1999 Malaysian general election

6,631,094 out of 9,564,071 registered voters cast their vote in this election. Although Barisan Nasional maintained its majority in Parliament, its overall popular vote dropped to roughly 56%. The parliamentary results are as follows:

 Summary of the 29 November 1999 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results

Party				Vote		Seats
				Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front[lower-alpha 1]		BN	3,748,511	56.53	148	76.68	14
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO			72	37.31	17
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA			29	15.03	1
		United Traditional Bumiputera Party	PBB	100,062		11	5.70	1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC			7	3.63
		Sarawak United People's Party	SUPP	129,356		7	3.63
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan			6	3.11	1
		Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak	PBDS	51,659		6	3.11	1
		Sarawak National Party	SNAP	45,519		4	2.07	1
		United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation	UPKO			3	1.55	New
		Sabah Progressive Party	SAPP			2	1.04
		Liberal Democratic Party	LDP			1	0.52
		Barisan Nasional Direct Candidate		11,327	0.18	1	0.52
		People's Progressive Party	PPP			0	0.00
		People's Justice Front	AKAR			0	0.00
		United Sabah People's Party	PBRS			0	0.00
	Parties in the informal coalition, Alternative Front		BA	2,667,818	40.23	42	21.76	26
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party[lower-alpha 2]		PAS	994,279	14.99	27	13.99	20
	Democratic Action Party[lower-alpha 2]		DAP	830,870	12.53	10	5.18	1
	National Justice Party[lower-alpha 2]		KeADILan	773,679	11.67	5	2.59	New
	United Sabah Party		PBS	143,342	2.16	3	1.55	5
	Malaysian People's Party[lower-alpha 2]		PRM	68,990	1.04	0	0.00
	State Reform Party		STAR	23,354	0.35	0	0.00	New
	Malaysian Democratic Party		MDP	8,001	0.12	0	0.00	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front		BERJASA	409	0.01	0	0.00	New
	Malaysian People's Justice Front		AKIM	274	0.00	0	0.00
	Independents		IND	39,385	0.59	0	0.00
Valid votes				6,455,714
Invalid/blank votes				175,380
Total votes (voter turnout: 69.3%)				6,631,094	100.00	193	100.00	+1
Did not vote				2,932,977
Registered voters				9,564,071
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)				13,411,519
Malaysian population				22,549,627
Source: Nohlen et al.

The opposition won a total of 113 state assembly seats, 98 of which went to the PAS, 11 to the DAP and 4 for Keadilan.[2] In the states of Kelantan and Terengganu, the PAS won by a huge margin–41-2 against Barisan Nasional out of a total of 43 seats and 28-4 out of a total of 32 seats respectively, hence allowing them to form the state governments in these states. In addition, PAS also captured one-third of the state seats in Kedah, with the remaining two-thirds going to Barisan Nasional (UMNO won 16 seats, MCA 2 seats in Kedah).

The election results were seen as a great gain for PAS, who previously had no state seats in Kedah and capturing only one seat in Terengganu in the 1995 General Elections. Observers attributed this to the neglect by the Federal Administration in the states of Terengganu and Kelantan due to admistration by different parties.[3]