1990 Malaysian general election

1990 Malaysian general election
20–21 October 1990
All 180 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
91 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,958,641
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahathir Mohamad Lim Kit Siang & Joseph Pairin Kitingan Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Party UMNO DAP & USP S46
Alliance BN GR APU
Last election 57.28%, 148 seats 22.69%, 34 seats 15.50, 1 seat
Seats won 127 34 15
Seat change 21 4 14
Popular vote 2,985,392 1,113,488 1,218,211
Percentage 53.38% 19.91% 21.78%
Swing 3.90pp 2.78pp 6.28pp
Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

 Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohamad
BN

General elections were held in Malaysia on 20 and 21 October 1990. Voting took place in all 180 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 351 state constituencies in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.

The result was a victory for the Barisan Nasional (BN) at the federal level and state except state of Kelantan with opposition alliance Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) winning all 39 state assembly seats with 24 seats going to PAS and 15 for Semangat 46.

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