Malaysian Election Date 2018

By elections in addition to general elections a by election occurs when a particular seat in the dewan rakyat.

Malaysian election date 2018. 222 of 222 parliament seats. Results overview simple majority. Malaysia s youth have power they won t use. Tips and guidelines for voting during the 14th general elections ge14 before the general elections if you are 21 years old or over register as a voter at any election commission ec office or post office.

What does politics mean to multi racial voters. It is building up to be the one of the most hotly contested elections in the country s history. Mohd hashim said that a total of 14 940 627 malaysians are eligible to vote in ge14 compared to 13 268 002 registered voters in the last general election in 2013. At stake were all 222 seats in the dewan rakyat the legislature s lower house and 505 seats in 12 out of the 13 state legislative assemblies of malaysia.

It was only after pakatan harapan won the 2018 malaysian general election that the new government began the process of looking into and reintroducing local elections after 55 years with a trial run slated for 2019 in select cities. Everything you need to know. Alternatively the legislative would automatically dissolve on 21 june 2018 the fifth. The 2018 federal election resulted in a change in government for the first time in malaysian history since direct elections were first held in 1955.

The selangor state legislative assembly was dissolved in a simple ceremony on 9 april 2018 by sharafuddin of selangor. Pakatan harapan then a centre left coalition between four parties won 113 seats in the dewan rakyat a two seat majority against the right wing barisan nasional coalition which won 79 seats. Malaysia counts votes in cliffhanger general election wed may 9 2018 millions of malaysians have cast their votes in an election pitting the country s leader against his 92 year old former mentor. Pakatan harapan entered government at the federal.