List of candidates in the 2018 Malaysian general election
Contesting parties
24 parties are expected to contest in this election. The table below, however, lists only parties represented in the previous Dewan Rakyat.

List of candidates in the 2018 Malaysian general election

Section Title: Contesting parties
Table Section Text: 24 parties are expected to contest in this election. The table below, however, lists only parties represented in the previous Dewan Rakyat.

Name	Ideology	Leader(s)	Seats contested	2013 result	Seats in 13th Dewan Rakyat

Votes (%)	Seats

BN	Barisan Nasional National Front	National conservatism	Najib Razak	222	47.38%	133 / 222	130 / 222

PH	Pakatan Harapan Alliance of Hope	Reformism / Progressivism	Mahathir Mohamad	204	36.1%	67 / 222	72 / 222

GS	Gagasan Sejahtera Ideas of Prosperity	Islamic conservatism	Abdul Hadi Awang	158	14.78%	21 / 222	13 / 222

WARISAN	Parti Warisan Sabah Sabah Heritage Party	Sabah regionalism	Mohd. Shafie Apdal	17	New Party	0 / 222	2 / 222

PSM	Parti Sosialis Malaysia Socialist Party of Malaysia	Democratic socialism	Mohd. Nasir Hashim	4	0.19%	1 / 222	1 / 222

PHRS	Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah Sabah People's Hope Party	Sabah regionalism	Lajim Ukin	15	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PCS	Parti Cinta Sabah Love Sabah Party	Sabah regionalism	Nicholas James Guntobon	8	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PRM	Parti Rakyat Malaysia Malaysian People's Party	Left-wing nationalism	Ariffin Salimon	6	Did not contest	0 / 222	0 / 222

MUP	Parti Bersama Malaysia Malaysian United Party	Social liberalism	Tan Gin Theam	5	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

STAR	Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku Homeland Solidarity Party	Sabah regionalism	Jeffrey Kitingan	5	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PPRS	Parti Perpaduan Rakyat Sabah Sabah People's Unity Party	Sabah regionalism	Mohd Arshad Abdul Mualap	3	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

STAR	Parti Reformasi Negeri Sarawak State Reform Party	Sarawak regionalism	Soo Lina	3	0.41%	0 / 222	0 / 222

PFP	Parti Barisan Pulau Pinang Penang Front Party	Penang regionalism	Patrick Ooi	2	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

SAPP	Parti Maju Sabah Sabah Progressive Party	Sabah regionalism	Yong Teck Lee	2	0.09%	0 / 222	0 / 222

Anak Negeri	Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri Sabah Native Co-operation Party	Sabah regionalism	Zainal Hj. Nasirudin	2	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PEACE	Parti Rakyat Gabungan Jaksa Pendamai People’s Alliance For Justice of Peace	Sarawak regionalism	Julian Petrus Jout	2	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PCM	Parti Cinta Malaysia Love Malaysia Party	Conservative nationalism	Tang Weng Chew	1	0.02%	0 / 222	0 / 222

Berjasa	Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	Islamic conservatism	Abdul Kadir bin Mamat	1	0.29%	0 / 222	0 / 222

PAP	Parti Alternatif Rakyat People's Alternative Party	Centrism	A. David Dass	1	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PBDSB	Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru New Sarawak Native People's Party	Sarawak regionalism	Louis Jarau	1	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

PBK	Parti Bumi Kenyalang Land of the Hornbill Party	Sarawak regionalism	Yu Chang Ping	1	New Party	0 / 222	0 / 222

Independents	–	–	24	–	0 / 222	2 / 222

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A total of 222 parliamentary seats will be contested in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

final_sentence: A total of 222 parliamentary seats will be contested in the 2018 Malaysian general election.