Next Malaysian general election

14th Malaysian general election

2013 ← On or before 24 August 2018 → 15th

outgoing members ←

All 222 seats to the Dewan Rakyat (to be confirmed) 112 seats needed for a majority   Leader Najib Razak Wan Azizah Abdul Hadi Awang Party Barisan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Gagasan Sejahtera Leader since 3 April 2009 7 September 2016 23 July 2002 Leader's seat Pekan Permatang Pauh Marang Last election 133 seats, 47.38% 68 seats, 36.1% (Pakatan Rakyat) 21 seats, 14.78% (Pakatan Rakyat) Current seats 132 74 14 Seats needed 38 98   Leader Shafie Apdal Mohd Nasir Hashim Party Sabah Heritage Party Socialist Party of Malaysia Leader since 2016 2015 Leader's seat Semporna No seat Last election new party 1 seat, Current seats 2 1 (Under PKR) Seats needed 120 121

Incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak Barisan Nasional

Najib Razak
Barisan Nasional

The 14th Malaysian general election (GE14) will elect members of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia on or before 24 August 2018. The 13th Parliament of Malaysia will automatically dissolve on 24 June 2018.

The Constitution of Malaysia requires that a general election be held at least once every five years. However, the Prime Minister can ask the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to dissolve the Parliament at any time before this five-year period has expired. A general election should be held no later than two months in West Malaysia and three months for East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) after the dissolution of the Parliament.

Anwar Ibrahim, the Leader of the Opposition, was sentenced to a 5-year prison term in 2015 after being accused of sodomy, which disqualifies him from contesting in the election.

While any state may dissolve its assembly independently of the Federal Parliament, the traditional practice is for most state assemblies to be dissolved at the same time as Parliament. In accordance with Malaysian law, the parliament as well as the legislative assemblies of each state (Dewan Undangan Negeri) would automatically dissolve on the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days of the dissolution, unless dissolved prior to that date by their respective Heads of State on the advice of their Heads of Government.

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