{ "id": "my-political-parties", "name": "Malaysia — Political Parties", "title": "Malaysia — Political Parties", "description": "Political parties of Malaysia from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).", "category": "politics", "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 38, "columns": [ { "key": "partyfacts_id", "label": "Partyfacts Id", "type": "number" }, { "key": "name_short", "label": "Name Short", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name", "label": "Name", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_english", "label": "Name English", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_other", "label": "Name Other", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year_first", "label": "Year First", "type": "number" }, { "key": "year_last", "label": "Year Last", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share", "label": "Share", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share_year", "label": "Share Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "wikipedia", "label": "Wikipedia", "type": "string" }, { "key": "description", "label": "Description", "type": "string" }, { "key": "comment", "label": "Comment", "type": "string" }, { "key": "technical", "label": "Technical", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 8013, "name_short": "PP", "name": "Parti Perikatan", "name_english": "Alliance Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1952, "year_last": 1973, "share": 81.7, "share_year": 1955, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Party_(Malaysia)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7893, "name_short": "PR", "name": "Pakatan Rakyat", "name_english": "People's Pact / People's Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2008, "year_last": 2015, "share": 50.9, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakatan_Rakyat", "description": "informal coalition", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3637, "name_short": "BN", "name": "Barisan National", "name_english": "National Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1973, "year_last": "", "share": 47.4, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisan_Nasional", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8000, "name_short": "BA", "name": "Barisan Alternatif", "name_english": "Alternative Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1998, "year_last": 2004, "share": 40.2, "share_year": 1999, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisan_Alternatif", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2318, "name_short": "UMNO", "name": "Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu", "name_english": "United Malays National Organisation", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1946, "year_last": "", "share": 35.7, "share_year": 2004, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Malays_National_Organisation", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2485, "name_short": "Keadilan", "name": "Parti Keadilan Rakyat", "name_english": "People's Justice Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1949, "year_last": "", "share": 20.4, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Justice_Party_%28Malaysia%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8021, "name_short": "GR", "name": "Gagasan Rakyat", "name_english": "People's Might", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": 1996, "share": 19.9, "share_year": 1990, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagasan_Rakyat", "description": "informal coalition", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6344, "name_short": "APU", "name": "Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah", "name_english": "Muslims Unity Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": 1996, "share": 17.6, "share_year": 1990, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkatan_Perpaduan_Ummah", "description": "informal coalition", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6430, "name_short": "SF", "name": "Fron Sosialis Rakyat Malaya", "name_english": "Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1957, "year_last": 1966, "share": 16.1, "share_year": 1964, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Peoples%27_Socialist_Front", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2486, "name_short": "DAP", "name": "Parti Tindakan Demokratik", "name_english": "Democratic Action Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1965, "year_last": "", "share": 15.7, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Action_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2484, "name_short": "MCA", "name": "Persatuan Cina Malaysia", "name_english": "Malaysian Chinese Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1949, "year_last": "", "share": 15.6, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Chinese_Association", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2483, "name_short": "PAS", "name": "Parti Islam Se-Malaysia", "name_english": "Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1951, "year_last": "", "share": 14.8, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Malaysian_Islamic_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6431, "name_short": "S46", "name": "Parti Melayu Semangat 46", "name_english": "Spirit of 46 Malay Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1989, "year_last": 1996, "share": 14.8, "share_year": 1990, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Melayu_Semangat_46", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5880, "name_short": "SUPP", "name": "Sarawak United Peoples' Party", "name_english": "Sarawak United Peoples' Party", "name_other": "Chinese: 砂拉越人民联合党; Malay: Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak; Iban: Gerempong Sa'ati Rayat Sarawak", "year_first": 1959, "year_last": "", "share": 12.4, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_United_Peoples%27_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8017, "name_short": "USNO", "name": "United Sabah National Organisation", "name_english": "United Sabah National Organisation", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1961, "year_last": 1996, "share": 9, "share_year": 1974, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sabah_National_Organisation", "description": "13 of 144 seats in 1974 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6890, "name_short": "PN", "name": "Parti Negara", "name_english": "National Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1954, "year_last": 1962, "share": 7.9, "share_year": 1955, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Negara", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6636, "name_short": "PGRM", "name": "Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia", "name_english": "Malaysian People's Movement Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1968, "year_last": "", "share": 7.5, "share_year": 1969, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Gerakan_Rakyat_Malaysia", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6635, "name_short": "PPP", "name": "Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia", "name_english": "People's Progressive Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1953, "year_last": 2019, "share": 6.3, "share_year": 1959, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Progressive_Party_(Malaysia)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7998, "name_short": "PPBM", "name": "Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia", "name_english": "Malaysian United Indigenous Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2016, "year_last": "", "share": 6, "share_year": 2018, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_United_Indigenous_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8014, "name_short": "LPM", "name": "Parti Buruh Malaya", "name_english": "Labour Party of Malaya", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1952, "year_last": 1972, "share": 5.8, "share_year": 1959, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_of_Malaya", "description": "6 of 104 seats in 1959 Malayan general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8018, "name_short": "BERJAYA", "name": "Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah", "name_english": "Sabah People's United Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1976, "year_last": 1991, "share": 5.8, "share_year": 1978, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah_People%27s_United_Front", "description": "9 of 154 seats in 1978 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6634, "name_short": "UDP", "name": "United Democratic Party", "name_english": "United Democratic Party", "name_other": "Chinese: 民主联合党", "year_first": 1962, "year_last": 1968, "share": 5.7, "share_year": 1964, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Malaysia)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7891, "name_short": "SNAP", "name": "Sarawak National Party", "name_english": "Sarawak National Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1961, "year_last": 2013, "share": 5.6, "share_year": 1974, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_National_Party", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7999, "name_short": "PAN/PPPM", "name": "Parti Amanah Negara [AMANAH] / Parti Pekerja-Pekerja Malaysia", "name_english": "National Trust Party / Malaysia Workers' Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1978, "year_last": "", "share": 5.4, "share_year": 2018, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_Party_(Malaysia)", "description": "January 1978, founded as Malaysian Workers' Party (PPPM)\n16 September 2015, re-branded as Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH)", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5599, "name_short": "PBB", "name": "Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu", "name_english": "United Bumiputera Heritage Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1973, "year_last": "", "share": 5.2, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Pesaka_Bumiputera_Bersatu", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7892, "name_short": "PEKEMAS", "name": "Parti Keadilan Masyarakat Malaysia", "name_english": "Malaysian Social Justice Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1972, "year_last": 1982, "share": 5, "share_year": 1974, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Social_Justice_Party", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8020, "name_short": "PBDS", "name": "Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak", "name_english": "Sarawak Native People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1983, "year_last": 2004, "share": 2.8, "share_year": 1986, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Bansa_Dayak_Sarawak", "description": "5 of 177 seats in 1986", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8027, "name_short": "PRS", "name": "Parti Rakyat Sarawak", "name_english": "Sarawak Peoples' Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2004, "year_last": "", "share": 2.7, "share_year": 2008, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Rakyat_Sarawak", "description": "6 of 222 seats in 2008 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4743, "name_short": "MIC", "name": "Malaysian Indian Congress", "name_english": "Malaysian Indian Congress", "name_other": "Tamil: மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ்", "year_first": 1946, "year_last": "", "share": 2.6, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Indian_Congress", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7092, "name_short": "PBS", "name": "Parti Bersatu Sabah", "name_english": "United Sabah Party", 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{ "partyfacts_id": 8024, "name_short": "UPKO", "name": "Pertubuhan Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Bersatu", "name_english": "United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1994, "year_last": "", "share": 1.6, "share_year": 1999, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Pasokmomogun_Kadazandusun_Murut_Organisation", "description": "3 of 193 seats in 1999 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8016, "name_short": "SCA", "name": "Persatuan Cina Sarawak", "name_english": "Sarawak Chinese Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1962, "year_last": 1973, "share": 1.4, "share_year": 1969, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_Chinese_Association", "description": "2 of 144 seats in 1969 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8022, "name_short": "SAPP", "name": "Parti Progresif Sabah", "name_english": "Sabah Progressive Party", "name_other": 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"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Malaysia)", "description": "1 of 192 seats in 1995 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8025, "name_short": "PBRS", "name": "Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah", "name_english": "United Sabah People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1994, "year_last": "", "share": 0.5, "share_year": 2005, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Bersatu_Rakyat_Sabah", "description": "1 of 219 seats in 2004 Malaysian general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Malaysia — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Malaysia from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 38 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Malaysia — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Malaysia — Political Parties dataset with 38 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 38 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }