1974 Malaysian general election

1974 Malaysian general election

← 1969 24 August – 14 September 1974 1978 →

All 154 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
78 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,017,266
Turnout75.00%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abdul Razak Hussein Lim Kit Siang James Wong
Party BN DAP SNAP
Last election 82.35%, 121 seats 11.96%, 13 seats 2.70%, 9 seats
Seats won 135 9 9
Seat change Increase 14 Decrease 4 Steady
Popular vote 1,287,400 387,845 117,566
Percentage 60.81% 18.32% 5.55%
Swing Decrease21.54pp Increase6.36pp Increase2.85pp

Results by constituency.

Prime Minister before election

Abdul Razak Hussein
BN

Prime Minister-designate

Abdul Razak Hussein
BN

General elections were held in Malaysia between Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 14 September 1974. 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 360 state constituencies (except Sabah) on the same day. The elections were the first and only general elections for Tun Abdul Razak as Prime Minister following his appointment to the position in 1970. They were also the first general elections for Barisan Nasional (BN), a new political alliance replacing the Alliance Party; with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM) and the People's Progressive Party (PPP) joining the parties from the old Alliance.

Once Parliament had been dissolved on 31 July 1974, the Election Commission fixed 8 August 1974, as Nomination Day and 24 August 1974, as Polling Day. Candidates were returned unopposed in 47 constituencies. The 1,060,871 electors from these constituencies therefore did not cast ballots. Another 88 Front members were later successful, thus enabling their alliance to gain an overwhelming majority in the House. This result was a victory for Barisan Nasional which won 135 of the 154 seats. 10 additional Parliament seats was created in the Peninsular Malaysia in 1974.

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation1,287,40060.8162+10
Malaysian Chinese Association19+6
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party13+1
United Sabah National Organisation130
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu8New
Sarawak United Peoples' Party7+2
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia5–3
Malaysian Indian Congress4+2
Sabah Chinese Association30
People's Progressive Party1–3
Total135+14
Democratic Action Party387,84518.329–4
Sarawak National Party117,5665.5590
Malaysian Social Justice Party105,7184.991New
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia84,2063.9800
Homeland Consciousness Union8,6230.410New
Independent People's Progressive Party1,3560.060New
Independents124,2025.870–1
Total2,116,916100.00154+10
Valid votes2,116,91695.48
Invalid/blank votes100,2694.52
Total votes2,217,185100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,956,39575.00
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

By state

Johore

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation110
Malaysian Chinese Association50
Total160
Total160

Kedah

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation8+1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party30
Malaysian Chinese Association20
Total130
Total13+1

Kelantan

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalPan-Malaysian Islamic Party7+1
United Malays National Organisation5+1
Total12+2
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia00
Independents00
Total12+2

Kuala Lumpur

PartySeats
Barisan Nasional2
Democratic Action Party2
Malaysian Social Justice Party1
Total5

Malacca

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation20
Malaysian Chinese Association10
Total30
Democratic Action Party10
Total40

Negri Sembilan

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation30
Malaysian Chinese Association1+1
Malaysian Indian Congress1+1
Total5+2
Democratic Action Party1–2
Total60

Pahang

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation7+2
Malaysian Chinese Association10
Total8+2
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia00
Total8+2

Penang

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan NasionalMalaysian Chinese Association46,22622.153+2
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia42,79220.513–2
United Malays National Organisation28,33113.583+2
Total117,34956.249+2
Democratic Action Party51,02524.450–1
Malaysian Social Justice Party26,64012.770New
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia12,4095.9500
Homeland Consciousness Union1,2350.590New
Total208,658100.009+1
Registered voters/turnout271,133

Perak

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation11+4
Malaysian Chinese Association2+1
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia2+1
Malaysian Indian Congress10
People's Progressive Party1–3
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party10
Total17+3
Democratic Action Party4–1
Total22+1

Perlis

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation20
Total20

Sabah

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Sabah National Organisation6,46860.85130
Sabah Chinese Association30
Total160
Malaysian Social Justice Party4,16239.150New
Total10,630100.00160
Valid votes10,63096.03
Invalid/blank votes4393.97
Total votes11,069100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,24277.72

Sarawak

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan NasionalParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu83,72231.269New
Sarawak United Peoples' Party64,23523.996+1
Total147,95755.2515+1
Sarawak National Party117,50343.8890
Independents2,3220.870–1
Total267,782100.00240

Selangor

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation5–1
Malaysian Chinese Association4+2
Malaysian Indian Congress10
Total10+1
Democratic Action Party1–2
Total11–3

Trengganu

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation40
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party3+1
Total7+1
Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia00
Independents00
Total7+1

Aftermath

After the election, Sarawak National Party (SNAP) became the largest opposition party in the Malaysian parliament and James Wong was appointed the opposition leader. After 2 months, he was detained under Internal Security Act. Datuk Seri Edmund Langgau Anak Saga from the SNAP party later succeeded him. James Wong was detained for almost two years before negotiation led by Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Anak Irok resulting in SNAP joining the Barisan Nasional.

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