Democratic Action Party
General election results

Democratic Action Party

Section Title: General election results
Table Section Text: None

Election	Total seats won	Seats contested	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader

1964 (as PAP)	1 / 144	11	42,130	2.0%	1 seats; Opposition	Lee Kuan Yew

1969	13 / 144	24	286,606	12.1%	12 seats; Opposition	Goh Hock Guan

1974	9 / 144	46	387,845	18.3%	4 seats; Opposition	Lim Kit Siang

1978	16 / 154	53	664,433	19.1%	7 seats; Opposition	Lim Kit Siang

1982	9 / 154	63	815,473	19.6%	7 seats; Opposition	Lim Kit Siang

1986	24 / 154	64	968,009	21.0%	15 seats; Opposition	Lim Kit Siang

1990	20 / 180	57	985,228	17.13%	4 seats; Opposition coalition (Gagasan Rakyat)	Lim Kit Siang

1995	9 / 192	50	712,175	12.0%	11 seats; Opposition coalition (Gagasan Rakyat)	Lim Kit Siang

1999	10 / 193	47	830,870	12.53%	1 seats; Opposition coalition (Barisan Alternatif)	Lim Kit Siang

2004	12 / 219	44	687,340	9.9%	2 seats; Opposition	Kerk Kim Hock (Secretary-general) Lim Kit Siang (Chairman, Central Policy & Strategic Planning Commission)

2008	28 / 222	47	1,118,025	13.77%	16 seats; Opposition coalition (Pakatan Rakyat)	Lim Guan Eng (Secretary-general) Lim Kit Siang (Parliamentary Leader)

2013	38 / 222	51	1,736,601	15.71%	10 seats; Opposition coalition (Pakatan Rakyat)	Lim Guan Eng (Secretary-general) Lim Kit Siang (Parliamentary Leader)

2018	42 / 222	47	2,040,068	18.48%	4 seats; Governing Coalition (Pakatan Harapan)	Lim Guan Eng (Secretary-general) Lim Kit Siang (Parliamentary Leader)

Sentence(s)

The PR's success was further enhanced in the 2013 general election when DAP went on to win (38 out of 222) seats in the the PR coalition.

final_sentence: The PR's success was further enhanced in the 2013 general election when DAP went on to win (38 out of 222) seats in the the PR coalition.