for those of you waiting for a short squeeze, page-86

Here is a little bit more from my post for those that fear the election.

Since Federation, BN or the Alliance has only 5 times out the 12 General Elections had more than 140 seats there are at least 7 General Elections where BN or the Alliance has held less.

In 2004 BN won its for ever record number of seats. The oppoistion takes too much credit for that win. It is a natural turn of events in Malaysian Politics.

Just have a look at the figures before forcasting doom and gloom.

List of General Elections in Malaya and Malaysia

Edition Year Government* Opposition Total seats
Seats % seats % vote Seats % seats % vote
1 1959** 74 71.15 51.7 30 28.85 48.3 104
2 1964** 89 85.58 58.5 15 14.42 41.5 104
3 1969 95 65.97 49.3 49 34.03 50.7 144
4 1974 135 87.66 60.7 19 12.34 39.3 154
5 1978 130 84.42 57.2 24 15.58 42.8 154
6 1982 132 85.71 60.5 22 14.29 39.5 154
7 1986 148 83.62 55.8 29 16.38 41.5 177
8 1990 127 70.55 53.4 53 29.45 46.6 180
9 1995 162 84.38 65.2 30 15.62 34.8 192
10 1999 148 76.68 56.5 45 23.32 43.5 193
11 2004 198 90.41 63.9 21 9.59 36.1 219
12 2008 140 63.06 50.27 82 36.94 46.75 222
* "Government" means Alliance Party between 1959 and 1964 inclusively; Alliance and Sarawak United People's Party for 1969; and Barisan Nasional since 1974
** Sabah and Sarawak did not participate in respective edition.
Source: Arah Aliran Malaysia: Penilaian Pilihan Raya (PDF)


Mrs OM