Malaysian general election, 2013

Malaysian general election, 2013

5 Mey 2013 (2013-05-05)
Aw 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat an aw 505 state legislatur seats in 12 (except Sarawak) states o Malaysie 112 seats needit for a majority
Turnoot	84.84%
Leader Najib Razak Anwar Ibrahim Pairty BN Pakatan Rakyat Popular vote 5,237,699 5,623,984 Percentage 47.38% 50.87%
Results in parliamentary ridings
Prime Meenister afore election Najib Tun Razak BN Prime Meenister-designate Najib Tun Razak BN

General elections wis held in Malaysie on 5 Mey 2013, follaein the dissolution o the Parliament annoonced bi the Prime Meenister on 3 Aprile 2013. Election candidate nominations wis made on 20 Aprile 2013, an campaigning lastit til 4 Mey 2013 (a period o 15 day). Eligible Malaysie citizens electit members tae the Hoose o Representatives an the State Legislative Assemblies.

Follaein the dissolution o the Federal Parliament, 12 oot o 13 state assemblies, (wi the exception o Sarawak) wur dissolved, pavin the wey for simultaneous elections for the federal an state assemblies. While ony State mey dissowle its assembly independently o the Federal Parliament, the practice syne 2004 is for aw state assemblies (except Sarawak's) tae be dissowlt quickly efter Parliament dissolution tae allow simultaneous elections tae be held for the Parliament an State Assemblies.

The constitutional parliamentary term in Malaysie is five year, efter whilk the Federal Parliament maun be dissolved bi the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice o the Prime Meenister as pertained in the Malaysie laws for naitional elections. Elections in Malaysie follaes the first-past-the-post seestem an is conductit bi the Election Commission o Malaysie.