1990 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 21 October 1990 in all states except Sabah (where they were held on 16 and 17 July) and Sarawak (where they were not held until the following year). The Barisan Nasional won ten out of the 11 elections. The Muslim Unity Movement won all 39 state seats in Kelantan to form the state government, with 24 seats going to the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and 15 for Semangat 46.^[1]

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Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	40,315	55.31	12	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6,948	9.53	2	0
		Total		47,263	64.84	14	0
	Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	12,162	16.69	0	0
			Semangat 46	11,528	15.82	0	New
		Total		23,690	32.50	0	0
	Independents			1,938	2.66	0	0
Total				72,891	100.00	14	0

Valid votes				72,891	95.44
Invalid/blank votes				3,485	4.56
Total votes				76,376	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				99,097	77.07

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	22	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		26	+2
	Democratic Action Party			1	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	–2
	Semangat 46			0	New
	Independents			0	0
Total				28	0

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			24	+14
	Semangat 46			14	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			1	+1
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	0	–26
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
		Total		0	–27
Total				39	0

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	22	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
		Total		22	–8
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			8	+6
	Semangat 46			2	New
Total				32	0

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	7	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	0	0
		Total		19	–4
	Democratic Action Party			14	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	0
Total				33	0

1990 Malaysian state elections

Results

Perlis

Kedah

Kelantan

Terengganu

Penang

Perak

Pahang

Selangor

Negeri Sembilan

Malacca

Johor

Sabah

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Sabah Party	197,708	53.92	36	+2
	United Sabah National Organisation	95,857	26.14	12	0
	Sabah People's United Front	25,993	7.09	0	New
	Liberal Democratic Party	14,323	3.91	0	New
	Sabah People's Party	12,133	3.31	0	New
	People's Justice Front	10,757	2.93	0	New
	Democratic Action Party	5,879	1.60	0	0
	Independents	4,006	1.09	0	0
Total		366,656	100.00	48	0

Valid votes		366,656	98.25
Invalid/blank votes		6,528	1.75
Total votes		373,184	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		496,353	75.19
Source: HLSC Tindak Malaysia Github