- Malaysia's Election Commission has announced an 80% voter turnout, a highest in the country's history.
- The GE13 psy war begins as both coalitions claim they've won the elections
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Malaysia's prime minister has denied chartering planes to move tens of thousands of voters into marginal constituencies for Sunday's election.
His party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), said the flights had been paid for by supporters and not by Prime Minister Najib Razak's office.
Summary of 8 March 2008 Election results (Malaysian Parliament – Dewan Rakyat) |
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POLITICAL PARTIES |
Votes |
% of vote |
Seats |
% of seats |
+/– |
National Front (Barisan Nasional): |
4,082,411 |
50.27 |
140 |
63.1 |
-58 |
United Malays National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu, UMNO) |
2,381,725 |
29.33 |
79 |
35.6 |
-30 |
Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia, MCA) |
840,489 |
10.35 |
15 |
6.8 |
-16 |
Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC) |
179,422 |
2.21 |
3 |
1.4 |
-6 |
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Gerakan) |
184,548 |
2.27 |
2 |
0.9 |
-8 |
United Traditional Bumiputera Party (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, PBB) |
131,243 |
1.62 |
14 |
6.3 |
+3 |
Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak, SUPP) |
119,264 |
1.47 |
6 |
2.7 |
- |
Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak, SPDP) |
52,645 |
0.65 |
4 |
1.8 |
- |
Sarawak People's Party (Parti Rakyat Sarawak, PRS) |
33,410 |
0.41 |
6 |
2.7 |
+6 |
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Bersatu, UPKO) |
58,856 |
0.72 |
4 |
1.8 |
- |
United Sabah Party (Parti Bersatu Sabah, PBS) |
44,885 |
0.55 |
3 |
1.4 |
- |
Sabah Progressive Party (Parti Maju Sabah, SAPP) |
30,827 |
0.38 |
2 |
1.4 |
-2 |
United Sabah People's Party* (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah, PBRS) |
|
|
1 |
0.5 |
- |
Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik, LDP) |
8,297 |
0.10 |
1 |
0.5 |
+1 |
People's Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia, PPP) |
16,800 |
0.21 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
People's Front (Pakatan Rakyat) |
3,796,464 |
46.75 |
82 |
36.9 |
+62 |
People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat, PKR) |
1,509,080 |
18.58 |
31 |
14.0 |
+30 |
(Parti Islam SeMalaysia, PAS) |
1,140,676 |
14.05 |
23 |
10.4 |
+16 |
(Parti Tindakan Demokratik, DAP) |
1,118,025 |
13.77 |
28 |
12.6 |
+16 |
Non-partisans (and others) |
65,399 |
0.81 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
Overall total |
7,944,274 |
100 |
222 |
100 |
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*PBRS won its only seat uncontested on nomination day Source: Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia |