2013 Malaysian general election

2013 Malaysian general election

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All 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 112 seats needed for a majority
Registered	13,268,002
Turnout	84.60%
First party Second party   Leader Najib Razak Anwar Ibrahim Party Barisan Nasional Pakatan Rakyat Last election 50.96%, 140 seats 47.30%, 82 seats Seats won 133 89 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 5,237,703 5,623,984 Percentage 47.38% 50.88% Swing 3.58pp 3.58pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Najib Razak BN Prime Minister-designate Najib Razak BN

General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one MP to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 of the 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day. The elections were the first since Najib Razak became Prime Minister in 2009.

The unofficial opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim received a majority of the vote, with its three member parties collectively receiving 50.9% of the vote. However, they won only 89 of the 222 seats. The incumbent governing alliance, Barisan Nasional, received 47.4% of the vote and won 133 seats, giving Najib a second term in office. This was the best performance shown by the opposition against the Barisan Nasional and the first time Barisan Nasional had received less than half the popular vote.

Because Barisan Nasional had won a majority despite receiving fewer votes than the opposition, the elections were followed by protests and accusations of gerrymandering.^[1]