Malaysian Election (PRU13) Results

The final tally is BN - 133, Pakatan Rakyat - 89. Pakatan scores a net gain of seven seats.

Here are some quick observations:

1) Pakatan lost Kedah. The three states that Pakatan Rakyat has retained - Selangor, Penang and Kelantan - were all won with a two-thirds majority:

Selangor - Pakatan 44, BN 12;
Penang - Pakatan 30, BN 10;
Kelantan - Pakatan 33, BN 12 (reduced majority but retains 2/3rds majority)

2) MCA is left with six parliamentary seats (down from 15), while Gerakan is left with one (down from two). The sole Gerakan seat is Simpang Renggam in Johor, which was successfully defended by Liang Teck Meng.

3) DAP is the biggest winner (it gained 10 seats overall), while PKR and PAS lost one and two seats respectively compared to the 2008 results.

DAP - 38
PKR - 30
PAS - 21

4) The seven additional seats gained by Pakatan are from Sabah (two seats) and Sarawak (five seats).

5) Early calculations indicate that Pakatan Rakyat has won slightly more of the popular vote than BN nationwide - 50% against 49% (1% others).