Parliamentary Elections (PRU): Statistics

Last updated: 18 Jul 2026

Seat-level stats (voter turnout, rejected votes, etc) for every federal contest from 1955-present.

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date	election	state	seat	voters_total	ballots_issued	ballots_not_returned	votes_rejected	votes_valid	majority	n_candidates	voter_turnout	majority_perc	votes_rejected_perc	ballots_not_returned_perc
07 Dec 2022	GE-15	Kedah	P.017 Padang Serai	133,867	92,302	133	753	91,416	16,260	6	69.0	17.8	0.8	0.1
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.140 Segamat	69,360	51,395	157	586	50,652	5,669	4	74.1	11.2	1.1	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.141 Sekijang	63,981	48,854	142	475	48,237	1,734	5	76.4	3.6	1.0	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.142 Labis	49,846	35,271	92	434	34,745	2,833	3	70.8	8.2	1.2	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.143 Pagoh	69,939	54,933	123	419	54,391	10,007	3	78.5	18.4	0.8	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.144 Ledang	104,577	81,326	181	838	80,307	9,769	6	77.8	12.2	1.0	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.145 Bakri	97,335	74,121	239	742	73,140	19,254	4	76.2	26.3	1.0	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.146 Muar	68,925	53,695	163	374	53,158	1,345	3	77.9	2.5	0.7	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.147 Parit Sulong	79,484	63,697	244	499	62,954	2,021	3	80.1	3.2	0.8	0.4
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.148 Ayer Hitam	61,041	47,172	119	361	46,692	2,963	3	77.3	6.3	0.8	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.149 Sri Gading	78,602	62,098	198	636	61,264	4,000	4	79.0	6.5	1.0	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.150 Batu Pahat	133,910	100,679	339	846	99,494	15,972	5	75.2	16.1	0.8	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.151 Simpang Renggam	59,033	44,801	132	538	44,131	1,821	4	75.9	4.1	1.2	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.152 Kluang	132,342	97,162	337	1,204	95,621	26,406	4	73.4	27.6	1.2	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.153 Sembrong	54,982	41,449	129	390	40,930	10,880	3	75.4	26.6	0.9	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.154 Mersing	66,275	47,469	175	388	46,906	2,337	5	71.6	5.0	0.8	0.4
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.155 Tenggara	67,294	51,997	201	446	51,350	2,991	4	77.3	5.8	0.9	0.4
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.156 Kota Tinggi	61,291	47,753	102	318	47,333	8,390	3	77.9	17.7	0.7	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.157 Pengerang	55,316	42,288	129	319	41,840	5,010	3	76.4	12.0	0.8	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.158 Tebrau	223,301	169,414	435	1,014	167,965	30,720	3	75.9	18.3	0.6	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.159 Pasir Gudang	198,485	150,876	298	1,298	149,280	31,558	4	76.0	21.1	0.9	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.160 Johor Bahru	136,368	95,521	291	837	94,393	16,041	4	70.0	17.0	0.9	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.161 Pulai	165,313	118,414	348	763	117,303	33,174	3	71.6	28.3	0.6	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.162 Iskandar Puteri	222,437	165,527	532	1,315	163,680	60,036	3	74.4	36.7	0.8	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.163 Kulai	151,247	116,339	229	857	115,253	36,023	3	76.9	31.3	0.7	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.164 Pontian	75,212	57,647	176	620	56,851	5,758	4	76.6	10.1	1.1	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Johor	P.165 Tanjung Piai	70,679	55,106	123	395	54,588	6,360	3	78.0	11.7	0.7	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Kedah	P.004 Langkawi	66,777	48,123	135	508	47,480	13,518	5	72.1	28.5	1.1	0.3
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Kedah	P.005 Jerlun	67,601	52,909	85	617	52,207	20,456	4	78.3	39.2	1.2	0.2
19 Nov 2022	GE-15	Kedah	P.006 Kubang Pasu	108,217	84,486	247	837	83,402	31,584	4	78.1	37.9	1.0	0.3

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Programmatic Access

import pandas as pd

URL = "https://lake.electiondata.my/results_headline/headline_stats_federal.parquet"

df = pd.read_parquet(URL)
print(df.shape)   # (2715, 15)
print(df.dtypes)
df

Cite

Users wishing to reference this dataset in an academic context should cite Thevananthan (2025), which documents the construction of the dataset as well as the data itself.

APA

Thevananthan, T. (2025). The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Federal and State-Level Election Results from 1955 to 2025. Scientific Data.

Harvard

Thevananthan, T. 2025, The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Federal and State-Level Election Results from 1955 to 2025. Scientific Data.

MLA

Thevananthan, Thevesh. "The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Federal and State-Level Election Results from 1955 to 2025." Scientific Data (2025).

Chicago

Thevananthan, Thevesh. "The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Federal and State-Level Election Results from 1955 to 2025." Scientific Data (2025).

BibTeX

@article{thevananthan2025malaysian,
  author  = {Thevananthan, Thevesh},
  title   = {The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Federal and State-Level Election Results from 1955 to 2025},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  year    = {2025}
}