1986 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 3 August 1986 in all states except Sabah (where they were held on 4 and 5 May 1986) and Sarawak (where they were not held until the following year).

Results

Johor


Party or alliance				Votes	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	359,878	22	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association		10	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress		2	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia		1	0
		Total			35	+3
	Democratic Action Party			73,653	1	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			47,184	0	0
Total					36	+4

Kedah


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	20	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
		Total		25	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			3	+1
Total				28	+2

Kelantan


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	26	+5
			Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia	2	New
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		29	+5
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			10	0
Total				39	+3

Malacca


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	+1
		Total		17	–1
	Democratic Action Party			3	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				20	0

Negeri Sembilan


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	18	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	+1
		Total		24	+2
	Democratic Action Party			4	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				28	+4

Pahang


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	25	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		32	+1
	Democratic Action Party			1	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				33	+1

Penang


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	+2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	9	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	2	–4
			Malaysian Indian Congress	0	–1
		Total		23	–2
	Democratic Action Party			10	+8
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				33	+6

Perak


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	26	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	–7
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	+1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	–2
			People's Progressive Party	1	+1
		Total		33	–5
	Democratic Action Party			13	+9
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				46	+4

Perlis


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	32,817	54.17	12	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6,658	10.99	2	0
		Total		39,475	65.16	14	+3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			20,194	33.33	0	–1
	Independents			912	1.51	0	0
Total				60,581	100.00	14	+2

Valid votes				60,581	96.15
Invalid/blank votes				2,429	3.85
Total votes				63,010	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				85,394	73.79

Sabah


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Sabah Party (PBS)	166,136	53.71	34	+9
	United Sabah National Organisation (Usno)	62,674	20.26	12	–4
	Sabah People's United Front (Berjaya)	54,124	17.50	1	–5
	Sabah Chinese Consolidated Party (SCCP)	7,602	2.46	1	New
	United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation (Pasok)	1,615	0.52	0	0
	Sabah Chinese Party (SCP)	4,006	1.30	0	New
	Independents	13,149	4.25	0	0
Total		309,306	100.00	48	0

Valid votes		309,306	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		3,239	1.04
Total votes		312,545	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		423,097	73.87
Source: HLSC^[1]

Selangor


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	26	+6
			Malaysian Chinese Association	8	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	0	–1
		Total		37	+6
	Democratic Action Party			5	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			0	–1
Total				42	+9

Terengganu


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	29	+7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		30	+7
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			2	–3
Total				32	+4

References

^ "Malaysia - Pilihan Raya - Pilihan Raya Umum Sabah ( 1986 )". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

[1] "Malaysia - Pilihan Raya - Pilihan Raya Umum Sabah ( 1986 )". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

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