{"iso":"MY","name":"Malaysia","flag":"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe","vote":"Dewan Rakyat coalition vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2022-11-19","source":"2022 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published vote-intention series exists, so this entry shows coalition vote shares from the November 2022 general election, official results as published by the Election Commission of Malaysia. The next general election is due by early 2028.","shares":{"PH":38.2,"PN":30.4,"BN":22.3,"GPS":4.3,"GRS":1.3,"WARISAN":1.8},"polls":[],"parties":{"PH":{"name":"Pakatan Harapan","color":"#D7282F"},"PN":{"name":"Perikatan Nasional","color":"#031E61"},"BN":{"name":"Barisan Nasional","color":"#000080"},"GPS":{"name":"Gabungan Parti Sarawak","color":"#FF6060"},"GRS":{"name":"Gabungan Rakyat Sabah","color":"#4682B4"},"WARISAN":{"name":"Parti Warisan","color":"#A4E5FC","name_en":"Warisan"}},"primer":{"system":"Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy with an elective kingship","head_of_state":"Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim","legislature":"Parliament of Malaysia, bicameral. The Dewan Rakyat (lower house) has 222 members, with terms capped at five years.","electoral_system":"Dewan Rakyat members are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member federal constituencies.","government_now":"Anwar Ibrahim of Pakatan Harapan has been prime minister since November 2022, leading a unity government that Barisan Nasional agreed to join at the king's urging.","context":"The November 2022 election followed years of political instability that had brought down two governments since 2018. No coalition won a majority, and the king brokered the unity arrangement that made Anwar prime minister.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PH":["Pakatan Harapan","Alliance of Hope","Multiethnic, reformist centre-left coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim's PKR; leads the federal unity government."],"PN":["Perikatan Nasional","National Alliance","Malay-nationalist and Islamist-leaning right-wing coalition (Bersatu plus the Islamist PAS); the main parliamentary opposition."],"BN":["Barisan Nasional","National Front","Establishment centre-right coalition anchored by UMNO that ruled Malaysia from 1957 to 2018; now a junior partner in Anwar's unity government."],"GPS":["Gabungan Parti Sarawak","Sarawak Parties Alliance","Centre-right regional bloc that governs Sarawak state; part of the federal unity government."],"GRS":["Gabungan Rakyat Sabah","Sabah People's Alliance","Regional coalition governing Sabah state; part of the federal unity government."],"WARISAN":["Parti Warisan","Heritage Party","Sabah-based multiethnic regional party led by Shafie Apdal; sits outside the main blocs in opposition."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)","as_of":"2022 election","total":222,"seats":{"PH":82,"PN":74,"BN":30,"GPS":23,"GRS":6,"WARISAN":3}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2028-02","title":"Malaysian general election (due by 17 February 2028)","chamber":"Dewan Rakyat","type":"expected"}}