Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia

Malaysian People's Movement Party
Malay name	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ڤرتي ڬرقن رعيت مليسيا
Chinese name	马来西亚民政运动 Mǎláixīyà mínzhèng yùndòng
Tamil name	மலேசிய மக்கள் இயக்கக் கட்சி Malēciya makkaḷ iyakkak kaṭci
Abbreviation	PGRM/GERAKAN
President	Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
Secretary-General	Loh Kah Yong
Deputy President	Oh Tong Keong
Vice President	Koo Shiaw Lee Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh Alexander Lo Su Hyen Ranndy Yap Kim Heng Parameswaran Ganason Chek Kwong Weng Gary Lee Ban Fatt
Women Chief	Chung Mon Sie
Youth Chief	Wong Chia Zhen
Founder	Syed Hussein Alatas Tan Chee Khoon J.B.A. Peter Lim Chong Eu Veerappen Veerathan Wang Gungwu
Founded	24 March 1968
Registered	22 May 1968 Officially registered
Legalised	28 May 1968 Legalised as 'political party' by Registrar Of Societies
Split from	• Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) • United Democratic Party (UDP) • Labour Party of Malaya (LPM)
Preceded by	United Democratic Party Labour Party (partial)
Headquarters	8, Jalan Pudu Ulu, Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Newspaper	GERAKAN Today (e-periodical)
Think tank	Socio-Economic Development And Research Institute (SEDAR)
Youth wing	PEMUDA
Women's wing	WANITA
Membership (2022)	285,100
Ideology	Liberalism Nationalism Multiracialism
Political position	Centre[citation needed]
National affiliation	Barisan Nasional (1973–2018) Perikatan Nasional (since 2021)
International affiliation	Liberal International (observer)[1] Alliance of Democrats
Regional affiliation	Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Colours	Red & Green
Slogan	Satu Hati Gerak Bersama (Forward Together with One Heart)
Anthem	Satu Hati
Dewan Negara:	0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:	0 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri:	1 / 611
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
www.gerakan.org.my
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The Malaysian People's Movement Party (Malay: Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia; abbrev: GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general election when it defeated the ruling Alliance Party in Penang and won the majority of seats in Penang's state legislature. In 1972, Gerakan joined the Alliance Party, which later became Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition of Malaysia until 2018. It has been a member of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2021.

Gerakan played a dominant role in the Penang state legislature from 1969 until 2008. It also enjoyed some success nationally as part of the ruling BN coalition, particularly in the 2004 general election, but Its fortune declined sharply in the 2008 election. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election, where Gerakan lost all its seats, it left the coalition.^[2] The party joined the then ruling Perikatan Nasional in 2021.^[3] It had no representation at the national or state-level until the 2023 Kedah state election, where the party achieved its first electoral victory since 2014. Despite clashes with its coalition allies, the party is perceived to be dependent on continued membership within Perikatan Nasional.^[4]

The party is assisted by an affiliated think tank called SEDAR Institute (Socio-Economic Development And Research Institute). The party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. At its height, the party's primary source of support came from the country's ethnic Chinese who constitute 80% of the party's membership, with 15% being Indian, and the remaining spread between Malays and other groups.^[5]