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Major Parties

For the purposes of this list, major parties denote coalitions and parties that have representation in the Parliament of Malaysia or the state Legislative Assemblies, or have participated in elections within the last 10 years.

Name in English	Name in Malay	Acronym	Founded
National Front United Malays National Organisation * Malaysian Chinese Association Malaysian Indian Congress Malaysian People's Movement Party People's Progressive Party United Bumiputera Heritage Party Sarawak United People's Party Sabah United Party ** Liberal Democratic Party United Sabah People's Party United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party Sarawak People's Party	Barisan Nasional Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu Persatuan Cina Malaysia Kongres India Malaysia Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak Parti Bersatu Sabah Parti Liberal Demokratik Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Bersatu Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak Parti Rakyat Sarawak	BN UMNO MCA MIC GERAKAN PPP PBB SUPP PBS LDP PBRS UPKO SPDP PRS	1973 1988 1949 1946 1968 1953 1973 1959 1985 1988 1994 1994 2002 2004
People's Pact People's Justice Party Democratic Action Party Islamic Party of Malaysia ***	Pakatan Rakyat Parti Keadilan Rakyat Parti Tindakan Demokratik Parti Islam Se-Malaysia	PR PKR DAP PAS	2008 2003 1966 1955
Malaysian People's Party	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	PRM	1955
Sarawak National Party ****	Parti Kebangsaan Sarawak	SNAP	1961
Socialist Party of Malaysia	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	PSM	1998
Malaysian Democratic Party	Parti Demokratik Malaysia	MDP	1998
Sabah Progressive Party	Parti Maju Sabah	SAPP	1994

*	UMNO, which was originally founded in 1946 was deregistered in 1988 and the Prime Minister of Malaysia formed a new party known as United Malays National Organisation (Baru) on February 16, 1988. The term "Baru" or "New" was removed by a constitutional amendment on July of the same year.
**	The United Sabah Party (Parti Bersatu Sabah) was a member of Barisan Nasional from its establishment until its withdrawal from the coalition in 1990. The party rejoined the coalition in 2002.
***	The Malaysian Islamic Party entered into a coalition with the former Alliance Party in 1972 and subsequently joined the Barisan Nasional coalition when it was founded in 1974. It withdrew from the coalition in 1977.
****	The Sarawak National Party joined Perikatan in 1963 but was expelled in 1965, rejoined again the new Barisan Nasional coalition in 1976 but was expelled again from the coalition in 2004. SNAP joined Pakatan Rakyat on 20 April 2010. SNAP quits Pakatan Rakyat on 6 May 2011.

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