Political Parties In Malaysia

United malays national organization umno.

Political parties in malaysia. Political parties and leaders. Pm muhyiddin s shaky grip on power. The ruling party national front barisan national comprising 14 component parties forms the majority both in parliament and in 8 of the 13 state legislative assemblies. National front barisan nasional or bn ruling coalition consists of the following parties.

The main opposition parties are the democratic action party dap the pan malaysian islamic party parti islam se malaysia pas and parti keadilan rakyat pkr people s justice party. Mahathir and anwar once worked together in the same party with anwar serving as deputy prime minister and finance minister under mahathir when he was prime minister for 22 years. Key players in malaysia s political storm. Oct 28 2020 5 00 am.

Currently in malaysia there are total of 27 registered political parties out of which 13 are in peninsular malaysia 9 in sabah and 5 in sarawak. A multi ethnic political party led by activists of the pas friendly all malaysia muslim undergraduates movement gabungan mahasiswa islam se malaysia and supported by activists of the national undergraduates action front barisan bertindak mahasiswa negara and malaysian students solidarity solidariti mahasiswa malaysia it failed to obatin registration as it was deemed to be against the. Umno has won all nine elections since malaysia s independence from britain in 1957. Federal legislative power is vested in the federal parliament and the 13 state assemblies.

It currently consists of four parties. Oct 28 2020 5 00 am. 1 gerakan rakyat malaysia party or gerakan koh tsu koon. 2 liberal democratic party parti liberal demokratik sabah or ldp liew vui keong.

Founded in 2015 pakatan harapan or alliance of hope in english is malaysia s second largest coalition. The democratic action party dap the national trust party amanah the malaysian united indigenous party ppbm and people s justice party pkr. Former malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad on wednesday aug 12 unveiled the name of his political party as parti pejuang tanah air pejuang which means warriors of the homeland. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments.

The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature though the. Politics of malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy in which the yang di pertuan agong is head of state and the prime minister of malaysia is the head of government. It is the largest political party in malaysia. 4 malaysian indian congress kongres india malaysia or mic govindasamy palanivel.

National front barisan nasional or bn coalition members. 3 malaysian chinese association persatuan china malaysia or mca chua soi lek.