1978 Malaysian state elections

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State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 8 July 1978 in all states except Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak. Kelantan held its state assembly election months earlier on 11 March 1978.

Results

Johor


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	20	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	10	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		31	0
	Democratic Action Party			1	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				32	0

Kedah


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	14	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	+2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	+1
		Total		19	+5
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			7	–2
Total				26	0

Kelantan


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	22	+9
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		23	+9
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			11	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			2	–20
Total				36	0

Malacca


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	13	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	0	0
		Total		16	+1
	Democratic Action Party			4	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	–1
Total				20	0

Negri Sembilan


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	15	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		21	+1
	Democratic Action Party			3	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	–1
Total				24	0

Pahang


Party		Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional	32	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	0	–1
Total		32	0

Penang


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	9	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	8	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	2	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		20	–2
	Democratic Action Party			5	+3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	0
	Independents			1	0
Total				27	0

Perak


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	23	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4	+1
			People's Progressive Party	2	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	2	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		32	+4
	Democratic Action Party			9	–2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	–2
Total				42	0

Perlis


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	22,068	50.66	10	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3,083	7.08	2	0
		Total		25,151	57.74	12	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			12,735	29.23	0	–2
	Independents			5,676	13.03	0	0
Total				43,562	100.00	12	0

Selangor


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	20	+1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
		Total		29	0
	Democratic Action Party			3	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	–1
	Independents			1	–1
Total				33	0

Trengganu


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	27	+10
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		28	+10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	–9
Total				28	0

References

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Local	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
See also: Federal by-elections State by-elections Elections in Johor Kedah Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Labuan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Penang Perak Perlis Putrajaya Sabah Sarawak Selangor Terengganu

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