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Table 2.3 Performance of political parties by constituencies’ ethnic
composition, 2018 and 2013
2018 2013
Total Pakatan BN PAS Total Pakatan BN
Malay > 70% 71 14 39 18 65 17 48
Malay 60–70% 33 27 6 0 23 7 16
Malay 50–60% 13 11 2 0 26 13 13
No ethnicity > 50% 24 22 2 0 29 21 8
Chinese 50–60% 10 10 0 0 7 7 0
Chinese 60–70% 3 3 0 0 4 4 0
Chinese > 70% 11 11 0 0 11 11 0
165 98 49 18 165 80 85
Share of districts 59.4% 29.7% 10.9% 48.5% 51.5%
Share of votes 48.7% 31.7% 19.4% 53.3% 45.8%
Note: e above composition resulted in the macro-level performance illustrated in
Table 2.4.

Table 2.4 Popular votes by coalition, 2018 and 2013

GE 2018 GE 2013 Change
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PENINSULA
Barisan Nasional 3,273,222 31.7 4,347,688 45.8 –1,074,466 –14.1
Pakatan Harapan/ 5,029,539 48.7 5,035,582 53.3 –6,043 – 4.6
Pakatan Rakyat
PAS 1 2,006,653 19.4 – – +2,006,653 +19.4
Others 28,578 0.3 64,598 0.9 –36,020 – 0.6
SARAWAK
Barisan Nasional 462,090 52.5 481,038 58.9 –18,948 – 6.4
Pakatan Harapan/ 381,863 43.4 304,508 37.3 +73,355 + 6.1
Pakatan Rakyat
PAS 1 10,591 1.2 – – +10,591 + 1.2
Others 25,984 3.0 31,681 3.8 –5,697 – 0.8

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