Malaysian general election, 2008

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8 March 2008 (2008-03-08)

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All 222 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 112 seats needed for a majority

Registered	10,922,139
Turnout	8,161,039 (75.99%)
	First party	Second party

Leader	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Party	Barisan Nasional	Pakatan Rakyat
Leader since	31 October 2003 (2003-10-31)	4 April 1999 (1999-04-04)
Leader's seat	Kepala Batas	Permatang Pauh
Last election	198 seats, 63.90%	21 seats, 34.00%
Seats won	140	82
Seat change	58	61
Popular vote	4,082,411	3,796,464
Percentage	51.39%	47.79%
Swing	12.51%	13.79%

Results in parliamentary ridings

Prime Minister before election

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Barisan Nasional

Elected Prime Minister

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Barisan Nasional

A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 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 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day.

The 12th Parliament was dissolved on 13 February 2008, and the following day, the Election Commission announced nominations would be held on 24 February, with general polling set for 8 March.State assemblies of all states other than Sarawak were also dissolved and their elections took place at the same time.

Political parties were reported to have begun preparations for the polls as early as January 2008. As in 2004, the incumbent National Front coalition, the ruling political alliance since independence, as well as opposition parties represented primarily by Democratic Action Party (DAP), the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) contested the election.

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