1982 Malaysian general election
Dewan Rakyat
Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

1982 Malaysian general election

Section Title: Dewan Rakyat
Table Section Text: Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Party	Vote	Seats

Votes	%	Won	%	+/–

National Front	BN	2,522,079	60.54	132	85.71	+1

United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	70	45.45	0

Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	24	15.58	+7

Sabah People's United Front	BERJAYA	10	6.49	+1

United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	28,700	8	5.19	0

Sarawak National Party	SNAP	41,295	6	3.90	3

Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	81,993	5	3.25	1

Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan	5	3.25	+1

Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	4	2.60	+1

United Sabah National Organisation	USNO	0	0.00	5

People's Progressive Party	PPP	0	0.00	0

Democratic Action Party	DAP	815,473	19.58	9	5.84	7

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	PAS	602,530	14.46	5	3.25	0

Sarawak People's Organisation	SAPO	178	0.00	0	0.00	1

Malaysian People's Socialist Party	PSRM	0	0.00	0

Other parties	68,208	1.64	0	0.00	0

Social Democratic Party	SDP	0	0.00	New

Homeland Consciousness Union	KITA	0	0.00	0

Workers Party	WP	0	0.00	New

Sarawak Native People's Party	PAJAR	1,415	0	0.00	0

Parti Perhimpunan Sosial Bersatu	PUSAKA	0	0.00	New

Parti Demokratik Rakyat Sabah	SR	0	0.00	New

Sabah Chinese Association	SCA	0	0.00	0

Sabah Chinese United Party	SCUP	0	0.00	New

Parti Umat Sarawak	UMAT	0	0.00	0

Parti Negara Rakyat Sarawak	NEGARA	0	0.00	0

Independents	IND	157,229	3.77	8	5.19	+7

Valid votes	4,165,697

Invalid/blank votes	130,615

Total (turnout: 75.4%)	4,296,312	100.00	154	100.00	0

Did not vote	1,785,316

Registered voters	6,081,628

Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)	6,828,160

Malaysian population	14,528,000

Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2]

Sentence(s)

The 1982 Malaysian general election result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats.

final_sentence: The 1982 Malaysian general election result was a victory for Barisan Nasional, which won 132 of the 154 seats.