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
editJohor
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|
Barisan Nasional | 32 | 0 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 32 | 0 |
Penang
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty 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
editParty 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 |