History: GE 12 Election Results *updated*

The history of the GE 12 contest on 308 as follows:

With 222 parliament seats up for grabs in 2008, BN managed to win 140 seats as compared to the Pakatan Rakyat winning a historic 82 seats. The denial of the 2/3 majority came with a shock as BN has never lost the 2/3 majority in the parliament which comes with the ability to amend constitution of the country, amend electoral boundaries, etc.

The ability to amend the electoral boundaries is considered important as major revamps of the boundaries where conducted after each election to ensure that gerrymandering of certain seats to allow bigger victories following slight reversals of the previous elections. It is a powerful tool that BN has enjoyed over the years until the events of 308.

This is the FIRST election (as far as I know) ever since the independence of this country that BN has no power to effect any significant changes to electoral boundaries to enhance their already lopsided advantage to win more seats.

More shocking is the loss of 4 states namely Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor in addition to retaining Kelantan by the Pakatan Rakyat shook the country to its core that for the first time there are 5 states under the administration of Pakatan Rakyat. 

BN only won 303 of the 505 state seats while Pakatan took 200 and 2 independent candidates won their respective seats. The fall of Selangor was particularly painful as it was the richest state and also the economic powerhouse of the country. Penang saw the destruction of Gerakan and the loss of Kedah, the homestate of former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir was a slap in the face of UMNO.

However, Perak soon was recaptured by BN through the defections of 3 of its assemblymen (although one defected briefly from UMNO to PKR then returning to UMNO). 

For more info on who are the representatives of the Parliament for the period 2008 to 2013:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_Dewan_Rakyat,_12th_Malaysian_Parliament