Malaysian general election, 1982

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22 – 26 April 1982

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All 154 seats to the Dewan Rakyat
78 seats needed for a majority

Registered

6,081,628

Turnout

4,296,312 (75.4%)

	First party	Second party	Third party
			PAS
Leader	Mahathir Mohammed	Lim Kit Siang	Asri Muda
Party	Barisan Nasional	DAP	PAS
Leader since	16 July 1981	October 1969	1970
Leader's seat	Kubang Pasu	Kota Melaka	No seat
Last election	131 seats, 57.2%	16 seats, 19.1%	5 seats, 15.5%
Seats won	132	9	5
Seat change	1	7
Popular vote	2,522,079	815,473	602,530
Percentage	60.5%	19.6%	14.5%
Swing	3.3%	0.5%	1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Mahathir Mohammed
Barisan Nasional

Prime Minister-designate

Mahathir Mohammed
Barisan Nasional

A general election was held between Thursday, 22 April and Monday, 26 April 1982 for members of the 6th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 154 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 293 state constituencies in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.

The result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats. Voter turnout was 75.4%.

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