1999 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 29 November 1999 in all states except Sabah and Sarawak. The elections were held alongside general elections, and saw the opposition win a total of 113 seats, 98 of which went to the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), 11 to the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and 4 for the People's Justice Party. In the states of Kelantan and Terengganu, the PAS won by a huge margin–41-2 against Barisan Nasional and 28-4 respectively–hence allowing them to form the state governments in these states. In addition, the PAS also captured one-third of the seats in Kedah, with the remaining two-thirds going to Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation won 16 seats and the Malaysian Chinese Association 2).

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 elections. Observers attributed this to the neglect by the Federal Administration in the states of Terengganu and Kelantan.

Sabah held its state assembly election earlier on 12 – 13 March 1999.

Results

Perlis

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	39,111	47.49	10	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6,717	8.16	2	0
		Total		45,828	55.65	12	–3
	Barisan Alternatif		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	32,686	39.69	3	+3
			Parti Keadilan Nasional	3,841	4.66	0	New
		Total		36,527	44.35	3	+3
Total				82,355	100.00	15	0
Valid votes				82,355	96.19
Invalid/blank votes				3,264	3.81
Total votes				85,619	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				105,733	80.98

Kedah

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	16	–10
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	2	0
		Total		24	–10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			12	+10
Total				36	0

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			41	+17
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	2	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
		Total		2	–5
	National Justice Party			0	New
Total				43	0

Terengganu

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			28	+21
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	4	–20
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
		Total		4	–21
Total				32	0

Penang

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	10	–2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	10	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	9	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		30	–2
	Democratic Action Party			1	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	+1
	National Justice Party			1	+1
Total				33	0

Perak

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	26	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	12	–2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	3	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	0
			People's Progressive Party	0	0
		Total		44	–7
	Democratic Action Party			4	+3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			3	+3
	National Justice Party			1	New
Total				52	0

Pahang

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	21	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	7	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		30	–7
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			6	+6
	Democratic Action Party			1	0
	National Justice Party			1	New
Total				38	0

Selangor

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	26	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	11	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	2	+1
		Total		42	–3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			4	+4
	Democratic Action Party			1	–2
	National Justice Party			1	New
	Independents			0	0
Total				48	0

Negeri Sembilan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	20	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	9	+2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
		Total		32	+2
	Democratic Action Party			0	–2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				32	0

Malacca

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	16	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		21	–1
	Democratic Action Party			4	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				25	0

Johor

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	25	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	11	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	2	0
		Total		40	0
	Democratic Action Party			0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				40	0

Sabah

Main article: 1999 Sabah state election

Source:

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	129,908	25.12	24	+5
			Sabah Progressive Party	29,337	5.67	3	0
			Liberal Democratic Party	11,654	2.25	2	+1
			Sabah Democratic Party	47,494	9.19	2	New
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5,963	1.15	0	New
			Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah	7,526	1.46	0	New
			Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat	8,033	1.55	0	-1
		Total		239,915	46.40	31	+6
	United Sabah Party			213,432	41.28	17	-8
	Federated Sabah People's Front			54,732	10.59	0	0
	United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party			4,193	0.81	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1,352	0.26	0	0
	United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation			18	0.00	0	0
	Independents			3,422	0.66	0	0
Total				517,064	100.00	48	0
Valid votes				517,064	98.13
Invalid/blank votes				9,868	1.87
Total votes				526,932	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				726,690	72.51