Malaysian general election, 2013

Malaysian general election, 2013

2008 ← 5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) → Next

outgoing members ← → Members elected

All 222 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 112 seats needed for a majority Registered 13,268,002 Turnout 11,257,147 (84.84%)   First party Second party   Leader Najib Razak Anwar Ibrahim Party Barisan Nasional Pakatan Rakyat Leader since 3 April 2009 28 August 2008 Leader's seat Pekan Permatang Pauh Last election 140 seats, 51.39% 82 seats, 47.79% Seats won 133 89 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 5,237,699 5,623,984 Percentage 47.38% 50.87% Swing 4.01% 3.08%

Results in parliamentary ridings

Prime Minister before election Najib Razak Barisan Nasional Prime Minister-designate Najib Razak Barisan Nasional

Najib Razak
Barisan Nasional

Najib Razak
Barisan Nasional

General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013 for members of the 13th Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day.

The incumbent right-wing Barisan Nasional led by Prime Minister Najib Razak won a second term against the opposition centre-left Pakatan Rakyat led by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, after Barisan Nasional formed a majority government at a federal level. Barisan Nasional won 133 seats in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat and 47.38% of the vote whereas the informal coalition, Pakatan Rakyat contesting under a different election symbol, saw a slight increase in both support and seats, winning 50.87% of the popular vote and 89 seats. This was the best performance shown by the opposition bloc against the federal ruling Barisan Nasional, and the first time Barisan Nasional won less of the popular vote than the opposition. Because Barisan Nasional nonetheless won more parliamentary seats than the opposition, the elections were followed by protests and accusations of gerrymandering.

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