The Gagasan Rakyat (GR or ''People's Might'') was an opposition Malaysian

political coalition This is a list of political groups by country. A political group also known as a political alliance, coalition or bloc, is cooperation by members of different political parties on a common agenda of some kind. This usually involves formal agreem ...

. The now defunct political coalition was founded by

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah ( Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gua Musang from August 1986 to November ...

's formation of Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46 or Semangat 46) after leaving

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) that was declared illegal. The coalition consisted Semangat 46,

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 ...

(DAP),

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), Malaysian People's Party (PRM), Indian Progressive Front (IPF) and Malaysian Solidarity Party (MSP) as the coalition components. It were also joined by three other component members from its allied opposition Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) coalition also led by Razaleigh consisting of himself Razaleigh's Spirit of 46 Malay Party (S46),

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),

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (, Jawi: باريسن جماعه اسلاميه سمليسيا often known by its ; acronym: BERJASA) is a political party in Malaysia. The party is part of a Malay-Islam based coalition named "Gerakan Tanah Air" ...

(BERJASA), Muslim People's Party of Malaysia (HAMIM) and

Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress The Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress ( ms, Kongres India Muslim Malaysia; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸ்; abbrev: KIMMA) is a political party in Malaysia which seeks to repres ...

(KIMMA). On 25 January 1995, Parti Tindakan Demokratik withdrew from the coalition. Both the Gagasan Rakyat and Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah opposition coalitions under the leadership of Razaleigh were defeated in the

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and

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general elections, and were subsequently dissolved in 1996 after Razaleigh decided to disband Semangat 46 to rejoin the UMNO.

Component parties

* Spirit of 46 Malay Party (Parti Melayu Semangat 46) *

(Parti Tindakan Demokratik) *

Parti Bersatu Sabah 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 using ...

(United Sabah Party) * Malaysian People's Party (Parti Rakyat Malaysia) * Indian Progressive Front (Barisan Progresif India) * Malaysian Solidarity Party (Parti Solidariti Malaysia) Three others also allied members of the Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah at the same time. * Muslim People's Party of Malaysia (Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia) *

(Kongres India Muslim Malaysia)

Elected representatives

* Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 8th Malaysian Parliament * Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1990–95) * Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 9th Malaysian Parliament * Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1995–99)

General election results

State election results

References

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