Country: | Malaysia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1990 Malaysian general election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Previous Mps: | Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 8th Malaysian Parliament |
Next Election: | 1999 Malaysian general election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 192 seats in the Dewan Rakyat |
Elected Mps: | Members elected |
Majority Seats: | 97 |
Registered: | 9,012,370 |
Election Date: | 24–25 April 1995 |
Image1: | Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister's Office on 17 March 1995.jpg |
Leader1: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Alliance1: | Barisan Nasional |
Color1: | 000080 |
Last Election1: | 53.38%, 127 seats |
Seats1: | 162 |
Seat Change1: | 35 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,881,214 |
Percentage1: | 65.16% |
Swing1: | 11.78pp |
Leader2: | Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Fadzil Noor |
Alliance2: | Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah |
Colour2: | FFFF00 |
Last Election2: | 21.78%, 15 seats |
Seats2: | 13 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,046,687 |
Percentage2: | 17.57% |
Swing2: | 4.21pp |
Image3: | Lim Kit Siang cropped.jpg |
Leader3: | Lim Kit Siang Joseph Pairin Kitingan |
Alliance3: | Gagasan Rakyat |
Colour3: | ADD8E6 |
Last Election3: | 19.91%, 34 seats |
Seats3: | 17 |
Seat Change3: | 17 |
Popular Vote3: | 910,769 |
Percentage3: | 15.29% |
Swing3: | 4.62pp |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister-designate |
Before Election: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Before Party: | Barisan Nasional |
After Election: | Mahathir Mohamad |
After Party: | Barisan Nasional |
General elections were held in Malaysia on 24 and 25 April 1995. Voting took place in all 192 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 394 state constituencies in 11 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except Sabah and Sarawak) on the same day.
The result was a victory for the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional, which won 162 of the 192 seats. Voter turnout was 68.3%.[1]
The 1995 general elections were the second and last elections involving Semangat 46. Having lost around a third of its vote share and facing desertions from party members, its leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah disbanded the party in 1996 and rejoined UMNO along with some other former Semangat 46 members.[2]