Next Malaysian general election

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All 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 112 seats needed for a majority
Leader Anwar Ibrahim Muhyiddin Yassin Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Party PKR BERSATU UMNO Alliance Pakatan Harapan PKR DAP AMANAH UPKO Perikatan Nasional BERSATU PAS GERAKAN Barisan Nasional UMNO MCA MIC PBRS Last election 81 seats 74 seats 30 seats Current seats 81 74 30 Seats needed 31 38 82   Leader Abang Johari Hajiji Noor Shafie Apdal Party PBB GAGASAN WARISAN Alliance GPS PBB PRS PDP SUPP PPSS (coalition of PDP-PRS in GPS) GRS GAGASAN PBS STAR SAPP USNO LDP PHRS Last election 23 seats 6 seats 3 seats Current seats 23 6 3 Seats needed [nb 1] [nb 2] 109
Incumbent Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim PH

General elections must be held in Malaysia by 17 February 2028. Redistribution and boundary changes for the constituencies are expected to take place by 2026, with the last taking place before the 2018 general election.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, leader of Pakatan Harapan, currently leads a coalition government consisting of PH, BN, GPS, GRS, WARISAN and other minor parties. ^[1] Perikatan Nasional (PN) and the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) currently sit as the opposition. ^{[2] [3]}

The 2022 general election saw PN make gains primarily in the northern peninsular states of Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu in what was dubbed as the Green Wave. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} It resulted in a hung parliament for the first time in Malaysian electoral history.

Electoral system

Elections in Malaysia are conducted at the federal and state levels. Federal elections elect members of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of Parliament, while state elections in each of the 13 states elect members of their respective state legislative assembly. As Malaysia follows the Westminster system of government, the head of government ( Prime Minister at the federal level and the Chief Ministers, the so-called Menteri Besar, at the state level) is the person who commands the confidence of the majority of members in the respective legislature – this is normally the leader of the party or coalition with the majority of seats in the legislature.

The Dewan Rakyat consists of 222 members, known as Members of Parliament (MPs), that are elected for five-year terms. Each MP is elected from a single-member constituency using the first-past-the-post voting system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the government, with its leader becoming the Prime Minister. In the event of a hung parliament, where no single party obtains the majority of seats, the government may still form through a coalition or a confidence and supply agreement with other parties. In practice, coalitions and alliances in Malaysia generally persist between elections, and member parties do not normally contest for the same seats.

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