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Malaysians have decided!

- The coalition government (ruling government) wins federal government again but opposition takes five states!.........

Barisan routed as Penang falls

PENANG: Penang has fallen to the Opposition.

At 1am this morning, the state DAP and PKR announced at a joint press conference that DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, the new Bagan MP and Air Putih assemblyman, would lead the new state government.

The Opposition won 11 of Penang’s 13 parliamentary seats and 29 of 40 state seats. DAP emerged the biggest victor, with seven parliamentary seats and 19 state seats while PKR won four parliamentary and nine state seats. PAS won one state seat

.......the star publications, March 9 2008

At the 2008 election, 8 March 2008,

Candidates vied for 222 parliamentary seats and 505 state seats.

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Statistics on 2008 elections

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Election Statistics

2008 election results from New straits times, Malaysia RESULTS AT GLANCE
PARLIAMENT
		2008	2004
	BN	180	198
	OPPOSITION	82	20
	INDEPENDENT	0	1
STATE
		2008	2004
	BN	307	453
	OPPOSITION	194	51
	INDEPENDENT	2	1

Summary of seats won in 2008 election - Malaysia

	PARLIAMENT (WON)			STATE (WON)
	BN	Opposition	Independent	BN	Opposition	Independent
F.T. KUALA LUMPUR	1	10	0	0	0	0
F.T. PUTRAJAYA	1	0	0	0	0	0
F.T. LABUAN	1	0	0	0	0	0
PERLIS	3	0	0	14	1	0
KEDAH	4	11	0	14	21	1
PENANG	2	10	0	11	29	0
PERAK	13	11	0	29	30	0
SELANGOR	5	18	0	21	34	0
NEGERI SEMBILAN	5	3	0	21	15	0
MELAKA	5	1	0	23	5	0
JOHOR	25	1	0	49	6	0
KELANTAN	2	12	0	6	39	0
TERENGGANU	7	1	0	24	8	0
PAHANG	12	2	0	36	5	1
SARAWAK	30	1	0	0	0	0
SABAH	24	1	0	59	1	0
TOTAL	140	82	0	307	194	2

source: New Straits Times, Malaysia

more results at:

The Star publication

- Metro North thestar

New straits times, Malaysia

malaysia-today.net - 2008FinalTally.pdf

wikipedia.org - Malaysian general election, 2008

List of Malaysian general elections and results 1959 to 2008

(Parliamentary seats)

Year	Government			Opposition			Total seats
Year	Seats	% seats	% vote	Seats	% seats	% vote	Total seats
1959	74	71.15	51.7	30	28.85	48.3	104
1964	89	85.58	58.5	15	14.42	41.5	104
1969	95	66.00	49.3	49	34.00	50.7	144
1974	135	87.66	60.7	19	12.34	39.3	154
1978	130	84.42	57.2	24	15.58	42.8	154
1982	132	85.71	60.5	22	14.29	39.5	154
1986	148	83.62	55.8	29	16.38	41.5	177
1990	127	70.55	53.4	53	29.45	46.6	180
1995	162	84.38	65.2	30	15.62	34.8	192
1999	148	76.68	56.5	45	23.32	43.5	193
2004	198	90.41	63.9	21	9.59	36.1	219
2008	140	62.61	52.2	82	36.93	47.8	222

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Malaysia (go to Wikipedia for details)

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BARISAN NASIONAL	PARTI ISLAM SE MALAYSIA	PARTI RAKYAT MALAYSIA
PARTI TINDAKAN DEMOKRATIK	PARTI LIBERAL DEMOKRATIK - SABAH	PARTI MAJU SABAH
PARTI REFORMASI NEGERI	PARTI GERAKAN RAKYAT MALAYSIA	PARTI BARISAN KEMAJUAN INDIA SE-MALAYSIA
PARTI PEKERJA-PEKERJA MALAYSIA	PARTI DEMOKRATIK MALAYSIA (MDP)	PARTI BERSATU SABAH (PBS)
BARISAN JAMAAH ISLAMIAH SEMALAYSIA (BERJASA)	PARTI KEBANGSAAN SARAWAK ( SNAP )	PARTI PERPADUAN RAKYAT SARAWAK
PARTI PUNJABI MALAYSIA	PARTI KONGRES PENYATUAN MASYARAKAT	PARTI PUSAKA BUMIPUTERA BERSATU SARAWAK (PBB)
PERTUBUHAN PASOK MOMOGUN KADAZANDUSUN BERSATU (UPKO)	PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT (PKR)	PARTI PROGRESIF PENDUDUK (PPP)
PARTI ANGKATAN KEADILAN INSAN MALAYSIA (AKIM)	PARTI KONGRES INDIA MUSLIM MALAYSIA (KIMMA)	PARTI DEMOKRATIK SETIAHATI KUASA RAKYAT BERSATU SABAH (SETIA)
PERSATUAN KEBANGSAAN PASOK NUNUKRAGANG BERSATU (PASOK)	PARTI BARISAN RAKYAT SABAH BERSEKUTU (BERSEKUTU)	PARTI DEMOKRATIK PROGRESIF SARAWAK ( SPDP )