desertions from party members, its leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah disbanded the party in 1996 and rejoined UMNO along with some other former Semangat 46 members.[ 2]
