1996 United Malays National Organisation leadership election

1996 United Malays National Organisation leadership election

10 October 1996

Candidate Mahathir Mohamad Popular vote won uncontested

President of UMNO before election Mahathir Mohamad President of UMNO Mahathir Mohamad

A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 10 October 1996. It was won by incumbent Prime Minister and President of UMNO, Mahathir Mohamad.

Supreme Council election results

Source

Permanent Chairman

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Sulaiman Ninam Shah	1,498 votes
Abdul Raman Suliman	359 votes

Deputy Permanent Chairman

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Shoib Ahmad	1,357 votes
Azman Attar Othman	400 votes
Idris Ibrahim	100 votes

President

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Mahathir Mohamad	won uncontested

Deputy President

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Anwar Ibrahim	won uncontested

Vice Presidents

Candidate	Delegates' votes (max. 3)	Division nominated
Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak	1,483 votes
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	1,053 votes
Muhammad Muhammad Taib	1,045 votes
Ramli Ngah Talib	696 votes
Syed Hamid Albar	653 votes
Muhyiddin Yassin	545 votes
Yob Tajuddin Kulub Ismail	111 votes

Supreme Council Members

Candidate	Delegates' votes (max. 25)	Division nominated
Abdul Hamid Othman	1,517 votes
Abdul Ghani Othman	1,486 votes
Mustapa Mohamed	1,484 votes
Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam	1,428 votes
Mohd Zin Abdul Ghani	1,382 votes
Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor	1,354 votes
Mohd Khalil Yaakob	1,266 votes
Affifudin Omar	1,222 votes
Shahidan Kassim	1,178 votes
Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali	1,172 votes
Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir	1,153 votes
Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	1,152 votes
Ibrahim Saad	1,148 votes
Hasan Arifin	1,118 votes
Osu Sukam	1,104 votes
Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman	1,056 votes
Suleiman Mohamed	1,021 votes
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz	1,018 votes
Mohd Shafie Apdal	1,005 votes
Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunus	984 votes
Megat Junid Megat Ayub	976 votes
Zaleha Ismail	960 votes
Salleh Said Keruak	954 votes
Abu Hassan Omar	954 votes
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	915 votes
Ibrahim Ali	889 votes
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor	886 votes
Sabbaruddin Chik	864 votes
Tengku Mahmud Mansor	836 votes
Railey Jeffrey	741 votes
Kamal Salleh	713 votes
Napsiah Omar	673 votes
Badruddin Amiruldin	658 votes
Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar	651 votes
Mohd Radzi Manan	650 votes
Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan	619 votes
Abdul Khalid Ibrahim	541 votes
Hanifah Noordin	513 votes
Fauzi Abdul Rahman	502 votes
Abdul Hamid Pawanteh	487 votes
Othman Abdul	465 votes
Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad	463 votes
Ishak Ismail	450 votes
Zainal Abidin Ab. Kadir	350 votes
Ahmad Shahibuddin Mohd Noor	335 votes
Abu Bakar Daud	298 votes
Azrat Gull Amirzat Gull	242 votes
Mohd Idris Tulis	212 votes
Baharom Abdul Ghani	211 votes
Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan	200 votes
Syed Abdullah Syed Mahusin	198 votes
Mohamed Kamal Hussain	159 votes
Zainol Abidin Johari	111 votes
Edward Sinsua	94 votes
Alias Mohamed	82 votes

See also

• 1999 Malaysian general election
• Fifth Mahathir cabinet