A general election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004 for members of the 11th

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. Voting took place in all 219 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. This is first election for

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as Prime Minister since appointed for this position in 2003. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except

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) on the same day as

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took the first time election was parallel with the rest of Peninsular Malaysia.

Election results

The National Front gained a popular vote of 63.9%, but would have gained a higher vote had all seats been contested. Reports in the Malaysian media 23 March showed the Front winning 198 parliamentary seats to the combined opposition parties' 20 seats, with one independent. This is the largest majority that National Front has won since the

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. The dominant party in the National Front, the Prime Minister's

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...

(UMNO), won 109 seats, a gain of 32. UMNO's allies also gained seats. The

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

won 31 seats, a gain of two, and the Malaysian Indian Congress won nine seats, a gain of two.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS) managed to retain only seven of its 27 seats. PAS ran on a platform promising an Islamic nation. The PAS opposition leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, lost his parliamentary seat. Another opposition party, the

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

(Parti Keadilan Nasional) lost four of its five seats. After five recounts the party's leader, Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (the wife of imprisoned former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim), retained her seat with a majority of 590 votes. The third opposition party, the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the ...

, which was routed in the 1999 elections, improved its performance with the re-election of party chairman Lim Kit Siang at Ipoh Timor seat and his deputy, Karpal Singh at Bukit Gelugor seat while chairman Kerk Kim Hock lost his seat. The DAP won 12 seats and regained the official leadership of the opposition in the national parliament from PAS. Most candidates who campaigned on platforms of Islamic issues lost their seats. This is a significant turnaround since the last election where, generally, the more "Islamic" candidates had a greater chance of winning in the Malay heartland.

Results

Dewan Rakyat

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , National Front , , BN , , 4,454,215 , , 63.85, , 198 , , 90.41, , 50 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=14, , style="background-color: #E62020;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UMNO , , 2,489,532 , , 35.69, , 109 , , 49.77, , 37 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 1,074,291 , , 15.40, , 31 , , 14.16, , 2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian People's Movement Party The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electio ...

, , Gerakan , , 257,663 , , 3.69, , 10 , , 4.57, , 4 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Indian Congress , , MIC , , 221,546 , , 3.18, , 9 , , 4.11, , 2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: yellow;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sarawak United People's Party , , SUPP , , 101,869 , , 1.46, , 6, , 2.74, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: red;" , , style="text-align:left;" , United Traditional Bumiputera Party , , PBB , , 80,408, , 1.15, , 11, , 5.02, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #00008B;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation The United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation ( ms, Pertubuhan Kinabalu Progresif Bersatu; abbrev: UPKO) is a multiracial political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. The party was rebranded from its previous party's name, United Pasokmomogun Ka ...

, , UPKO , , 55,117 , , 0.79, , 4, , 1.83, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FFFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party , , SPDP , , 50,350 , , 0.72, , 4, , 1.83, , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak The Sarawak Native People's Party or ms, Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) was a political party in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It was established in 1983, by Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Irok, after seceding from Sarawak National Party (SNAP) ...

, , PBDS , , 46,292 , , 0.66, , 6, , 2.74, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #ADD8E6;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Sabah Party The United Sabah Party ( ms, Parti Bersatu Sabah, abbreviated PBS) is a political party of Sabah. The PBS was founded by Joseph Pairin Kitingan in 1985 and it is Sabah's oldest local party. In August 2020, PBS confirmed that they would be usin ...

, , PBS , , 26,504 , , 0.38, , 4, , 1.83, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #DAA520;" , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Progressive Party , , PPP , , 20,129 , , 0.29, , 1, , 0.46, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sabah Progressive Party , , SAPP , , 16,426 , , 0.24, , 2, , 0.91, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF7F00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Democratic Party , , LDP , , 8,208 , , 0.12, , 0, , 0.00 , , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FEDF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Sabah People's Party The United Sabah People's Party ( ms, Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah; abbreviated: PBRS) is a minority political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. Presently PBRS is being led by its founding and first President; Joseph Kurup. PBRS is officially a c ...

, , PBRS , , 5,880 , , 0.08, , 1, , 0.46, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Parties in the informal coalition, Alternative Front , , BA , , 1,672,350 , , 23.97 , , 8 , , 3.65, , 34 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 1,069,569 , , 15.33, , 7 , , 3.20, , 20 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP , , 702,243 , , 10.07 , , 12 , , 5.48, , 2 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 602,781 , , 8.64, , 1 , , 0.46, , 4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Sarawak National Party , , SNAP , , 28,579 , , 0.41, , 0 , , 0.00 , , 4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , State Reform Party , , STAR , , 6,270 , , 0.09, , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party , , SETIA , , 2,143 , , 0.03, , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Democratic Party , , MDP , , 1,107 , , 0.02, , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation , , PASOK , , 543 , , 0.00, , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , 108,096 , , 1.55, , 1, , 0.46, , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Valid votes, , 6,975,546 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 293,810 , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

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: 73.9%) , , 7,269,356 , , 100.00 , , 219 , , 100.00, , +26 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Did not vote, , 2,486,741 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Registered voters, , 9,756,097 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , 13,802,493 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Malaysian population, , 23,092,940 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=9 , Source: Nohlen et al

Results by state

Johor

, , UMNO , , 16 , , , , , , 16 , , 61.54 , , +3 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 8 , , , , , , 8 , , 30.77 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Indian Congress , , MIC , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 3.85 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 3.85 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 26 , , 100.00 , , +6 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Johor's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Kedah

, , UMNO , , 13 , , 334,295 , , 51.36 , , 12 , , 80.00 , , +7 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 2 , , 54,648 , , 8.40 , , 2 , , 13.33 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 10 , , 184,850 , , 28.40 , , 1 , , 6.67 , , -7 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PKR , , 5 , , 77,102 , , 11.85 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 650,895 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 14,802 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 81.00%) , , 665,697 , , 100.00 , , 15 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 156,195 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , 821,892 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Kedah's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Kelantan

, , UMNO , , 14 , , 260,524 , , 49.96 , , 8 , , 57.14 , , +7 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 11 , , 201,955 , , 38.73 , , 6 , , 42.86 , , -4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 3 , , 52,824 , , 10.13 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -3 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , 1 , , 6,198 , , 1.19 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 521,501 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 13,562 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 80.74%) , , 535,063 , , 100.00 , , 14 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 127,650 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , 662,713 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Kelantan's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Kuala Lumpur

, , UMNO , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 align=left,

, , PAS , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" bgcolor="dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , , , 100.00 , , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" bgcolor="dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Kuala Lumpur's population, , , - , align=left colspan=10, Source:

Labuan

Malacca

, , UMNO , , 4 , , , , , , 4 , , 66.67 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 2 , , , , , , 2 , , 33.33 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 6 , , 100.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Malacca's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Negeri Sembilan

, , UMNO , , 5 , , , , , , 5 , , 62.50 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , MCA , , 2 , , , , , , 2 , , 25.00 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;", Malaysian Indian Congress , , MIC , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 12.50 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;",

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;",

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Negeri Sembilan's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10, Source:

Pahang

, , UMNO , , 10 , , , , , , 10 , , 71.43 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, , MCA , , 3 , , , , , , 3 , , 21.43 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;", Malaysian Indian Congress , , MIC , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 7.14 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;",

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 14 , , 100.00 , , +3 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Pahang's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10, Source:

Penang

, , UMNO , , 5 , , 108,498 , , 21.71 , , 4 , , 30.77 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 4 , , 87,822 , , 17.57 , , 1 , , 7.69 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , 4 , , 87,790 , , 17.57 , , 3 , , 23.08 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , 7 , , 135,125 , , 27.04 , , 4 , , 30.77 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR, , 5 , , 61,410 , , 12.29 , , 1 , , 7.69 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 2 , , 19,109 , , 3.82 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 499,754 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 11,540 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 76.05%) , , 511,294 , , 100.00 , , 13 , , 100.00 , , +2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 161,058 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , 672,352 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Penang's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Perak

, , UMNO , , , , , , , , 11 , , 45.83 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , , , , , , , 4 , , 16.67 , , -2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , , , , , , , 3 , , 12.50 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Indian Congress , , MIC , , , , , , , , 2 , , 8.33 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #DAA520;" , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Progressive Party, , PPP, , , , , , , , 1 , , 4.17 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 3 , , 12.50 , , +2 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 24 , , 100.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Perak's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Perlis

, , UMNO , , 3 , , 58,188 , , 63.72 , , 3 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 3 , , 33,132 , , 36.28 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 91,320 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 2,290 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , 93,610 , , 100.00 , , 3 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Perlis's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Putrajaya

Sabah

, , UMNO , , , , , , , , 13 , , 52.00 , , -1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #ADD8E6;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBS , , , , , , , , 4 , , 16.00 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #00008B;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , UPKO , , , , , , , , 4 , , 16.00 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sabah Progressive Party , , SAPP , , , , , , , , 2 , , 8.00 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FEDF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBRS , , , , , , , , 1 , , 4.00 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF7F00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Democratic Party , , LDP , , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , , , , , , , 1 , , 4.00 , , +1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 25 , , 100.00 , , +5 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Sabah's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Sarawak

, - ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Party ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Candidates ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Vote ! colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , +/– , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , National Front, , BN , , 28 , , 278,919 , , 65.85 , , 27 , , 96.43 , , -1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=4, , style="background-color: yellow;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sarawak United People's Party , , SUPP , , 7 , , 101,869 , , 24.05 , , 6 , , 21.43 , , -1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: red;" , , style="text-align:left;" , United Traditional Bumiputera Party , , PBB , , 11 , , 80,408 , , 18.98 , , 11 , , 39.29 , , 0 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FFFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party , , SPDP , , 4 , , 50,350 , , 11.89 , , 4 , , 14.29 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PBDS , , 6 , , 46,292 , , 10.93 , , 6 , , 21.43 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP , , 5 , , 67,631 , , 15.97 , , 1 , , 3.57 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Sarawak National Party , , SNAP , , 7 , , 28,579 , , 6.75 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -4 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , State Reform Party , , STAR , , 1 , , 6,270 , , 1.48 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 1 , , 5,420 , , 1.28 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 1 , , 1,035 , , 0.24 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , , IND , , 10 , , 35,682 , , 8.43 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 423,536 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 28 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Sarawak's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Selangor

, , UMNO , , 10 , , , , , , 10 , , 45.45 , , +2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #0000FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , MCA , , 7 , , , , , , 7 , , 31.82 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #29AB87;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Indian Congress , , MIC , , 4 , , , , , , 4 , , 18.18 , , +1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , Gerakan, , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , 4.55 , , +1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , DAP, , , , , , , , 0 , , 0.00 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

: %) , , , , 100.00 , , 22 , , 100.00 , , +5 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Selangor's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

Terengganu

, , UMNO , , 8 , , 221,328 , , 56.46 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , +8 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PAS , , 7 , , 150,057 , , 38.28 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -7 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR , , 1 , , 20,635 , , 5.26 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , -1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 392,020 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 8,874 , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (

: 87.93%) , , 400,894 , , 100.00 , , 8 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 55,029 , , rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , 455,923 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Voting age population (aged 21 years and above), , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Terengganu's population, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=10 , Source:

State Assemblies

Elections for the assemblies of all the Malaysian states except

were also held on 21 March. The National Front and its allies won majorities in all states except

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where, despite earlier reports to the contrary, PAS retained control with a narrow majority of 24 seats to BN's 21 seats. The National Front regained control of the state of

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, which it lost to PAS in 1999. The PAS opposition leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, who lost his parliamentary seat as mentioned earlier, managed to retain his state seat.

Background

On 2 March, the 10th

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and all state assemblies in

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(with the exception of

) were dissolved by the

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upon the advice of the

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. Sarawak's last state election was held in 2001, and elections for the state assembly are not due till 2006. The election was held nine months earlier than required by the

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. The constitution allows that parliament has a mandate of 5 years. Elections are required to be called three months after parliament is dissolved. The government had until the end of November 2004 to call elections. Candidates nominated on 13 March, with the National Front winning 15 seats uncontested, and another two seats after the opposing candidates withdrew. The right to withdraw was only introduced as a new rule at these elections. Under this rule candidates are allowed a three-day period to withdraw following nomination day. Of the 17 parliamentary seats won uncontested, nine were in the state of

, six in

and two in Johor. PAS won a state assembly seat Senggarang in

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for the first time, after the National Front candidate was disqualified because she was seconded by someone who was not a registered voter in the constituency which she wanted to contest. The requirement that the seconder be registered in the same constituency was only introduced in 2004. This seat was influenced by other opposition parties to gain many state seat in 2008 contest.

Election irregularities

The elections were marred by discrepancies, which were admitted by the electoral authorities. The head of the Election Commission ( Tan Sri Ab Rashid Ab Rahman) made the statement "I have been in this line for so long... it should not have happened at all. There must be reasons why this happened." He has served in the election commission for the last five elections, and has stated that he intends to resign if a report on the discrepancies implicates him in the foul-ups. Among the discrepancies were wrongly printed ballots, registered voters being unable to vote and wide discrepancies in votes in various seats upon re-counting the ballots. In the seat of

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in state of Pahang, the Keadilan symbol was printed wrongly on the ballot paper for PAS candidate Idris Ahmad. Illiterate voters tend to rely on familiar party symbols for voting purposes as they are unable to read the candidate's names on the ballot. Voting was suspended for 5 hours before resuming. Polling was re-held for the seat on 28 March."Sg Lembing: Re-vote on March 28 after logo debacle"

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References

External links

The (Malaysian) Star OnlineChannelNewsAsiaBernamaElection Commission Malaysia (SPR)

Results from the SPR
{{Malaysian elections 2004 elections in Malaysia 2004