1990 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 21 October 1990 in all states except Sabah (where they were held on 16 and 17 July) and Sarawak (where they were not held until the following year). The Barisan Nasional won ten out of the 11 elections. The Muslim Unity Movement won all 39 state seats in Kelantan to form the state government, with 24 seats going to the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and 15 for Semangat 46.^[1]

Results

Perlis


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	40,315	55.31	12	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6,948	9.53	2	0
		Total		47,263	64.84	14	0
	Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	12,162	16.69	0	0
			Semangat 46	11,528	15.82	0	New
		Total		23,690	32.50	0	0
	Independents			1,938	2.66	0	0
Total				72,891	100.00	14	0

Valid votes				72,891	95.44
Invalid/blank votes				3,485	4.56
Total votes				76,376	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				99,097	77.07

Kedah


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	22	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		26	+2
	Democratic Action Party			1	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	–2
	Semangat 46			0	New
	Independents			0	0
Total				28	0

Kelantan

This election is the first time PAS had gained a majority since 1974. They would continue to rule the state uninterruptedly.


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			24	+14
	Semangat 46			14	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			1	+1
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	0	–26
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
		Total		0	–27
Total				39	0

Terengganu


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	22	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
		Total		22	–8
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			8	+6
	Semangat 46			2	New
Total				32	0

Penang


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	7	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	0	0
		Total		19	–4
	Democratic Action Party			14	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				33	0

Perak


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	27	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
			People's Progressive Party	0	–1
		Total		33	0
	Democratic Action Party			13	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				46	0

Pahang


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	25	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		31	–1
	Democratic Action Party			1	0
	Semangat 46			1	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				33	0

Selangor


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	26	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	0	0
		Total		35	–2
	Democratic Action Party			6	+1
	Semangat 46			1	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			0	0
Total				42	0

Negeri Sembilan


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

Malacca


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

Johor


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	21	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	8	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
		Total		32	–3
	Democratic Action Party			3	+2
	Semangat 46			1	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				36	0

Sabah


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Sabah Party	197,708	53.92	36	+2
	United Sabah National Organisation	95,857	26.14	12	0
	Sabah People's United Front	25,993	7.09	0	New
	Liberal Democratic Party	14,323	3.91	0	New
	Sabah People's Party	12,133	3.31	0	New
	People's Justice Front	10,757	2.93	0	New
	Democratic Action Party	5,879	1.60	0	0
	Independents	4,006	1.09	0	0
Total		366,656	100.00	48	0

Valid votes		366,656	98.69
Invalid/blank votes		4,868	1.31
Total votes		371,524	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		496,353	74.85
Source: HLSC

References

^ Francis Kok-Wah Loh; Francis Loh Kok Wah; Boo Teik Khoo; Khoo Boo Teik (2002). Democracy in Malaysia: Discourses and Practices. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 0-7007-1161-9.

[1] Francis Kok-Wah Loh; Francis Loh Kok Wah; Boo Teik Khoo; Khoo Boo Teik (2002). Democracy in Malaysia: Discourses and Practices. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 0-7007-1161-9.

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