1978 Malaysian general election
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All 154 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 78 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 5,059,689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 75.30% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Malaysia between Saturday, 8 July and Saturday, 22 July 1978. Voting took place in all 154 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 276 state constituencies (except Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day.
It was Hussein Onn's first election after becoming the country's third Prime Minister in 1976. His Barisan Nasional alliance emerged victorious with 130 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 75%.