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| 2 | 1978 Malaysian general election - Dewan Rakyat |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Party | Party | Vote | Vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| 4 | Party | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Won | % | +/– |
| 5 | - | National Front | National Front | BN | 1,987,907 | 57.23 | 131 | 85.06 | 4 |
| 6 | - | - | United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | - | - | 70 | 45.45 | +8 |
| 7 | - | Malaysian Chinese Association | MCA | 17 | 11.04 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 8 | - | Sabah People's United Front | BERJAYA | 9 | 5.84 | New | - | - | - |
| 9 | - | Sarawak National Party | SNAP | 45,218 | 9 | 5.84 | 0 | - | - |
| 10 | - | United Traditional Bumiputera Party | PBB | 52,222 | 8 | 5.19 | 0 | - | - |
| 11 | - | Sarawak United People's Party | SUPP | 64,099 | 6 | 3.90 | 1 | - | - |
| 12 | - | United Sabah National Organisation | USNO | 5 | 3.25 | 8 | - | - | - |
| 13 | - | Malaysian People's Movement Party | Gerakan | 4 | 2.60 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 14 | - | Malaysian Indian Congress | MIC | 3 | 1.95 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 15 | - | People's Progressive Party | PPP | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 16 | - | Democratic Action Party | Democratic Action Party | DAP | 664,433 | 19.13 | 16 | 10.39 | +7 |
| 17 | - | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | PAS | 537,720 | 15.48 | 5 | 3.25 | 8 |
| 18 | - | Sarawak People's Organisation | Sarawak People's Organisation | SAPO | 10,150 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.65 | New |
| 19 | - | Malaysian People's Socialist Party | Malaysian People's Socialist Party | PSRM | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 20 | - | Other parties | Other parties | - | 112,850 | 3.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 21 | - | Sarawak Native People's Party | Sarawak Native People's Party | PAJAR | 35,009 | - | 0 | 0.00 | New |
| 22 | - | Parti Umat Sarawak | Parti Umat Sarawak | UMAT | 3,898 | - | 0 | 0.00 | New |
| 23 | - | Parti Negara Rakyat Sarawak | Parti Negara Rakyat Sarawak | NEGARA | 861 | - | 0 | 0.00 | New |
| 24 | - | Independents | Independents | IND | 160,370 | 4.62 | 1 | 0.65 | +1 |
| 25 | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,473,430 | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 123,302 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Total (turnout: 75.3%) | Total (turnout: 75.3%) | Total (turnout: 75.3%) | Total (turnout: 75.3%) | 3,596,732 | 100.00 | 154 | 100.00 | 0 |
| 28 | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | 1,462,957 | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 5,059,689 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | 6,067,230 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Malaysian population | Malaysian population | Malaysian population | Malaysian population | 12,303,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] | Source: Nohlen et al. [1],[2] |

Question: What party won the 1978 Malaysian general election, and how many seats did they win out of the total number of seats?
Answer: In the 1978 Malaysian general election, Barisan´s National Party won with 131 of the 154 seats.