1978 Malaysian general election
Dewan Rakyat

1978 Malaysian general election

Section Title: Dewan Rakyat
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Party	Vote	Seats

Votes	%	Won	%	+/–

National Front	BN	1,987,907	57.23	131	85.06	4

United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	70	45.45	+8

Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	17	11.04	2

Sabah People's United Front	BERJAYA	9	5.84	New

Sarawak National Party	SNAP	45,218	9	5.84	0

United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	52,222	8	5.19	0

Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	64,099	6	3.90	1

United Sabah National Organisation	USNO	5	3.25	8

Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan	4	2.60	1

Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	3	1.95	1

People's Progressive Party	PPP	0	0.00	1

Democratic Action Party	DAP	664,433	19.13	16	10.39	+7

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	PAS	537,720	15.48	5	3.25	8

Sarawak People's Organisation	SAPO	10,150	0.29	1	0.65	New

Malaysian People's Socialist Party	PSRM	0	0.00	0

Other parties	112,850	3.25	0	0.00	0

Sarawak Native People's Party	PAJAR	35,009	0	0.00	New

Parti Umat Sarawak	UMAT	3,898	0	0.00	New

Parti Negara Rakyat Sarawak	NEGARA	861	0	0.00	New

Independents	IND	160,370	4.62	1	0.65	+1

Valid votes	3,473,430

Invalid/blank votes	123,302

Total (turnout: 75.3%)	3,596,732	100.00	154	100.00	0

Did not vote	1,462,957

Registered voters	5,059,689

Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)	6,067,230

Malaysian population	12,303,000

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

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Voter turnout was 75.3%.

final_sentence: Voter turnout was 75.3%.