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{{Short description|Malaysian political party}}
{{For|other parties of the same name|Democratic Action Party (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Democratic Action Party
| native_name      = {{ublist
 | {{native name|ms|Parti Tindakan Demokratik|italics=no}}
 | {{nobold|{{native name|zh|民主行动党|italics=no}}}}
 | {{nobold|{{lang|zh-Latn|Mínzhǔ Xíngdòng Dǎng}}}}
 | {{nobold|{{native name|ta|ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி|italics=no}}}}
 | {{nobold|{{lang|ta-Latn|Jaṉanāyaka Ceyal Kaṭci}}}}
}}
| logo             = Democratic Action Party Logo.svg
| logo_size        = 75
| abbreviation     = DAP
| country          = Malaysia
| founders         = {{ubl|[[Chen Man Hin]]|[[Devan Nair]]}}
| leader1_title    = National Chairman
| leader1_name     = [[Gobind Singh Deo]]
| leader2_title    = National Deputy Chairman
| leader2_name     = [[Nga Kor Ming]]
| leader3_title    = National Vice-Chairman
| leader3_name     = {{ubl|[[Chong Chieng Jen]]|[[Teo Nie Ching]]|[[Ng Suee Lim]]|[[Syahredzan Johan]]|[[Arul Kumar Jambunathan]]}}
| leader4_title    = Secretary-General
| leader4_name     = [[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]]
| leader5_title    = Deputy Secretary-General
| leader5_name     = {{ubl|[[Steven Sim Chee Keong]]|[[Hannah Yeoh]]|[[Ramkarpal Singh]]}}
| membership_year  = 
| membership       = 173,000 (2019)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/iseas-perspective/2021-118-malaysias-democratic-action-party-dap-background-and-inner-workings-by-francis-e-hutchinson-and-kevin-zhang/|title=2021/118 “Malaysia’s Democratic Action Party (DAP): Background and Inner Workings” by Francis E. Hutchinson and Kevin Zhang|date=7 September 2021|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref>
| founded          = {{start date and age|df=yes|1965|10|11}}
| legalised        = {{start date and age|df=yes|1966|03|18}}
| predecessor      = People's Action Party of Malaya
| headquarters     = Jalan Yew, 55100 [[Kuala Lumpur]]
| newspaper        = [[The Rocket (Malaysian magazine)|The Rocket]] <br/> ''RoketKini''
| student_wing     = Mahasiswa Roket
| youth_wing       = [http://www.dapsy.org/ DAP Socialist Youth]
| ideology         = {{unbulletedlist
 | [[Progressivism]]
 | [[Social democracy]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.kas.de/wf/en/33.34966/|title=Political Awakening in Malaysia|author=Jan Senkyr|journal=KAS International Reports|issue=7|year=2013|page=75}}</ref>
 | [[Multiculturalism]]<ref name="Senkyr">{{Citation |first=Jan |last=Senkyr |title=Political Awakening in Malaysia |journal=KAS International Reports |issue=7 |year=2013 |page=75}}</ref>
 | [[Secularism]]
}}
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name="Derbyshire1990">{{cite book|author1=J Denis Derbyshire |author2=Ian Derbyshire|title=Political Systems Of The World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DIkWJ3psB2gC&pg=PA118|year=1990|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-307-7|page=118}}</ref>
| national         = [[Pakatan Harapan]]<br />(since 2015){{refn|group=nb|The party was formerly part of the [[Malaysian Solidarity Convention]] (1965–1966), [[Gagasan Rakyat]] (1990–1996), [[Barisan Alternatif]] (1999–2004) and [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (2008–2015).}}
| regional         = [[Network of Social Democracy in Asia]]
| international    = [[Progressive Alliance]] (since 2012){{refn|group=nb|The party was formerly part of [[Socialist International]] (1987–2017).}}
| split            = [[People's Action Party]] ([[Singapore]])
| colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Action Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red]] <br /> {{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} [[White]] <br /> {{Color box|#155FA9|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]<!-- or: | colors = -->
| colorcode        = {{party color|Democratic Action Party}}
| slogan           = ''[[Malaysian Malaysia]]'' <br/> ''Malaysian First''
| anthem           = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PNF0Vqv1dI ''Berjuang Untuk Rakyat Malaysia!<br />(Fighting for the Malaysian People!)'']
| seats1_title     = [[Dewan Negara]]:
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|6|70|hex={{party color|Democratic Action Party}}}}      <!-- {{Infobox political party/seats|seats_won|total_seats|hex=#ff0000}} -->
| seats2_title     = [[Dewan Rakyat]]:
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|40|222|hex={{party color|Democratic Action Party}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Dewan Undangan Negeri]]:
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|86|611|hex={{party color|Democratic Action Party}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Chief ministers in Malaysia|Chief minister of states]]
| seats4           = {{composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Democratic Action Party}}}}
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| flag             = [[File:Democratic Action Party Flag.svg|border|150px]]
| website          = {{URL|http://www.dapmalaysia.org/}}
| footnotes        = 
}}
{{Politics of Malaysia}}

The '''Democratic Action Party''' ('''DAP'''; {{langx|ms|Parti Tindakan Demokratik}}) is a [[social democracy|social democratic]] and [[Secularism|secular]] [[political party]] in [[Malaysia]], sitting on the [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] of the political spectrum.<ref name="DAP leadership">{{cite web|url=http://www.dapmalaysia.org/newenglish/au_l_n.htm|title=About Us: Leadership|publisher=Democratic Action Party|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612212743/http://dapmalaysia.org/newenglish/au_l_n.htm|archive-date=12 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> As one of four component parties of the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) coalition, it formed the federal government after defeating [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) in the [[2018 Malaysian general election]], ending the party's 53 year-long stay in the opposition. However, before the coalition finished its first term, defections from partnering parties caused it to lose power after 22 months, culminating in the [[2020 Malaysian political crisis]]. At the [[2022 Malaysian general election]], the PH coalition which the DAP was part of was returned to power again, albeit without a majority, leading it to form a [[Anwar Ibrahim cabinet|unity coalition government]] with its traditional political rivals.

The DAP was founded in 1965 by Malaya–based members of the [[Singapore]]an [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), [[Chen Man Hin]] and [[Devan Nair]], shortly after [[independence of Singapore|Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia]]. Singapore's expulsion was in part due to intense [[PAP–UMNO relations|ideological differences]] between the PAP and the federal government, led by the [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO). The UMNO which favoured the idea of ''[[Ketuanan Melayu]]'' and [[Early Malay nationalism|Malay nationalism]] for the country. In contrast, the PAP favoured a more [[egalitarian]] and [[civic nationalist]] [[Malaysian Malaysia]], which the DAP would continue to espouse. Following the expulsion, the PAP was elected as the ruling government of a newly sovereign Singapore and would continue to operate on a platform of civic nationalism. However, unlike the DAP, the PAP became more [[conservative]] and moved towards the [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]].

Historically a [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] party, the DAP draws much of its support from [[Progressivism|progressive]] voters with a stable electorate from voters of [[City|cities]], [[Coast|coastal regions]], the [[middle class]], and the [[working class]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-12|title=Can Malaysia's DAP capture the Muslim and non-Chinese vote?|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3133110/can-malaysias-dap-capture-muslim-and-non-chinese-vote-anthony|access-date=2021-11-26|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-09-07|title=2021/118 "Malaysia's Democratic Action Party (DAP): Background and Inner Workings" by Francis E. Hutchinson and Kevin Zhang|url=https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/iseas-perspective/2021-118-malaysias-democratic-action-party-dap-background-and-inner-workings-by-francis-e-hutchinson-and-kevin-zhang/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute|language=en-US}}</ref> The party's strongholds are primarily in the [[List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population|urban and semi-urban areas]] of [[Penang]], [[Perak]], [[Selangor]], [[Negeri Sembilan]], [[Johor]], [[Malacca]] and the Federal Territory of [[Kuala Lumpur]].<ref name=":0" /> In the [[Malaysian general election, 2018|2018 Malaysian general election]], the party contested in 47 federal and 104 state [[List of Malaysian electoral districts|constituencies]] under the banner of its ally the [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]],{{refn|group=nb|The party contested under the banner of the People's Justice Party as Pakatan Harapan was yet to be officially registered by the government, meaning its logo could not be used.}} winning 42 and 102 seats respectively, except in Sarawak, where the party's state branch chose to contest under its own banner.

== History ==
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[[File: Anthony Loke 2019.png|right|thumb|200px|Anthony Loke Siew Fook, Member of Parliament for Seremban and Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Chennah, has served as the 6th Secretary-General, the most powerful position of the party since March 2022.]]

=== Formation by ex-PAP members ===
The party is the direct successor of the [[Peninsular Malaya]]n branch of the [[Singapore]]–based [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), which was then known as the '''People's Action Party of Malaya (PAP–M)'''. [[Singapore in Malaysia|Singapore's expulsion]] from Malaysia led to its deregistration in 1965 by the Registrar of Societies (RoS).<ref name="History">Goh, Cheng Teik (1994). Malaysia: Beyond Communal Politics, p. 51. Pelanduk Publications. {{ISBN|967-978-475-4}}.</ref> The deregistered party's leadership consisted of [[Devan Nair]] (secretary-general), [[Chen Man Hin]] (chairman), D. P. Xavier (assistant secretary-general), [[Goh Hock Guan]] (vice-chairman) and Seeveratnam Sinnathamby (treasurer), who was the younger brother of Singapore minister [[S. Rajaratnam]], with Zain Azahari bin Zainal Abidin, Chin Chan Sung, Michael Khong Chye Huat, Tan Chong Bee and Too Chee Cheong as committee members.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 1965 |title=The 4 reasons why PAP Malaya should not be struck off |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19650905-1.2.17.30?ST=1 |access-date=24 May 2018 |work=The Straits Times |publisher=National Library Board |page=7}}</ref>

On 11 October that year, the name "Democratic Action Party (DAP)" was chosen and officially formed by the remnants of the PAP–M.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Chew |first=Huat Hock |date=1980 |journal=[[The Australian National University]]|title=The Democratic Action Party in post-1969 Malaysian politics : the strategy of a determined opposition |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/128740 |language=en |doi=10.25911/5d7396292f6f4|hdl=1885/128740 }}</ref> However, the registration of the party was delayed to 18 March 1966 while the ruling [[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance Party]] laid out new conditions for the registration of political parties in the [[Societies Act 1966]]. While awaiting the party's registration, party chairman Chen Man Hin won the state constituency of Rahang, Negeri Sembilan as an independent in [[1965 Rahang by-election|December 1965]].<ref name=":2" /> In August that year, the official party organ, ''The Rocket'', was first published.

The party adopted the "Setapak Declaration" at the first DAP National Congress held on 29 July 1967, declaring itself "irrevocably committed to the ideal of a free, democratic and socialist Malaysia, based on the principles of racial and religious equality, social and economic justice and founded on the institution of [[parliamentary democracy]]", and later joined the [[Socialist International]] (SI), participating in the organisation's International Council in [[Zurich, Switzerland]].<ref name="pilihanraya">{{cite web |title=DAP Details |url=http://www.pilihanraya.com.my/English/DAP.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810235329/http://www.pilihanraya.com.my/english/DAP.asp |archive-date=10 August 2010 |access-date=7 November 2005 |publisher=11th General Election of Malaysia}}</ref>

=== Early years, 1969 election and crackdown ===
In 1967, the party was involved in discussions to form a united front of opposition parties against the Alliance coalition ahead of the [[1969 Malaysian general election|1969 general election]], although these efforts were eventually unsuccessful.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-04-18 |title=Opposition parties plan summit |pages=7 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19670418-1.2.55 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-11-17 |title=Leaders to talk on big united front today |pages=24 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19671117-1.2.132 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> In March 1968, the party reached an agreement with the [[People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) not to contest against each other in the state of [[Perak]] for the upcoming general election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-03-18 |title=DAP and PPP 'no contest' pact in six places |pages=4 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19680318-1.2.25 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> The DAP attempted to achieve a similar arrangement with the [[United Democratic Party (Malaysia)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP), whose base was in [[Penang]], but its leader [[Lim Chong Eu]] rejected the proposal and sarcastically thanked DAP secretary general [[Goh Hock Guan]] for "his very smug condescension."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-04-14 |title=DAP gets a firm 'no' from Dr. Lim |pages=18 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19680404-1.2.121 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> Later that same month, the newly formed [[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia]] (Gerakan) led by [[Syed Hussein Alatas]] suggested that the DAP merge into the new party, an offer that was declined.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-03-29 |title=Devan: Why we won't merge with new party |pages=5 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19680329-1.2.24 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> 

[[Devan Nair]], the co-founder of the DAP, returned to [[Singapore]] in 1969 after being withdrawn as a candidate for the general election that year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-04-24 |title='Stop those insinuations about S'pore, says Dr. Chen |pages=7 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19690424-1.2.42 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> [[Lee Kuan Yew]], at the time the [[Prime Minister of Singapore]], explained in 1981 that "the Cabinet decided that [[Singapore–Malaysia relations]] would always be bedevilled if Devan Nair remained a DAP leader. I persuaded him to come back". Nair eventually became the [[President of Singapore]] from 1981 to 1985.<ref>{{cite web |title=Speech by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew moving the motion on the election of Mr Chengara Veetil Devan Nair as President of the Republic of Singapore on 23 October 1981 at Parliament |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/lky19811023.pdf |access-date=24 May 2018 |work=Government of Singapore |publisher=National Archives of Singapore |page=4}}</ref> Eventually, the DAP contested a general election for the first time in 1969 together with both the PPP and Gerakan in an electoral pact but under separate banners.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-02-22 |title=DAP and GRM announce pact to contest the General Election |pages=1 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19690222-1.2.8 |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> In its campaign, the party opposed ''[[Bumiputera (Malaysia)|Bumiputera]]'' privileges guaranteed under [[Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia|Article 153 of the Constitution]] and continued Lee Kuan Yew's call for a "[[Malaysian Malaysia]]", which irked many Malay [[Ultra (Malaysia)|ultras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/lky19650606.pdf|title=Text of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's speech at the Malaysian Solidarity Convention at the National Theatre on 6th June 1965|work=Government of Singapore|publisher=National Archives of Singapore|access-date=24 May 2018|page=3|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425085720/http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/lky19650606.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-01-26 |title=DAP warns of the change to come |pages=5 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19690126-1.2.32?qt=dap&q=DAP |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> The "Malaysian Malaysia" idea was originally conveyed by Lee in the [[Dewan Rakyat]] prior to Singapore's expulsion: "Malaysia – to whom does it belong? To Malaysians. But who are Malaysians? I hope I am, Mr Speaker, Sir. But sometimes, sitting in this chamber, I doubt whether I am allowed to be a Malaysian".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffooi.com/archives/2005/11/i_went_into_act.php|title=Perils of the sitting duck|author=Jeff Ooi|publisher=JeffOoi.com|date=6 November 2005|access-date=11 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228132802/http://www.jeffooi.com/archives/2005/11/i_went_into_act.php|archive-date=28 December 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Alex Josey|title=Lee Kuan Yew: The Crucial Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ-JAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|date=15 February 2013|publisher=Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd|isbn=978-981-4435-49-9|pages=84–}}</ref>

The election results of 1969 saw the DAP winning 13 [[Parliament of Malaysia|parliamentary]] seats and 31 state assembly seats, securing 11.96% of the valid votes cast. Gerakan also made significant gains, campaigning on a similar platform in [[Penang]] in which the ''Bumiputeras'' had made up a minority of the state. That election represented the largest breakthrough for an opposition party in Malaysia prior to [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]] and came close to unseating the ruling [[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance]]. However, political rallies that followed triggered racial violence particularly between the [[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]] and the [[Malaysian Malays|Malays]], resulting in the [[13 May incident]] which saw hundreds of deaths. [[Parliament of Malaysia|Parliament]] was suspended, and the [[National Operations Council]] (NOC) was established to govern the country until 1971.<ref>Goh, pp. 19, 39.</ref> When Parliament reconvened, the ruling Alliance passed new laws such as the [[Sedition Act (Malaysia)|Sedition Act]], which criminalised any attempt to challenge constitutional provisions relating to ''Bumiputera'' privileges, including Article 153. The DAP and the PPP were the only parties that opposed the Act, which was passed by 125 votes to 17.<ref>Means, Gordon P. (1991). ''Malaysian Politics: The Second Generation'', pp. 14, 15. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-588988-6}}.</ref> After the 1969 general election, the DAP would never come close to repeating its past successes for the next 38 years. Although the DAP remained a major opposition party, the ruling Alliance coalition and later its successor [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) would clung solidly to its two-thirds parliamentary majority. The DAP, however, continued campaigning on its platform of abolishing the ''Bumiputera'' privileges, securing equal rights for all Malaysians and to establishing a [[democratic socialist]] state in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lars Willnat|author2=Annette Aw|title=Political Communication in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aqTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT197|date=23 March 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-89510-5|pages=197–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ooi Keat Gin|title=Historical Dictionary of Malaysia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEdADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131|date=18 December 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-5381-0885-7|pages=131–}}</ref>

=== 1970–2007 ===
The party boycotted the National Consultative Council, a body formed in the aftermath of the 1969 racial riots to "establish positive and practical guidelines for inter-racial co-operation and social integration", in protest of the government's continued detention of its secretary-general, [[Lim Kit Siang]], under the Internal Security Act.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-23 |title=Revisiting the National Consultative Council |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/356653 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Malaysiakini}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-01-12 |title=Tun hits out at DAP over boycott of NCC |pages=8 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700112-1.2.64 |access-date=2023-11-08}}</ref>

In 1978, the party experienced a split when founding member and Penang state chairman [[Yeap Ghim Guan]] left and formed the [[Social Democratic Party (Malaysia)|Socialist Democratic Party]] after attempts by the national leadership to take over the party's state leadership. Yeap was joined by the entire state committee and member of parliament for [[Petaling (federal constituency)|Petaling]] Oh Keng Seng. They were later joined by party stalwart [[Fan Yew Teng]], who had served as acting secretary-general while Lim was detained under the Internal Security Act<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fan Yew Teng – ZeitZug.com - Literarische Online-Sammlung |url=https://www.zeitzug.com/index.php/component/content/article.html?id=973:fan-yew-teng&catid=110:timetrain |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.zeitzug.com}}</ref> and was the member of parliament for [[Menglembu (federal constituency)|Menglembu]]. Those who had left the party all labelled Lim's leadership as "dictatorial".<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kassim |first=Ismail |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwX121HjHJ4C&q=Fan+Yew+Teng+Social+Democratic+Party+SDP&pg=PA35 |title=The Politics of Accommodation: An Analysis of the 1978 Malaysian General Election |date=2018-06-11 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian |language=en}}</ref>

The party suffered more defections in the lead-up to the [[1978 Malaysian general election]], when one of its most prominent Malay members, Daing Ibrahim Othman, left the party in protest of the leadership's decision to move him to another constituency, which was followed by a number of resignations in Negeri Sembilan for similar reasons.<ref name=":1" />

During the [[Mahathir Muhammad|Mahathir]] administration in 1987, several DAP leaders, including Parliamentary Opposition Leader [[Lim Kit Siang]], were detained by the government without trial during [[Operation Lalang]], under the accusation of being a national security threat. It is widely believed they were arrested for protesting the expansion of the [[Malaysian New Economic Policy|New Economic Policy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/2005/sep05/lks3643.htm|title=Hisham – gonna say sorry for UMNO Youth keris episodes?|author=[[Lim Kit Siang]]|publisher=LimKitSiang.com|date=6 September 2005|access-date=11 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218093046/http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/2005/sep05/lks3643.htm|archive-date=18 December 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1995, the party ran what has become widely known as the "Robocop" campaign to wrest Penang from the [[Barisan Nasional]], led by [[Teoh Teik Huat]] and Gooi Hock Seng. Despite the hype, the campaign was a failure as the party only won one state and three parliamentary seats. Government personalities and state media used the campaign to ridicule Lim for being a "robot" and "soulless".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/11537|title=Ex-DAP leader assumes Keadilan post, urges opposition unity|author=Susan Loone|publisher=Malaysiakini|date=23 May 2002|access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref>

Following the ousting of Deputy Prime Minister [[Anwar Ibrahim]] in September 1998, DAP co-founded the [[Barisan Alternatif]] coalition along with [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] and the newly formed [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]]. However, the coalition did not work out very well for the DAP, with two of its top leaders, [[Lim Kit Siang]] and [[Karpal Singh]] losing their Parliamentary seats in the [[Malaysian general election, 1999|1999 election]]; the DAP managed to win only 5% (10 out of 193) of the seats in Parliament. PAS became the leading opposition party in Parliament. It left the coalition in 2001 due to a disagreement with PAS over the issue of an [[Islamic state]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/AL10Ae02.html|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120211034419/http://atimes.com/se-asia/AL10Ae02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=11 February 2012|title=A wake-up call for ho-hum Malaysian politics|author=Anil Netto|publisher=Asia Times|date=10 December 1999|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysia-today.net/MMblues/2005_06_06_MT_MMblues_archive.htm|title=The crossroads for PAS: whereto from here?|author=[[Raja Petra Kamaruddin]]|publisher=Malaysia Today|date=6 June 2005|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218114635/http://www.malaysia-today.net/MMblues/2005_06_06_MT_MMblues_archive.htm|archive-date=18 February 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=May 2018}}

In the [[Malaysian general election, 2004|2004 general election]], the DAP managed to capture 12 seats in Parliament, while PAS and Keadilan suffered major setbacks, with PAS losing 20 of the 27 seats it had held after the 1999 elections, and Keadilan lost all seats except one returned after a recount. The eventual outcome saw Lim Kit Siang, who had been elected in his constituency of Ipoh Timur with a majority of 10,000 votes, formally elected as the leader of the opposition in Parliament, a post he had lost to the president of PAS in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/election2004/results/results.html|title=Malaysia Election 2004|work=The Star|date=5 April 2004|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112215851/http://thestar.com.my/election2004/results/results.html|archive-date=12 November 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[Sarawak state election, 2006|2006 Sarawak state election]], the Democratic Action Party won 6 of the 12 seats it contested and narrowly lost three other seats with small majorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|access-date=18 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).</ref> Up til then it was the party's best showing ever in the history of [[Sarawak]]'s state elections since 1979.

=== 2008–2015 ===
[[Pakatan Rakyat]] was formed in 2008 by DAP, PKR and PAS. In the [[Malaysian general election, 2008|2008 general election]], the DAP won 13% (28 out of 222) of the seats in the [[Dewan Rakyat]], with PAS and PKR making substantial gains as well with 23 seats and 31 seats respectively. In total, the taking of 82 seats (37%) by the opposition to Barisan Nasional's 140 seats (63%), makes it the best performance in Malaysian history by the opposition, and denied Barisan Nasional the two-thirds majority required to make constitutional changes in the Dewan Rakyat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/results/results.html|title=MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results|work=The Star|access-date=10 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409214419/http://thestar.com.my/election/results/results.html|archive-date=9 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> DAP advisor [[Lim Kit Siang]] expressed surprise at the election results but declared it to be the true power of the voice of the Malaysian people for the leaders of the country to hear them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/9/election2008/20080309161402&sec=election2008|title=DAP leaders also surprised|author1=M. Mageswari|author2=Loh Foon Fong|work=The Star|date=9 March 2008|access-date=9 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215120857/http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F3%2F9%2Felection2008%2F20080309161402&sec=election2008|archive-date=15 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, DAP, having secured all its contested seats in the state of Penang, formed the Penang state government with its alliance partners PKR and PAS, the Chief Minister being DAP's [[Lim Guan Eng]], son of [[Lim Kit Siang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Frontpage/20080308210430/Article/index_html|title=Election 2008 Results: Lim Guan Eng is next Penang CM, promises fair & just administration|publisher=New Straits Times|access-date=12 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312230510/http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Frontpage/20080308210430/Article/index_html|archive-date=12 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[Sarawak state election, 2011|2011 Sarawak state election]], DAP furthered its gains from the previous election, winning 12 out of the 70 state assembly seats, with PR winning a total of 15 state seats and 41% of the popular vote. The PR's success was further enhanced in the [[Malaysian general election, 2013|2013 general election]] when DAP went on to win 17% (38 out of 222) of the seats in the Dewan Rakyat and the PR coalition won the popular vote, giving the BN government its worst election showing since independence. In 2015, the PR alliance broke up after a PAS Muktamar (General Assembly) motion unanimously approved the breaking of ties with DAP due to disagreements over PAS's decision to propose a [[private member's bill]] to implement "hudud" (Islamic penal code).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/pas-dap-ties-no-more-syura-council-confirms-final-decision|title=PAS-DAP ties no more, Syura Council confirms in final decision|work=The Malay Mail|publisher=Today Online|date=11 July 2015|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524080241/https://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/pas-dap-ties-no-more-syura-council-confirms-final-decision|archive-date=24 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following PAS's decision to cut ties with DAP, DAP announced that PR had "ceased to exist".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-s-opposition-pakatan-rakyat-alliance-ceases-to-exist-da-8277608|title=Malaysia's opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance ceases to exist: DAP|author=Sumisha Naidu|publisher=Channel NewsAsia|date=16 June 2015|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524151822/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-s-opposition-pakatan-rakyat-alliance-ceases-to-exist-da-8277608|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2017/03/31/dap-declares-pakatan-rakyat-ceases-to-exist/|title=DAP declares Pakatan Rakyat ceases to exist|publisher=The Malaysian Reserve|date=31 March 2017|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref>

At the DAP election in December 2012, Vincent Wu, who was initially declared to have secured the sixth spot with 1,202 votes, dropped to 26th place because he had actually secured only 669. [[Zairil Khir Johari]] was elected to the central executive committee (CEC) with 803 votes to secure the 20th spot. The glitch, reportedly because of a vote tabulation error due to the copy-and-paste method in [[Microsoft Excel]], had raised suspicion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/dap-cec-member-zairil-not-a-malay-1.201030|title=DAP CEC member Zairil not a Malay|author=Looi Sue-chern|publisher=New Straits Times|date=14 January 2013|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325040445/http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/dap-cec-member-zairil-not-a-malay-1.201030|archive-date=25 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The DAP admitted to the counting error after discovering the mistake. The DAP election fiasco had caused unease among party members and led to protests to the Registrar of Societies (RoS). Two dissatisfied life members of the DAP then lodged reports with the RoS on the party elections following the revelations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/01/14/two-dap-members-lodge-reports-with-ros-alleging-fraud-in-party-elections/|title=Two DAP members lodge reports with ROS, alleging fraud in party elections|work=Bernama|publisher=The Star|date=14 January 2013|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> Following the report the RoS had informed DAP of the dispute by its members and in turn as provided for under Section 3A of the Societies Act 1966 did recognise the office-bearers of the committee formed in the party elections on 15 December 2012, the point of contention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/04/18/dap-to-contest-under-pkr-pas-banners-if-ros-does-not-revoke-letter-derecognising-partys-cec/|title=DAP to contest under PKR, PAS banners if RoS does not revoke letter derecognising party's CEC|author=Regina Lee|work=The Star|date=18 April 2013|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref>

DAP chairperson [[Karpal Singh]] said DAP will contest under the PAS logo for the Peninsula and PKR logo in Sabah and Sarawak in the 13th general election, following the Registrar of Societies' (RoS) failure to respond on the withdrawal letter of RoS informing that it does not recognise the party's top leadership line-up. DAP had appealed to the RoS to withdraw its letter to suspend the party's existing central executive committee (CEC) but the department was silent on the matter.<ref name="rocket">{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/227304|title=Use rocket first during nomination, says Guan Eng|author1=Hafiz Yatim|author2=Susan Loone|publisher=Malaysiakini|date=19 April 2013|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref>

On 19 April 2013, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng informed all its 51 parliament and 103 state candidates to use the rocket symbol first during nomination tomorrow, and show the Election Commission the letter of authorisation signed by secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. If the rocket symbol is rejected, then use the letter of authorisation signed by PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali for Peninsula Malaysia and PKR letter of authorisation for Sabah and Sarawak. This came after the DAP decided to use PAS and PKR symbols for the coming general election on 5 May.<ref name="rocket"/> He said the DAP headquarters in [[Kuala Lumpur]] received a letter by hand from the RoS at 10 p.m. on 19 April, stating that it had no objections to the DAP using the logo, and that the Election Commission (EC) had informed all returning officers to accept nominations from the DAP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-gets-to-ride-the-rocket-for-ge13/|title=DAP gets to ride the rocket for GE13|author1=Opalyn Mok|author2=Emily Ding|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|date=20 April 2013|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423092413/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-gets-to-ride-the-rocket-for-ge13|archive-date=23 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 29 September 2013, DAP held a [[2013 Democratic Action Party leadership election|special congress]] to vote for a new Central Executive Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-29|title=Keputusan Pemilihan Semula CEC Kongres Khas DAP 2013|url=https://www.roketkini.com/2013/09/29/keputusan-pemilihan-semula-cec-kongres-khas-dap-2013/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=roketkini.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2015–2019 ===
On 22 September 2015, the [[Pakatan Harapan]] coalition was formed by DAP, PKR and the [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]] to succeed Pakatan Rakyat. In the [[Sarawak state election, 2016|2016 Sarawak state election]], the party lost its gains from the previous election, retaining only 7 of the 12 seats it had won in 2011, while Pakatan Harapan as whole won 10 state seats and 30.16% of the popular vote.

On 12 February 2017, [[Kota Melaka]] MP, [[Sim Tong Him]], along with three other DAP state assemblymen from [[Melaka]], Goh (Duyong), [[Lim Jack Wong]] (Bachang), and [[Chin Choong Seong]] (Kesidang), announced their resignation from the party, citing a lack of trust in the party's leadership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/kota-melaka-mp-three-state-reps-leave-dap|title=Kota Melaka MP, three state reps leave DAP|publisher=The Malay Mail|date=12 February 2017|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>

The party participated in the [[Malaysian general election, 2018|2018 general election]] as a part of Pakatan Harapan, now a four-member coalition with the addition of [[Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia]] (BERSATU). During the election, the coalition won 113 seats and was able to form the federal government after securing an alliance with the [[Sabah Heritage Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/04/352101/warisan-will-work-only-pakatan-harapan-ge14|title=Warisan will work only with Pakatan Harapan for GE14|author=Suzianah Jiffar|publisher=New Straits Times|date=2 April 2018|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/warisan-and-pakatan-harapan-team-up-in-sabah-for-malaysia-elections|title=Warisan and Pakatan Harapan team up in Sabah for Malaysia elections|publisher=The Straits Times|date=2 April 2018|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> The DAP won 42 seats of the 47 seats it contested, making it the second-largest party from Pakatan Harapan in the parliament's lower house behind PKR, which had won 47 seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=14th General Election [Results Overview]|work=The Star|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524082545/https://election.thestar.com.my/|archive-date=24 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party was given six ministerial portfolios and secured seven deputy minister positions in the [[Seventh Mahathir cabinet]], with then-secretary-general of the party Lim Guan Eng being appointed Minister of Finance, becoming the first person of Malaysian Chinese descent to hold the position in 44 years since [[Tan Siew Sin]] from the [[Malaysian Chinese Association]], who served in that capacity from 1959 until 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://says.com/my/news/lim-guan-eng-is-the-new-finance-minister|title=Lim Guan Eng Is Our New Finance Minister|author=Sadho Ram|publisher=Says.com|date=12 May 2018|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldofbuzz.com/lim-guan-eng-im-sorry-i-dont-consider-myself-chinese-im-malaysian/|title= Malaysia Lim Guan Eng: "I'm sorry, I don't consider myself Chinese. I'm Malaysian"|publisher=World of Buzz|date=12 May 2018|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> Other ministerial appointments included [[Loke Siew Fook]] as Minister of Transport, who eventually replaced [[Lim Kit Siang]] as DAP parliamentary leader on 11 July 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/07/389766/anthony-loke-new-dap-parliamentary-leader|title=Anthony Loke is new DAP parliamentary leader|date=11 July 2018}}</ref> [[Kulasegaran Murugeson]] as Minister of Human Resources, [[Yeo Bee Yin]] as Minister of Energy, [[Teresa Kok]] as Minister of Primary Industries, and [[Gobind Singh Deo]] as [[Minister of Communications (Malaysia)|Minister of Communications and Multimedia]].

===2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis===
{{main|2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis}}

On 24 February 2020, the DAP became the largest party in the Dewan Rakyat for the first time after 11 of the People's Justice Party's 50 MPs resigned during the political crisis. UMNO had also lost 16 of its 54 MPs over several months, mostly through defections to Bersatu. Though the political crisis resulted in the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government, it retained its 42 MPs. However, over the course of the crisis, a number of state assemblymen defected to opposing coalitions. On 9 March 2020, Paul Yong and A Sivasubramaniam left the party to join the new [[Perikatan Nasional]] state government in Perak.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2020/03/552678/tiga-adun-perak-isytihar-keluar-parti|title=Tiga ADUN Perak isytihar keluar parti|first=Balqis Jazimah|last=Zahari|date=9 March 2020|website=Harian Metro}}</ref> The next day on 10 March, DAP expelled Norhizam Hassan Baktee, assemblyman for Pengkalan Batu, over his support for the new Perikatan Nasional government in Melaka.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/dap-pecat-norhizam-hassan-baktee-233202| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200311001828/http://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/dap-pecat-norhizam-hassan-baktee-233202| archive-date = 2020-03-11| title = DAP pecat Norhizam Hassan Baktee {{!}} Astro Awani}}</ref> The party also expelled Sabah assemblyman Ronnie Loh for his support of Perikatan's attempt to replace Sabah state government led by [[Shafie Apdal]] and his Warisan Plus coalition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/07/30/dap-sacks-appointed-sabah-rep-who-backed-musas-takeover-bid/1889521|title=DAP sacks appointed Sabah rep who backed Musa's takeover bid &#124; Malay Mail|first=Sulok|last=Tawie|website=www.malaymail.com|date=30 July 2020 }}</ref>

Separately, the party's Sarawak vice-chairman and Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei resigned on 27 July 2020, claiming the party had deviated from its objectives and citing his disillusionment with party leadership. He continued to hold his seat as an independent until his term ended in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/07/27/sarawak-dap-vice-chief-quits-party-cites-disillusionment-with-leadership/1888376|title=Sarawak DAP vice-chief quits party, cites disillusionment with leadership &#124; Malay Mail|first=Sulok|last=Tawie|website=www.malaymail.com|date=27 July 2020 }}</ref>

== Ideology ==
=== Ethnic diversity ===
DAP was founded by [[Chen Man Hin]] and [[Devan Nair]], who were ethnic Chinese and Indian respectively. The majority of DAP's party membership is of ethnic Chinese and Indian heritage, with most elected positions within the party being held by Chinese members. While the party has fielded [[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]] candidates in every general election since 1969, only five had ever been elected by 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-08-03 |title=UMNO's Muhyiddin possesses neither class nor standard! |url=https://www.therocket.com.my/en/umno%e2%80%99s-muhyiddin-possesses-neither-class-nor-standard/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=The Rocket |language=en-US}}</ref> Of the five, two had been elected in 1969 as state legislative assemblymen, while the party's first Malay member of parliament was only elected in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dapmalaysia.org/all-archive/English/2003/mar03/bul/bul1981.htm|title=Ahmad Nor – a far-sighted and visionary leader|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-04-24 |title=DAP cadang 10 calon Melayu, paling ramai sejak 1966 |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/2018/04/24/dap-cadang-10-calon-melayu-paling-ramai-sejak-1966/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Free Malaysia Today |language=en-US}}</ref> The DAP also only gained its first native Sabahan ([[Kadazandusun]]) legislator in 2013, [[Edwin Jack Bosi]], who sat in [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/08/31/rep-quits-dealing-dap-a-blow-kadazandusun-bosis-resignation-halts-chances-to-make-inroads-in-sabah|title=Kadazandusun Bosi's resignation halts chances to make inroads in Sabah|publisher=TheStar|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref> The lack of Malay members within the party has led to DAP being viewed as a "racist" or "anti-Malay" party by political opponents in that it is exclusively concerned with the issues of the Chinese or Indian communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2016/01/23/why-dap-still-isnt-very-popular-with-malays-analysts-explain/1046433|title=Why DAP still isn't very popular with Malays: Analysts explain|date=23 January 2016 |publisher=MalayMail|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>

=== Allegations of racism and chauvinism by UMNO ===
Despite constant rebuttals by party leaders, DAP has been depicted by their political opponents, especially from UMNO, as a party that favours the [[Malaysian Chinese]] minority above others.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1990-08-20 |title=嘉化： 行动党招揽华团人士捞取选票制造分裂 |work=Nanyang Siang Po}}</ref> This allegation of racial chauvinism culminated{{when|date=August 2024}} in a two-piece television program broadcast on government-controlled TV channel ''[[Radio Televisyen Malaysia]]'' (RTM) entitled "Bahaya Cauvinisme", which translates to "Dangers of Chauvinism". The program forced then party leader Lim Kit Siang to issue a formal media statement to counter the allegations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dapmalaysia.org/all-archive/English/2002/nov02/lks/lks1931.htm|title=Media statement by Lim Kit Siang|author=Lim Kit Siang|publisher=Democratic Action Party|year=2002|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref>

On 15 November 2011, [[Ismail Sabri Yaakob]], the Malaysian Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism, accused DAP's publicity chief, [[Tony Pua]] of racism for making repeated attacks against the [[Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia]], a government initiative to supply cheap retail products to Malaysian consumers. Tony Pua was criticised for singling out Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia, whose suppliers to the store generally come from the Malaysian Bumiputra community, and for not investigating the quality of products supplied by Malaysian-Chinese suppliers or making similar accusations against independent Malaysian-Chinese stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-ismail-sabris-racism-claims-over-kedai-rakyat-exposes-baseless/|title=DAP: Ismail Sabri's racism claims over Kedai Rakyat exposes baseless|author=Shannon Teoh|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|date=17 November 2011|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119173926/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-ismail-sabris-racism-claims-over-kedai-rakyat-exposes-baseless|archive-date=19 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Allegations of racism have forced DAP party leader Lim Guan Eng to issue a formal denial in the Penang High Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/164896|title=Guan Eng testifies he is not a racist|author=Aaron Ngui|work=The Sun|date=4 October 2011|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106043309/http://www.thesundaily.my/news/164896|archive-date=6 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Party symbols ==
=== Party logo ===
The symbol or logo of the DAP (see above) is the rocket, which it has used since the 1969 general election. Its components are symbolised as follows:

* The red rocket symbolises the Party's aspiration for a modern, dynamic and progressive society
* The four rocket boosters represent the support and drive given to the Party objectives by the three major ethnicities (Malay, Chinese, Indian) and others
* The blue circle stands for the unity of the multi-racial people of Malaysia
* The white background stands for purity and incorruptibility

=== Ubah mascot ===
In 2008, DAP initially introduced "Rocket Kid", a rocket as the party's official mascot during the [[Malaysian general election, 2008|12th Malaysian general election]]. This was then changed to Ubah bird, a [[hornbill]] which was designed by Ooi Leng Hang and was launched during the [[Sarawak state election, 2011|Sarawak state election]] in 2011 and also used as part of their political campaigning during the [[Malaysian general election, 2013|13th Malaysian general election]] in 2013. DAP had adopted this bird as a symbol for change both for its unique characteristics, hardiness and representation of the unity of both East Malaysia and West Malaysia into a Malaysian nation.<ref name="symbol">{{cite web|url=https://limguaneng.com/index.php/2013/07/11/official-launching-of-ubah-inflatable-bird-water-ubah-at-10am-13-july-at-ijm-promenade/#more-3316|title=Official Launching of UBAH inflatable bird (Water Ubah) at 10am, 13 July, at IJM Promenade.|author=[[Lim Guan Eng]]|publisher=LimGuanEng.com|date=11 July 2013|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> Its merchandise such as plush toys, buttons and car stickers were very well received by the public.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=Merchandise incl Ubah plush toys selling like hot cakes!|user=dapmalaysia|number=286078600292212737|date=1 January 2013}}</ref> The idea of the mascot came from [[Sarawak]] DAP Secretary and future state party chairman, [[Chong Chieng Jen]], who felt a mascot would boost the spirit of the people. The name "Ubah", which means "change" in [[Malay language|Malay]], is in line with the party's aspirations in changing the ruling party of the Malaysian federal government. In addition to its original Sarawak [[Iban people|Iban]] costume, "Ubah" now comes in a [[Malay people|Malay]] costume for [[Eid al-Fitr|Hari Raya]], [[Indian people|Indian]] costume for [[Diwali|Deepavali]], [[Chinese people|Chinese]] costume for [[Chinese New Year]], [[Santa Claus]] costume for [[Christmas]], and a [[Superman]] costume that depicts the power of the people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmail.com.my/story/political-mascots-come-play-52799|title=Political mascots come into play|author=R. Pavithraa|publisher=The Malay Mail|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507133807/http://www.mmail.com.my/story/political-mascots-come-play-52799|archive-date=7 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiadesignarchive.org/competing-visibilities-part-2-visibility-as-power-mascot-logo-and-installation/|title=Visibility as Power – Mascot, Logo, and Installation|author=Tan Zi Hao|publisher=Malaysia Design Archive|year=2013|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> On 13 July 2013, a gigantic float known as the "Ubah Inflatable Bird (Water Ubah)" was officially launched at IJM Promenade, [[Jelutong, Penang]] by DAP Secretary General [[Lim Guan Eng]].<ref name="symbol"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/05/03/ubah%E2%80%99s-runaway-success-astounds-its-designer/|title=Ubah's runaway success astounds its designer|author=Raymond Tan|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=3 May 2011|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref>

=== Anthems ===
DAP's official party anthem is ''Berjuang Untuk Rakyat Malaysia (Fighting for the Malaysian People)''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Democratic Action Party (DAP) |title=DAP Multimedia Archive |url=https://dapmalaysia.org/en/archive/dap-multimedia-archive/ |website=DAP Official Website |publisher=Democratic Action Party |access-date=24 January 2024 |ref=songs}}</ref>

Other than the official party anthem, DAP has also unveiled several theme songs and music videos mostly with an Ubah theme such as "Ubah" with over 1,000,000 views, 明天 with over 500,000 views and "Ubah Rocket Style" with over 300,000 views, which is a parody of the viral [[YouTube]] hit "[[Gangnam Style]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Democratic Action Party (DAP) |title=DAP Multimedia Archive |url=https://dapmalaysia.org/en/archive/dap-multimedia-archive/ |website=DAP Official Website |publisher=Democratic Action Party |access-date=24 January 2024 |ref=songs}}</ref>

== Organisational structure ==
=== Central Executive Committee (2025–2028) ===
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The Central Executive Committee (CEC) serves as the party's executive body and its 30 members are elected by party delegates during a national congress held every three years. The CEC, in turn, elects the party's national leadership from among its own members, including the Secretary-General, in whom executive power is vested. The current Secretary-General is [[Minister of Transport (Malaysia)|Minister of Transport]] [[Anthony Loke]]. The latest leadership structure can be found below.<ref name="DAP leadership"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion/liew-chin-tong/article/what-utusan-doesnt-know-about-dap|title=What Utusan doesn't know about DAP|author=Liew Chin Tong|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|date=8 October 2013|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923141147/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion/liew-chin-tong/article/what-utusan-doesnt-know-about-dap|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/03/20/daps-central-executive-committee-takes-place-with-93-candidates-vying-for-3/2048428|title=DAP's Central Executive Committee takes place with 93 candidates vying for 30 seats|publisher=Mala yMail|date=20 March 2022|access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
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* '''Advisor:'''
** [[Lim Guan Eng]]
** [[Tan Kok Wai]]
* '''National Chairman:'''
** [[Gobind Singh Deo]]
* '''National Deputy Chairman:'''
** [[Nga Kor Ming]]
* '''National Vice Chairman:'''
** [[Chong Chieng Jen]]
** [[Teo Nie Ching]]
** [[Ng Suee Lim]]
** [[Syahredzan Johan]]
** [[Arul Kumar Jambunathan]]
* '''Secretary-General:'''
** [[Anthony Loke|Anthony Loke Siew Fook]]
* '''Deputy Secretary-General:'''
** [[Steven Sim Chee Keong]]
** [[Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan]]
** [[Ramkarpal Singh]]
* '''National Treasurer:'''
** [[Ngeh Koo Ham]]
* '''Assistant National Treasurer:'''
** [[Ng Sze Han]]
* '''National Organising Secretary:'''
** [[Khoo Poay Tiong]]
* '''Assistant National Organising Secretary:'''
** [[Lee Chin Chen]]
** [[Tan Hong Pin]]
* '''National Publicity Secretary:'''
** [[Yeo Bee Yin]]
* '''Assistant National Publicity Secretary:'''
** [[Young Syefura Othman]]
** [[Wong Shu Qi]]
* '''National Political Education Director:'''
** [[Howard Lee Chuan How]]
* '''Assistant National Political Education Director:'''
** [[Vivian Wong Shir Yee]]
* '''International Secretary:'''
** [[Kasthuriraani Patto]]
* '''Assistant International Secretary:'''
** [[Alice Lau Kiong Yieng]]
* '''National Strategic Director:'''
** [[Liew Chin Tong]]
* '''National Policy Director:'''
** [[Chan Foong Hin]]
* '''National Election Director:'''
** [[Wong Kah Woh]]
* '''Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee:'''
** [[Tony Pua Kiam Wee]]
* '''Head of the Legal Bureau:'''
** [[Ramkarpal Singh]]
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* '''Committee members (Elected):'''
** [[Teo Kok Seong]]
** [[Chow Kon Yeow]]
** [[Liow Cai Tung]]
* '''Committee members (Appointed):'''
** [[Lim Hui Ying]]
** [[Yeoh Soon Hin]]
** [[Thulsi Thivani Manogaran]]
** [[Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu]]
** [[Papparaidu Veraman]]
** Yap Yee Vonne
** [[Andrew Chen Kah Eng]]
** [[Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen]]
** Vincent Wu Him Ven
** [[Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali]]
* '''Parliamentary Leader:'''
** [[Chong Chieng Jen]]
* '''Women's Chief:'''
** [[Teo Nie Ching]]
* '''Youth Chief:'''
** [[Woo Kah Leong]]
* '''State Chairman:'''
** Johor: [[Teo Nie Ching]]
** Kedah: [[Tan Kok Yew]]
** Kelantan: Nelson Poan Yin Chai 
** Malacca: [[Khoo Poay Tiong]] 
** Negeri Sembilan: [[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]]
** Pahang: [[Lee Chin Chen]]
** Penang: [[Steven Sim Chee Keong]]
** Perak: [[Nga Kor Ming]]
** Perlis: Teh Seng Chuan 
** Sabah: [[Phoong Jin Zhe]]
** Sarawak: [[Chong Chieng Jen]]
** Selangor: [[Ng Sze Han]]
** Terengganu: Cheong Siow Foon 
** Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur: [[Tan Kok Wai]]
** Federal Territory of Labuan: Han Fook Chiew
* '''Deputy State Chairman:'''
** Johor: [[Wong Shu Qi]]
** Kedah: Mad Gani Ismail
** Kelantan: Lim Chung Chai 
** Malacca: [[Saminathan Ganesan]]
** Negeri Sembilan: [[Gunasekaren Palasamy]] 
** Pahang: [[Manogaran Marimuthu]]
** Penang: [[Ramkarpal Singh]]
** Perak: [[Sivakumar Varatharaju]]
** Perlis: Yeoh Ghin Guan 
** Sabah: [[Chan Foong Hin]]
** Sarawak: [[Alice Lau Kiong Yieng]]
** Selangor: [[Ganabatirau Veraman]]
** Terengganu: Ng Chai Hing
** Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur: [[Fong Kui Lun]]
** Federal Territory of Labuan: Jeremy Wong Kwan Kit
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== Leadership ==

=== Life Advisor ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. 
!Portrait!! Life Advisor
<small>(Lifespan)</small>

<small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1 
| rowspan="5" | || rowspan="5" | '''[[Chen Man Hin]]''' <br> <small>(1924–2022) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Seremban (federal constituency)|Seremban]], 1974–1982 & 1983–1990 </small><br><small>MP for [[Seremban Timor (federal constituency)|Seremban Timor]], 1969–1974 </small><br><small> MLA for [[Rahang (state constituency)|Rahang]], 1965–1982</small> || 3 December 1999 || 17 August 2022
|13th (1999)
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1999|12|03|2022|08|17}}
|14th (2004)
|-
|15th (2008)
|-
|16th (2012, 2013, 2017)
|-
|17th (2022)
|}

=== Advisor ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Portrait
!Advisor
<small>(Lifespan)</small> <br><small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
|-
| rowspan="4" |1
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |'''[[Tan Kok Wai]]''' <br><small>(born 1957)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Sungai Besi (federal constituency)|Sungai Besi]], 1986–1995 </small><br><small>MP for [[Cheras (federal constituency)|Cheras]], since 1995 </small> 
|20 March 2022
|16 March 2025
| rowspan="2" |17th (2022)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2022|03|20|2025|03|16}}
|-
| align="center" |23 June 2025
| align="center" |''Incumbent''
| rowspan="2" |18th (2025)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" |{{age in years and days|2025|06|23}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Lim_Guan_Eng_2019.jpg|99x99px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Lim Guan Eng]]''' <br><small>(born 1960)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1986–1999 </small><br><small>MP for [[Bagan (federal constituency)|Bagan]], since 2008 </small><br> <small>MLA for [[Air Putih (Penang state constituency)|Air Putih]], since 2008 </small>
|16 March 2025
|''Incumbent''
| rowspan="2" |18th (2025)
|-
| colspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2025|03|16}}
|}

=== National Chairman ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. 
!Portrait!! National Chairman
<small>(Lifespan)</small>

<small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
!National Deputy Chairman
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1 
| rowspan="3" | || rowspan="3" | '''[[Chen Man Hin]]'''<br><small>(1924–2022) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Seremban (federal constituency)|Seremban]], 1974–1982 & 1983–1990 </small><br><small>MP for [[Seremban Timor (federal constituency)|Seremban Timor]], 1969–1974 </small><br><small> MLA for [[Rahang (state constituency)|Rahang]], 1965–1982</small> || 18 March 1966 ||3 December 1999
|1st (1967)
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1966|03|18|1999|12|03}}
|2nd (1969)
|-
|12th (1995)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Lim Kit Siang cropped.jpg|99x99px]] || rowspan="2" | '''[[Lim Kit Siang]]'''<br> <small>(born 1941) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bandar Malacca (federal constituency)|Bandar Melaka]], 1969–1974</small><br><small>MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1974–1978 & 1982–1986</small><br><small>MP for [[Petaling (federal constituency)|Petaling]], 1978–1982</small><br><small>MP for [[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]], 1986–1999</small><br><small>MP for [[Ipoh Timor (federal constituency)|Ipoh Timor]], 2004–2013</small><br><small>MP for [[Gelang Patah (federal constituency)|Gelang Patah]], 2013–2018</small><br><small>MP for [[Iskandar Puteri (federal constituency)|Iskandar Puteri]], 2018–2022</small><br><small> MLA for Kubu, 1974–1982</small><br><small>MLA for Kampong Kolam, 1986–1990</small><br><small>MLA for [[Padang Kota (state constituency)|Padang Kota]], 1990–1995</small> 
| 3 December 1999 || 4 September 2004
| rowspan="2" |13th (1999)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1999|12|03|2004|09|04}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Karpal Singh in Kuching, 2011.jpg|99x99px]] || rowspan="2" | '''[[Karpal Singh]]''' <br><small>(1940–2014)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Jelutong (federal constituency)|Jelutong]], 1978–1999 </small><br><small>MP for [[Bukit Gelugor (federal constituency)|Bukit Gelugor]], 2004–2014 </small>
| 4 September 2004 || 29 March 2014
|14th (2004)
| rowspan="2" |[[Tan Kok Wai]] <br>  <br> {{small|(–2014)}}
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" |{{age in years and days|2004|09|04|2014|03|29}}
|15th (2008)
16th (2012, 2013)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 4 
| rowspan="2" |  || rowspan="2" | '''[[Tan Kok Wai]]''' <br><small>(born 1957)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Sungai Besi (federal constituency)|Sungai Besi]], 1986–1995 </small><br><small>MP for [[Cheras (federal constituency)|Cheras]], since 1995 </small> 
| 29 March 2014 || 20 March 2022
| rowspan="2" |– 16th (2017)
| rowspan="4" |[[Gobind Singh Deo]] <br> [[File:Gobind Singh Deo - Global Conference for Media Freedom (48256794802) (cropped).jpg|99x99px]] <br> {{small|(since 2017)}}
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2014|03|29|2022|03|20}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Lim_Guan_Eng_2019.jpg|99x99px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Lim Guan Eng]]''' <br><small>(born 1960)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1986–1999 </small><br><small>MP for [[Bagan (federal constituency)|Bagan]], since 2008 </small><br> <small>MLA for [[Air Putih (Penang state constituency)|Air Putih]], since 2008 </small> 
|20 March 2022
|16 March 2025
| rowspan="2" |17th (2022)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2022|03|20}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |6
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Gobind Singh Deo - Global Conference for Media Freedom (48256794802) (cropped).jpg|99x99px]] 
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Gobind Singh Deo]]''' <br><small>(born 1973)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Puchong (federal constituency)|Puchong]], 2008–2022 </small><br><small>MP for [[Damansara (Selangor federal constituency)|Damansara]], since 2022 </small>
|16 March 2025
|''Incumbent''
| rowspan="2" |18th (2025)
| rowspan="2" |[[Nga Kor Ming]] <br> [[File:Davidnga.jpg|90x170px]] <br> {{small|(since 2025)}}
|-
| colspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2025|03|16}}
|}

=== Secretary-General ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. 
!Portrait!! Secretary-General
<small>(Lifespan)</small>

<small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
!Deputy Secretary-General
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Devan Nair, 1953 (cropped).png|frameless|123x123px]]|| rowspan="2" | '''[[Devan Nair]]''' <br><small>(1923–2005)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bangsar (federal constituency)|Bangsar]], 1964–1969 </small>   
| 18 March 1966 
| 30 July 1967
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |D. P. Xavier
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1966|03|18|1967|07|30}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Goh_Hock_Guan_(cropped_4to3_portrait).jpg|99x99px]]|| rowspan="2" | '''[[Goh Hock Guan]]''' <br><small>(1935–2018)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bangsar (federal constituency)|Bangsar]], 1969–1974 </small> 
| 30 July 1967 
| 1 October 1969
| rowspan="2" |1st (1967)
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1967|07|30|1969|10|01}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Lim Kit Siang cropped.jpg|99x99px]] || rowspan="2" | '''[[Lim Kit Siang]]'''<br> <small>(born 1941) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bandar Malacca (federal constituency)|Bandar Melaka]], 1969–1974</small><br><small>MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1974–1978 & 1982–1986</small><br><small>MP for [[Petaling (federal constituency)|Petaling]], 1978–1982</small><br><small>MP for [[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]], 1986–1999</small><br><small>MP for [[Ipoh Timor (federal constituency)|Ipoh Timor]], 2004–2013</small><br><small>MP for [[Gelang Patah (federal constituency)|Gelang Patah]], 2013–2018</small><br><small>MP for [[Iskandar Puteri (federal constituency)|Iskandar Puteri]], 2018–2022</small><br><small> MLA for Kubu, 1974–1982</small><br><small>MLA for Kampong Kolam, 1986–1990</small><br><small>MLA for [[Padang Kota (state constituency)|Padang Kota]], 1990–1995</small> 
| 1 October 1970 || 3 December 1999
|2nd (1969)
| rowspan="6" |[[Lim Guan Eng]] <br> [[File:Lim_Guan_Eng_2019.jpg|99x99px]] <br> {{small|(1995–2004)}}
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1970|10|01|1999|12|03}}
|12th (1995)
|-
| rowspan="4" | 4
| rowspan="4" | || rowspan="4" | '''[[Kerk Kim Hock]]''' <br> <small>(1956–2017)</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Pasir Pinji (federal constituency)|Pasir Pinji]], 1990–1999</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1999–2004</small> <br> <small>MLA for Durian Daun, 1986–1990</small>
| 3 December 1999
| 5 May 2002
| rowspan="4" |13th (1999)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1999|12|03|2002|05|05}}
|-
| 22 September 2002
| 28 March 2004
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2002|09|22|2004|03|28}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |5
| rowspan="7" |[[File:Lim_Guan_Eng_2019.jpg|99x99px]]
| rowspan="7" |'''[[Lim Guan Eng]]''' <br><small>(born 1960)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1986–1999 </small><br><small>MP for [[Bagan (federal constituency)|Bagan]], since 2008 </small><br> <small>MLA for [[Air Putih (Penang state constituency)|Air Putih]], since 2008 </small>
| rowspan="6" |4 September 2004
| rowspan="6" |20 March 2022
| rowspan="4" |14th (2004)
|[[Chong Eng]] <br> <br> {{small|(–2017)}}
|-
|[[Ramasamy Palanisamy]] <br> [[File:P Ramasamy DCM II of Penang.jpg|99x99px]] <br> {{small|(–2017)}}
|-
|[[Ngeh Koo Ham]] <br> [[File:Datuk Ngeh KH.jpg|99x99px]] <br> {{small|(–2017)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Nga Kor Ming]] <br> [[File:Davidnga.jpg|90x170px]] <br> {{small|(2017–2022)}}
|-
|15th (2008)
|-
| rowspan="2" |16th ([[2012 Democratic Action Party leadership election|2012]], [[2013 Democratic Action Party leadership election|2013]] & 2017)
|[[Teresa Kok Suh Sim]] <br> [[File:YB Teresa Kok 2018.png|99x99px]] <br> {{small|(2017–2022)}}
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2004|09|04|2022|03|20}}
| rowspan="2" |[[V. Sivakumar]] <br>  <br> {{small|(2017–2025)}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |6
| rowspan="6" | [[File:Anthony Loke 2019.png|99x99px]]
| rowspan="6" |'''[[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]]''' <br> <small>(born 1977)</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Rasah (federal constituency)|Rasah]], 2008–2013</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Seremban (federal constituency)|Seremban]], since 2013 </small><br> <small>MLA for [[Lobak (state constituency)|Lobak]], 2004–2013 </small> <br> <small>MLA for [[Chennah (state constituency)|Chennah]], since 2013</small>
|20 March 2022
|''Incumbent''
| rowspan="6" |17th ([[2022 Democratic Action Party National Congress|2022]])
18th ([[2025 Democratic Action Party National Congress|2025]])
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="5" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2022|03|20}}
|[[Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji]] <br>  <br> {{small|(2022–2025)}}
|-
|[[Liew Chin Tong]] <br> [[File:LiewChinTong.jpg|99x99px]] <br> {{small|(2022–2025)}}
|-
|[[Steven Sim Chee Keong]] <br>  [[File:Steven Sim.jpg|frameless|99x99px]]<br> {{small|(since 2025)}}
|-
|[[Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan]] <br>  [[File:Ambassador McFeeters Meets with YB Hannah Yeoh, Minister of Youth and Sports (cropped).jpg|frameless|106x106px]]<br> {{small|(since 2025)}}
|-
|[[Ramkarpal Singh]] <br>  <br> {{small|(since 2025)}}
|}

=== Acting Secretary-General ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. 
!Portrait!! Acting Secretary-General
<small>(Lifespan)</small>

<small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
!Deputy Secretary-General
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1 
| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | '''[[Fan Yew Teng]]''' <br> <small>(1942–2010)</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Kampar (federal constituency)|Kampar]], 1969–1974</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Menglembu (federal constituency)|Menglembu]], 1974–1978 </small> <br> <small>MLA for Petaling Jaya, 1974–1978 </small>|| 1 October 1969 || 1 October 1970
| rowspan="2" |– 2nd (1969)
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|1969|10|01|1970|10|01}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2 
| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | '''[[Chong Eng]]''' <br> <small>(born 1957)</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Bukit Mertajam (federal constituency)|Bukit Mertajam]], 1999–2013 </small> <br> <small> MLA for [[Batu Lancang (state constituency)|Batu Lancang]], 1995–1999 </small> <br> <small>MLA for [[Padang Lalang (state constituency)|Padang Lalang]], 2013–2023</small>
| 5 May 2002 || 22 September 2002
| rowspan="4" |– 13th (1999)
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2002|05|05|2002|09|22}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M_Kula_Segaran.jpg|99x99px]] || rowspan="2" | '''[[M. Kulasegaran]]''' <br> <small>(born 1957)</small> <br> <small> MP for [[Teluk Intan (federal constituency)|Teluk Intan]], 1997–1999</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Ipoh Barat (federal constituency)|Ipoh Barat]], since 2004 </small>
| 28 March 2004 || 4 September 2004
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2004|03|04|2004|09|04}}
|}

<small>Note: The Acting Secretary-General is appointed when the Secretary-General is incapable of carrying out their duties or if the position is vacated before an election can be held.. Lim Kit Siang was elected as Secretary-General in October 1969 while detained under the ISA and Fan Yew Teng was Acting Secretary-General. Chong Eng took over for Kerk Kim Hock while the latter sought treatment for rectal cancer. M. Kulasegaran was Acting Secretary-General after Kerk Kim Hock lost his seat in parliament and resigned before Lim Guan Eng was elected Secretary-General.</small>

=== Chairman of the Central Policy and Strategic Planning Commission ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. 
!Portrait!! Chairman of Central Policy and
Strategic Planning Commission

<small>(Lifespan)</small>

<small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate 
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1 
| rowspan="4" | [[File:Lim Kit Siang cropped.jpg|99x99px]] || rowspan="4" | '''[[Lim Kit Siang]]'''<br> <small>(born 1941) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bandar Malacca (federal constituency)|Bandar Melaka]], 1969–1974</small><br><small>MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1974–1978 & 1982–1986</small><br><small>MP for [[Petaling (federal constituency)|Petaling]], 1978–1982</small><br><small>MP for [[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]], 1986–1999</small><br><small>MP for [[Ipoh Timor (federal constituency)|Ipoh Timor]], 2004–2013</small><br><small>MP for [[Gelang Patah (federal constituency)|Gelang Patah]], 2013–2018</small><br><small>MP for [[Iskandar Puteri (federal constituency)|Iskandar Puteri]], 2018–2022</small><br><small> MLA for Kubu, 1974–1982</small><br><small>MLA for Kampong Kolam, 1986–1990</small><br><small>MLA for [[Padang Kota (state constituency)|Padang Kota]], 1990–1995</small> 
| 4 September 2004 || ''Incumbent''
|14th (2004)
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2004|09|04}}
|15th (2008)
|-
|16th (2012, 2013, 2017)
|-
|17th (2022)
|}

<small>Note: Chairman of the Central Policy and Strategic Planning Commission is a newly created position on 2004 when Lim Kit Siang refused to be re-elected as Chairman of DAP.</small>

=== Parliamentary Leader ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. 
!Portrait!! Parliamentary Leader
<small>(Lifespan)</small>

<small>Office</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office & mandate 
<small>(Duration in years and days)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Lim Kit Siang cropped.jpg|99x99px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Lim Kit Siang]]'''<br> <small>(born 1941) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bandar Malacca (federal constituency)|Bandar Melaka]], 1969–1974</small><br><small>MP for [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]], 1974–1978 & 1982–1986</small><br><small>MP for [[Petaling (federal constituency)|Petaling]], 1978–1982</small><br><small>MP for [[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]], 1986–1999</small><br><small>MP for [[Ipoh Timor (federal constituency)|Ipoh Timor]], 2004–2013</small><br><small>MP for [[Gelang Patah (federal constituency)|Gelang Patah]], 2013–2018</small><br><small>MP for [[Iskandar Puteri (federal constituency)|Iskandar Puteri]], 2018–2022</small><br><small> MLA for Kubu, 1974–1982</small><br><small>MLA for Kampong Kolam, 1986–1990</small><br><small>MLA for [[Padang Kota (state constituency)|Padang Kota]], 1990–1995</small>
|5 March 2008
|11 July 2018
| rowspan="2" |15th (2008)
16th (2012, 2013, 2017)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2008|03|05|2018|07|11}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Anthony Loke 2019.png|99x99px]] || rowspan="2" | '''[[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]]''' <br> <small>(born 1977)</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Rasah (federal constituency)|Rasah]], 2008–2013</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Seremban (federal constituency)|Seremban]], since 2013 </small><br> <small>MLA for [[Lobak (state constituency)|Lobak]], 2004–2013 </small> <br> <small>MLA for [[Chennah (state constituency)|Chennah]], since 2013</small>  
| 11 July 2018 || 20 March 2022
| rowspan="2" |– 16th (2012, 2013, 2017)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2018|07|11|2022|03|20}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Davidnga.jpg|90x170px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Nga Kor Ming]]''' <br> <small>(born 1972)</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Taiping (federal constituency)|Taiping]], 2008–2018</small> <br> <small>MP for [[Teluk Intan (federal constituency)|Teluk Intan]], since 2018</small> <br> <small>MLA for [[Pantai Remis (state constituency)|Pantai Remis]], 1999–2013</small> <br> <small>MLA for [[Kepayang (state constituency)|Kepayang]], 2013–2018, since 2022</small> <br> <small>MLA for [[Aulong (state constituency)|Aulong]], 2018–2022</small>
|20 March 2022
|23 June 2025
| rowspan="2" |17th (2022)
18th (2025)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{age in years and days|2022|03|20|2025|06|23}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Chong Chieng Jen during Malaysian GE 13.jpg|90x170px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Chong Chieng Jen]]'''<br> <small>(born 1971) </small> <br> <small> MP for [[Bandar Kuching]], 2004–2018</small><br><small>MP for [[Stampin (federal constituency)|Stampin]], since 2021</small><br><small> MLA for [[Kota Sentosa]], 2006–2021</small><br><small>MLA for [[Padungan (state constituency)|Padungan]], since 2021</small>
| align="center" |23 June 2025
| align="center" |''Incumbent''
| rowspan="2" |– 18th (2025)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" |{{age in years and days|2025|06|23}}
|}

== Elected representatives ==
=== Dewan Negara (Senate) ===
==== Senators ====
{{main|Members of the Dewan Negara, 15th Malaysian Parliament}}

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* '''His Majesty's appointee:'''
** Roderick Wong Siew Lead	
** [[Noorita Sual]]
** [[Leong Ngah Ngah]]
* '''[[Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly]]:'''
** [[Vincent Wu Him Ven]]
* '''[[Penang State Legislative Assembly]]:'''
** [[Lingeshwaran Arunasalam]]
* '''[[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]:'''
** [[Tiew Way Keng]]
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=== Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) ===
==== Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament ====
{{main|Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament}}

DAP has 40 members in the [[Dewan Rakyat|House of Representatives]].

{| class ="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| State
! style="width:30px;"| No.
! style="width:150px;"|Parliament Constituency 
! style="width:240px;"|Member
! style="width:10px;" colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan=7| {{Flag|Penang}} || P043 || [[Bagan (federal constituency)|Bagan]] || [[Lim Guan Eng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP
|-
| P045 || [[Bukit Mertajam (federal constituency)|Bukit Mertajam]] || [[Steven Sim|Steven Sim Chee Keong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP
|- 
| P046 || [[Batu Kawan (federal constituency)|Batu Kawan]] || [[Chow Kon Yeow]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP
|-
| P048 || [[Bukit Bendera (federal constituency)|Bukit Bendera]] || [[Syerleena Abdul Rashid]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP
|-
| P049 || [[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]] || [[Lim Hui Ying]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P050 || [[Jelutong (federal constituency)|Jelutong]] || [[Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer Rajaji Rayer]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P051 || [[Bukit Gelugor (federal constituency)|Bukit Gelugor]] || [[Ramkarpal Singh]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan=7 | {{Flag|Perak}} || P060 || [[Taiping (federal constituency)|Taiping]] || [[Wong Kah Woh]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P064 || [[Ipoh Timor (federal constituency)|Ipoh Timor]] || [[Howard Lee Chuan How]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P065 || [[Ipoh Barat (federal constituency)|Ipoh Barat]] || [[M. Kulasegaran|Kulasegaran Murugeson]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P066 || [[Batu Gajah (federal constituency)|Batu Gajah]] || [[Sivakumar Varatharaju|Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P068 || [[Beruas (federal constituency)|Beruas]] || [[Ngeh Koo Ham]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P070 || [[Kampar (federal constituency)|Kampar]] || [[Chong Zhemin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P076 || [[Teluk Intan (federal constituency)|Teluk Intan]] || [[Nga Kor Ming]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan=2| {{Flag|Pahang}} || P080 || [[Raub (federal constituency)|Raub]] || [[Chow Yu Hui]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P089 || [[Bentong (federal constituency)|Bentong]] || [[Young Syefura Othman]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan=4| {{Flag|Selangor}} || P102 || [[Bangi (federal constituency)|Bangi]] || [[Syahredzan Johan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P103 || [[Puchong (federal constituency)|Puchong]] || [[Yeo Bee Yin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P106 || [[Damansara (federal constituency)|Damansara]] || [[Gobind Singh Deo]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P110 || [[Klang (federal constituency)|Klang]] || [[Ganabatirau Veraman]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan=5| {{Flag|Kuala Lumpur}} || P114 || [[Kepong (federal constituency)|Kepong]] || [[Lim Lip Eng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P117 || [[Segambut (federal constituency)|Segambut]] || [[Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P120 || [[Bukit Bintang (federal constituency)|Bukit Bintang]] || [[Fong Kui Lun]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P122 || [[Seputeh (federal constituency)|Seputeh]] || [[Teresa Kok Suh Sim]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P123 || [[Cheras (federal constituency)|Cheras]] || [[Tan Kok Wai]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan=2| {{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}} || P128 || [[Seremban (federal constituency)|Seremban]] || [[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P130 || [[Rasah (federal constituency)|Rasah]] || [[Cha Kee Chin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| {{Flag|Malacca}} || P138|| [[Kota Melaka (federal constituency)|Kota Melaka]] || [[Khoo Poay Tiong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan=5| {{Flag|Johor}} || P142 || [[Labis (federal constituency)|Labis]] || [[Pang Hok Liong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P145 || [[Bakri (federal constituency)|Bakri]] || [[Tan Hong Pin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P152 || [[Kluang (federal constituency)|Kluang]] || [[Wong Shu Qi]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P162 || [[Iskandar Puteri (federal constituency)|Iskandar Puteri]] || [[Liew Chin Tong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P163 || [[Kulai (federal constituency)|Kulai]] || [[Teo Nie Ching]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
|rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Sabah}} || P172 || [[Kota Kinabalu (federal constituency)|Kota Kinabalu]] || [[Chan Foong Hin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P186 || [[Sandakan (federal constituency)|Sandakan]] || [[Vivian Wong Shir Yee]] ||bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=5| {{Flag|Sarawak}} || P192 || [[Mas Gading (federal constituency)|Mas Gading]] || [[Mordi Bimol]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P195 || [[Bandar Kuching (federal constituency)|Bandar Kuching]] || [[Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P196 || [[Stampin (federal constituency)|Stampin]] || [[Chong Chieng Jen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P211 || [[Lanang (federal constituency)|Lanang]] || [[Alice Lau Kiong Yieng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP 
|-
| P212 || [[Sibu (federal constituency)|Sibu]] || [[Oscar Ling Chai Yew]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP
|-
| Total || style="width:30px;" colspan=6| {{small|'''[[Penang]]''' (7), '''[[Perak]]''' (7), '''[[Pahang]]''' (2), '''[[Selangor]]''' (4), '''[[Kuala Lumpur|F.T. Kuala Lumpur]]''' (5), '''[[Negeri Sembilan]]''' (2), '''[[Malacca]]''' (1), '''[[Johor]]''' (5), '''[[Sabah]]''' (2), '''[[Sarawak]]''' (5)}}
|}

=== Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly) ===
==== Malaysian State Assembly Representatives ====
{{main|List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2023–present)}}

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{| class ="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| State
!No.
!Parliament Constituency
! style="width:30px;"| No.
! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency 
! style="width:240px;"|Member
! style="width:80px;" colspan=2|Party
|-
| {{Flag|Kedah}} 
|P009
|Alor Setar
| N13 || [[Kota Darul Aman (state constituency)|Kota Darul Aman]] || [[Teh Swee Leong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=19| {{Flag|Penang}} 
| rowspan="3" |P043
| rowspan="3" |Bagan|| N07 || [[Sungai Puyu (state constituency)|Sungai Puyu]] || [[Phee Syn Tze]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| || DAP
|-
| N08 || [[Bagan Jermal (state constituency)|Bagan Jermal]] || [[Chee Yeeh Keen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N09 || [[Bagan Dalam (state constituency)|Bagan Dalam]] || [[Kumaran Krishnan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" |P045 
| rowspan="2" |Bukit Mertajam
| N13 || [[Berapit (state constituency)|Berapit]] || [[Heng Lee Lee]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N15 || [[Padang Lalang (state constituency)|Padang Lalang]] || [[Daniel Gooi Zi Sen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P046
|Batu Kawan
| N16 || [[Perai (state constituency)|Perai]] || [[Sundarajoo Somu]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P047
|Nibong Tebal
| N19 || [[Jawi (state constituency)|Jawi]] || [[Jason H'ng Mooi Lye]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P048
| rowspan="3" |Bukit Bendera
| N22 || [[Tanjong Bunga (state constituency)|Tanjong Bunga]] || [[Zairil Khir Johari]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N23 || [[Air Putih (Penang state constituency)|Air Putih]] || [[Lim Guan Eng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N25 || [[Pulau Tikus (state constituency)|Pulau Tikus]] || [[Joshua Woo Sze Zeng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P049
| rowspan="3" |Tanjong
| N26 || [[Padang Kota (state constituency)|Padang Kota]] || [[Chow Kon Yeow]]|| bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N27 || [[Pengkalan Kota (state constituency)|Pengkalan Kota]] || [[Wong Yuee Harng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}" | ||DAP
|-
| N28 || [[Komtar (state constituency)|Komtar]] || [[Teh Lai Heng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P050
| rowspan="3" |Jelutong
| N29 || [[Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat]] || [[Jagdeep Singh Deo]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N30 || [[Sungai Pinang (Penang state constituency)|Sungai Pinang]] || [[Lim Siew Khim]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N31 || [[Batu Lancang (state constituency)|Batu Lancang]] || [[Ong Ah Teong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P051
| rowspan="3" |Bukit Gelugor
| N32 || [[Seri Delima (state constituency)|Seri Delima]] || [[Connie Tan Hooi Peng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N33 || [[Air Itam (Penang state constituency)|Air Itam]] || [[Joseph Ng Soon Siang]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N34 || [[Paya Terubong (state constituency)|Paya Terubong]] || [[Wong Hon Wai]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=18| {{Flag|Perak}} 
| rowspan="2" |P060
| rowspan="2" |Taiping|| N17 || [[Pokok Assam (state constituency)|Pokok Assam]] || [[Ong Seng Guan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N18 || [[Aulong (state constituency)|Aulong]] || [[Teh Kok Lim]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P062
|Sungai Siput
| N22 || [[Jalong (state constituency)|Jalong]] || [[Loh Sze Yee]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P064
| rowspan="3" |Ipoh Timor
| N25 || [[Canning (state constituency)|Canning]] || [[Jenny Choy Tsi Jen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N26 || [[Tebing Tinggi (state constituency)|Tebing Tinggi]] || [[Abdul Aziz Bari]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N27 || [[Pasir Pinji (state constituency)|Pasir Pinji]] || [[Goh See Hua]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}" | ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P065
| rowspan="3" |Ipoh Barat
| N28 || [[Bercham (state constituency)|Bercham]] || [[Ong Boon Piow]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N29 || [[Kepayang (state constituency)|Kepayang]] || [[Nga Kor Ming]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N30 || [[Buntong (state constituency)|Buntong]] || [[Thulsi Thivani Manogaran]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P066
| rowspan="3" |Batu Gajah
| N31 || [[Jelapang (state constituency)|Jelapang]] || [[Cheah Pou Hian]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N32 || [[Menglembu (state constituency)|Menglembu]] || [[Steven Chaw Kam Foon]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}" | ||DAP
|-
| N33 || [[Tronoh (state constituency)|Tronoh]] || [[Steven Tiw Tee Siang]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}" | ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" |P068
| rowspan="2" |Beruas
| N37 || [[Pantai Remis (state constituency)|Pantai Remis]] || [[Wong May Ing]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N38 || [[Astaka (state constituency)|Astaka]] || [[Jason Ng Thien Yeong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" | P070
| rowspan="2" | Kampar
| N41 || [[Malim Nawar (state constituency)|Malim Nawar]] || [[Bavani Veraiah]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N42 || [[Keranji (state constituency)|Keranji]] || [[Angeline Koo Haai Yen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P076
|Teluk Intan
| N55 || [[Pasir Bedamar (state constituency)|Pasir Bedamar]] || [[Woo Kah Leong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P077
|Tanjong Malim
| N57 || [[Sungkai (state constituency)|Sungkai]] || [[Sivanesan Achalingam]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=6| {{Flag|Pahang}} 
|P078
|Cameron Highlands|| N01 || [[Tanah Rata (state constituency)|Tanah Rata]] || [[Ho Chi Yang]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P080
|Raub
| N07 || [[Tras (state constituency)|Tras]] || [[Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P088
|Temerloh
| N30 || [[Mentakab (state constituency)|Mentakab]] || [[Woo Chee Wan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" |P089
| rowspan="2" |Bentong
| N33 || [[Bilut (state constituency)|Bilut]] || [[Lee Chin Chen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N34 || [[Ketari (state constituency)|Ketari]] || [[Su Keong Siong|Thomas Su Keong Siong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P090
|Bera
| N36 || [[Triang (state constituency)|Triang]] || [[Leong Yu Man]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=15| {{Flag|Selangor}} 
|P093
|Sungai Besar|| N04 || [[Sekinchan (state constituency)|Sekinchan]] || [[Ng Suee Lim]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P094
|Hulu Selangor
| N06 || [[Kuala Kubu Baharu (state constituency)|Kuala Kubu Baharu]] || [[Pang Sock Tao]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P100
|Pandan	
| N22 || [[Teratai (state constituency)|Teratai]] || [[Yew Jia Haur]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P102
|Bangi
| N27 || [[Balakong (state constituency)|Balakong]] || [[Wayne Ong Chun Wei]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P103
|Puchong
| N28 || [[Seri Kembangan (state constituency)|Seri Kembangan]] || [[Wong Siew Ki]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" |P104
| rowspan="2" |Subang
| N30 || [[Kinrara (state constituency)|Kinrara]] || [[Ng Sze Han]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N31 || [[Subang Jaya (state constituency)|Subang Jaya]] || [[Michelle Ng Mei Sze]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P105
|Petaling Jaya
| N34 || [[Bukit Gasing (state constituency)|Bukit Gasing]] || [[Rajiv Rishyakaran]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" |P106
| rowspan="2" |Damansara
| N35 || [[Kampung Tunku (state constituency)|Kampung Tunku]] || [[Lim Yi Wei]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N36 || [[Bandar Utama (state constituency)|Bandar Utama]] || [[Jamaliah Jamaluddin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="2" |P110
| rowspan="2" |Klang
| N45 || [[Bandar Baru Klang (state constituency)|Bandar Baru Klang]] || [[Quah Perng Fei]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N47 || [[Pandamaran (state constituency)|Pandamaran]] || [[Tony Leong Tuck Chee]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P111
|Kota Raja
| N50 || [[Kota Kemuning (state constituency)|Kota Kemuning]] || [[Preakas Sampunathan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P112
|Kuala Langat
| N52 || [[Banting (state constituency)|Banting]] || [[Papparaidu Veraman]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P113
|Sepang
| N56 || [[Sungai Pelek (state constituency)|Sungai Pelek]] || [[Lwi Kian Keong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=11| {{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}} 
|P126
|Jelebu|| N01 || [[Chennah (state constituency)|Chennah]] || [[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P127
|Jempol
| N08 || [[Bahau (state constituency)|Bahau]] || [[Teo Kok Seong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P128
| rowspan="3" |Seremban
| N10 || [[Nilai (state constituency)|Nilai]] || [[Arul Kumar Jambunathan]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N11 || [[Lobak (state constituency)|Lobak]] || [[Chew Seh Yong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N12 || [[Temiang (state constituency)|Temiang]] || [[Ng Chin Tsai]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="4" |P130
| rowspan="4" |Rasah
| N21 || [[Bukit Kepayang (state constituency)|Bukit Kepayang]] || [[Nicole Tan Lee Koon]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N22 || [[Rahang (state constituency)|Rahang]] || [[Siau Meow Kong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N23 || [[Mambau (state constituency)|Mambau]] || [[Yap Yew Weng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N24 || [[Seremban Jaya (state constituency)|Seremban Jaya]] || [[Gunasekaren Palasamy]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P132
|Port Dickson
| N30 || [[Lukut (state constituency)|Lukut]] || [[Choo Ken Hwa]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P133
|Tampin
| N36 || [[Repah (state constituency)|Repah]] || [[Veerapan Superamaniam]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=4| {{Flag|Malacca}} 
|P137
|Hang Tuah Jaya
| N16 || [[Ayer Keroh (state constituency)|Ayer Keroh]] || [[Kerk Chee Yee]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan="3" |P138
| rowspan="3" |Kota Melaka
| N19 || [[Kesidang (state constituency)|Kesidang]] || [[Allex Seah Shoo Chin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N20 || [[Kota Laksamana (state constituency)|Kota Laksamana]] || [[Low Chee Leong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N22 || [[Bandar Hilir (state constituency)|Bandar Hilir]] || [[Leng Chau Yen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|rowspan=10| {{Flag|Johor}} 
|P140
|Segamat|| N02 || [[Jementah (state constituency)|Jementah]] || Ng Kor Sim || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P144
|Ledang
| N10 || [[Tangkak (state constituency)|Tangkak]] || [[Ee Chin Li]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P145
|Bakri
| N12 || [[Bentayan (state constituency)|Bentayan]] || [[Ng Yak Howe]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P150
|Batu Pahat
| N23 || [[Penggaram (state constituency)|Penggaram]] || [[Gan Peck Cheng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P152
|Kluang
| N28 || [[Mengkibol (state constituency)|Mengkibol]] || [[Chew Chong Sin]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P159
|Pasir Gudang
| N42 || [[Johor Jaya (state constituency)|Johor Jaya]] || [[Liow Cai Tung]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P160
|Johor Bahru
| N45 || [[Stulang (state constituency)|Stulang]] || [[Andrew Chen Kah Eng]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P161
|Pulai
| N46 || [[Perling (state constituency)|Perling]] || [[Liew Chin Tong]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P162
|Iskandar Puteri
| N48 || [[Skudai (state constituency)|Skudai]] || [[Marina Ibrahim]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
|P163
|Kulai
| N52 || [[Senai (state constituency)|Senai]] || Wong Bor Yang || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{Flag|Sarawak}} 
| rowspan=2 | P195
| rowspan=2 | Bandar Kuching
| N09 || [[Padungan (state constituency)|Padungan]] || [[Chong Chieng Jen]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| N10 || [[Pending (state constituency)|Pending]] || [[Violet Yong Wui Wui]] || bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| ||DAP
|-
| Total 
| colspan="7" |{{small|'''[[Kedah]]''' (1), '''[[Penang]]''' (19), '''[[Perak]]''' (18), '''[[Pahang]]''' (6), '''[[Selangor]]''' (15), '''[[Negeri Sembilan]]''' (11), '''[[Malacca]]''' (4), '''[[Johor]]''' (10), '''[[Sarawak]]''' (2)}}
|}

== Government offices ==
=== Federal government ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! style="width:360px;"|Portfolio
! style="width:180px;"|Office Bearer
! style="width:150px;"|Constituency
|-
|[[Minister of Transport (Malaysia)|Minister of Transport]]
|[[Anthony Loke|Loke Siew Fook]]
|[[Seremban (federal constituency)|Seremban]]
|-
|[[Minister of Housing and Local Government (Malaysia)|Minister of Housing and Local Government]]
|[[Nga Kor Ming]]
|[[Teluk Intan (federal constituency)|Teluk Intan]]
|-
|[[Minister in the Prime Minister's Department]]<br>(Federal Territories)
|[[Hannah Yeoh|Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan]]
|[[Segambut (federal constituency)|Segambut]]
|-
|[[Minister of Digital (Malaysia)|Minister of Digital]]
|[[Gobind Singh Deo]]
|[[Damansara (Selangor federal constituency)|Damansara]]
|-
|[[Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development]]
|[[Steven Sim Chee Keong]]
|[[Bukit Mertajam (federal constituency)|Bukit Mertajam]]
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! style="width:360px;"|Portfolio
! style="width:180px;"|Office Bearer
! style="width:150px;"|Constituency
|-
|[[Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development]]
|[[Lim Hui Ying]]
|[[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]]
|-
|[[Deputy Minister of Finance (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Finance]]
|[[Liew Chin Tong]]
|[[Iskandar Puteri (federal constituency)|Iskandar Puteri]]
|-
|[[Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department]]<br>(Law and Institutional Reform)
|[[M. Kulasegaran|Kulasegaran Murugeson]]
|[[Ipoh Barat (federal constituency)|Ipoh Barat]]
|-
|Deputy Minister of Communications
|[[Teo Nie Ching]]
|[[Kulai (federal constituency)|Kulai]]
|-
|[[Deputy Minister of Education (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Education]]
|[[Wong Kah Woh]]
|[[Taiping (federal constituency)|Taiping]]
|-
|[[Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security]]
|Datuk [[Chan Foong Hin]]
|[[Kota Kinabalu (federal constituency)|Kota Kinabalu]]
|-
|[[Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports]]
|[[Mordi Bimol]]
|[[Mas Gading]]
|}

=== State governments ===
DAP currently leads the government of Penang and served as junior partner in several states governed by Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional

* '''[[Penang]]''' ('''2008–present''')
* '''[[Selangor]]''' (''2008–present'')
* '''[[Negeri Sembilan]]''' (''2018–present'')
* '''[[Pahang]]''' (''2022–present'')
* '''[[Perak]]''' (''2008–2009, 2018–2020, 2022–present'')
* '''[[Malacca]]''' (''2018–2020, 2022–present'')
* '''[[Sabah]]''' (''2018–2020, 2022–2025'')
* '''[[Johor]]''' (''2018–2020'')
* '''[[Kedah]]''' (''2008–2013'', ''2018–2020'')
Note: '''bold''' as Menteri Besar/Chief Minister, ''italic'' as junior partner
{| class ="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| State
! style="width:90px;"| Leader type  
! style="width:180px;"|Member 
! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency
|-
| {{Flag|Penang}}
| [[Chief Minister of Penang|Chief Minister]]
| [[Chow Kon Yeow]]
|[[Padang Kota (state constituency)|Padang Kota]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| State
! style="width:90px;"| Leader type  
! style="width:180px;"|Member 
! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency
|-
| {{Flag|Penang}}
| [[Deputy Chief Minister of Penang|Deputy Chief Minister II]]
| [[Jagdeep Singh Deo]]
|[[Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat]]
|}

=== Legislative leadership ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! style="width:360px;" |Portfolio
! style="width:180px;" |Office Bearer
! style="width:150px;" |Constituency
|-
|[[Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat]]
|[[Alice Lau|Alice Lau Kiong Yeng]]
|[[Lanang]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;" |State
! style="width:90px;" |Leader type
! style="width:180px;" |Member
! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency
|-
| {{Flag|Malacca}}
|Deputy Speaker
| [[Kerk Chee Yee]]
|[[Ayer Keroh (state constituency)|Ayer Keroh]]
|-
| {{Flag|Pahang}}
|Deputy Speaker
| [[Lee Chin Chen]]
|[[Bilut (state constituency)|Bilut]]
|-
| {{Flag|Perak}}
| Deputy Speaker
| [[Jenny Choy Tsi Jen]]
|[[Canning (state constituency)|Canning]]
|-
| {{Flag|Selangor}}
| Speaker
| [[Lau Weng San]]
|Non-MLA
|}

=== Official opposition ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:120px;" |State
! style="width:90px;" |Leader type
! style="width:180px;" |Member
! style="width:150px;" |State Constituency
|-
| align="left" |{{Flag|Johor}}
|Balancing Force Leader
|[[Andrew Chen Kah Eng]]
|[[Stulang (state constituency)|Stulang]]
|-
| align="left" |{{Flag|Sarawak}}
|Opposition Leader
|[[Chong Chieng Jen]]
|[[Padungan (state constituency)|Padungan]]
|}

== Election results ==
=== General election results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election
! Total seats won
! Seats contested
! Total votes
! Share of votes
! Outcome of election
! Election leader
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1964|1964]]<br />(as [[People's Action Party|PAP]])
| {{Composition bar|1|144|hex={{party color|People's Action Party}}}}
|11
| 42,130
| 2.0%
| {{increase}}1 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1969|1969]]
| {{Composition bar|13|144|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 24
| 286,606
| 12.1%
| {{increase}}12 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Goh Hock Guan]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1974|1974]]
| {{Composition bar|9|144|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 46
| 387,845
| 18.3%
| {{decrease}}4 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1978|1978]]
| {{Composition bar|16|154|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 53
| 664,433
| 19.1%
| {{increase}}7 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1982|1982]]
| {{Composition bar|9|154|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 63
| 815,473
| 19.6%
| {{decrease}}7 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1986|1986]]
| {{Composition bar|24|154|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 64
| 968,009
| 21.0%
| {{increase}}15 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1990|1990]]
| {{Composition bar|20|180|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 57
| 985,228
| 17.13%
| {{decrease}}4 seats; '''Opposition coalition'''<br />{{small|([[Gagasan Rakyat]])}}
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1995|1995]]
| {{Composition bar|9|192|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 50
| 712,175
| 12.0%
| {{decrease}}11 seats; '''Opposition coalition'''<br />{{small|([[Gagasan Rakyat]])}}
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1999|1999]]
| {{Composition bar|10|193|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 47
| 830,870
| 12.53%
| {{increase}}1 seats; '''Opposition coalition'''<br />{{small|([[Barisan Alternatif]])}}
| [[Lim Kit Siang]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2004|2004]]
| {{Composition bar|12|219|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 44
| 687,340
| 9.9%
| {{increase}}2 seats; '''Opposition'''
| [[Kerk Kim Hock]] {{small|(Secretary-general)}}<br />[[Lim Kit Siang]] {{small|(Chairman, Central Policy<br />& Strategic Planning Commission)}}
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2008|2008]]
| {{Composition bar|28|222|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 47
| 1,118,025
| 13.77%
| {{increase}}16 seats; '''Opposition coalition'''<br />{{small|([[Pakatan Rakyat]])}}
| [[Lim Guan Eng]] {{small|(Secretary-general)}}<br />[[Lim Kit Siang]] {{small|(Parliamentary Leader)}}
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2013|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|38|222|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 51
| 1,736,601
| 15.71%
| {{increase}}10 seats; '''Opposition coalition'''<br />{{small|([[Pakatan Rakyat]])}}
| [[Lim Guan Eng]] {{small|(Secretary-general)}}<br />[[Lim Kit Siang]] {{small|(Parliamentary Leader)}}
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2018|2018]]
|{{Composition bar|42|222|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
| 47
| 2,040,068
| 18.48%
| {{increase}}4 seats; '''Governing coalition''',<br /> later '''Opposition coalition''' <br />{{small|([[Pakatan Harapan]])}} 
| [[Lim Guan Eng]] {{small|(Secretary-general)}}<br />[[Lim Kit Siang]] {{small|(Parliamentary Leader)}}
|-
![[2022 Malaysian general election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|40|222|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|55
| 2,422,577
| 15.61%
|{{decrease}}2 seats; '''Governing Coalition'''<br />{{small|([[Pakatan Harapan]])}}
|[[Lim Guan Eng]] {{small|(Chairman)}}<br />[[Anthony Loke]] {{small|(Secretary-general)}}
|}

=== State election results ===
<div style="width: 100%; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #088">

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
!rowspan=2| State election !!colspan=14|State Legislative Assembly
|-
! [[Perlis State Legislative Assembly|Perlis]] !! [[Kedah State Legislative Assembly|Kedah]] !! [[Kelantan State Legislative Assembly|Kelantan]] !! [[Terengganu State Legislative Assembly|Terengganu]] !! [[Penang State Legislative Assembly|Penang]] !! [[Perak State Legislative Assembly|Perak]] !! [[Pahang State Legislative Assembly|Pahang]] !! [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly|Selangor]] !! [[Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly|Negeri Sembilan]] !! [[Malacca State Legislative Assembly|Malacca]] !! [[Johor State Legislative Assembly|Johor]] !! [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly|Sabah]] !! [[Sarawak State Legislative Assembly|Sarawak]] !! Total won / Total contested
|-
! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-
|2/3 majority||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}||
|-
|1964<br /><small>(as PAP)</small>||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|40|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| || ||{{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1969||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|6|40|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|9|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|8|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|4|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| ||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|31|57|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1974||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|26|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|36|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|11|42|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|4|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| ||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|23|120|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1978||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|26|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| ||{{Composition bar|0|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|5|27|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|9|42|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|4|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| || ||{{Composition bar|25|127 |hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1979|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|11|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1982||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|26|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|36|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|4|42|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|2|24|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|2|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| || ||{{Composition bar|12|131|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1983|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|7|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1985|| || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| ||{{Composition bar|0|3|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1986||{{Composition bar|0|14|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|39|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|10|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|13|46|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|5|42|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|4|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|36|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| ||{{Composition bar|37|118|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1987|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|0|56|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|11|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1990||{{Composition bar|0|14|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|39|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|14|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|13|46|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|6|42|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|4|28|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|20|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|36|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}} || ||{{Composition bar|45|94|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1991|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|0|56|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|18|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1994|| || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| ||{{Composition bar|0|2|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1995||{{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|36|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|43|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|33|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|52|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|1|38|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|48|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|2|32|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|0|40|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}|| || ||{{Composition bar|11|103|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
|-
|1996|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||{{Composition bar|3|62|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}||{{Composition bar|3|6|hex={{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}}}
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== See also ==
* [[List of political parties in Malaysia]]
* [[Pakatan Harapan]]
* [[Politics of Malaysia]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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=== Notes ===
{{reflist|group=nb}}
* James Chin. The Sarawak Chinese Voters and their support for the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1996, pp 387–401
* James Chin. The Malaysian Chinese Dilemma: The Never Ending Policy (NEP), Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, Vol 3, 2009

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Zhang |first1=Kevin |last2=Choo |first2=John |last3=Fong |first3=Sok Eng |title=The Democratic Action Party in Johor |date=2022 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing |isbn=978-981-5011-11-1 |language=en}}

== External links ==
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* {{official|http://dapmalaysia.org/}}
* [http://roketkini.com/ DAP RoketKini.com (DAP Malay Language News)]
* [http://dappg.org/ DAP Penang home page]
* [http://en.dapsarawak.org/ DAP Sarawak home page]

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