Voter Demographics

Malaysia's registered voters by ethnicity, sex and age band, from the anonymised voter rolls. Arrows show the change in share since GE14 (2018) — the Undi18 reform expanded the electorate dramatically for GE15.

GE15 (2022)

21.2M

registered voters

GE14 (2018)

14.9M

GE13 (2013)

13.3M

Growth 14→15

+42%

+6.2M

National — GE15 (2022)

By ethnicity

Hover a bar for count, share & change vs GE14.

By sex

Hover a bar for count, share & change vs GE14.

By age band

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By state

Johor2.62M

Largest group: Malay (53%)

Kedah1.58M

Largest group: Malay (77%)

Kelantan1.40M

Largest group: Malay (94%)

Melaka0.66M

Largest group: Malay (61%)

Negeri Sembilan0.85M

Largest group: Malay (56%)

Pahang1.14M

Largest group: Malay (71%)

Perak2.04M

Largest group: Malay (51%)

Perlis0.20M

Largest group: Malay (85%)

Pulau Pinang1.23M

Largest group: Chinese (49%)

Sabah1.69M

Largest group: Bajau (16%)

Sarawak1.94M

Largest group: Iban (29%)

Selangor3.68M

Largest group: Malay (51%)

Terengganu0.92M

Largest group: Malay (96%)

Source: anonymised voter rolls — ElectionData.MY (CC0), from SPR. Browse the raw datasets in the Database.