KUALA LUMPER: Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamed’s ruling multi-racial coalition has won a full mandate for another five year term after a trouble-free weekend general election.
The election commission said today his 13-party national front had won 148 of the 177 parliamentary seats and he himself was returned by a 15,000 vote margin.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 8, 1986