Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
English nameMalaysian People's Movement Party
AbbreviationPGRM/GERAKAN
PresidentDominic Lau Hoe Chai
Secretary-GeneralWong Chia Zhen
Deputy PresidentOh Tong Keong
Vice PresidentKoo Shiaw Lee
Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh
Alexander Lo Su Hyen
Ranndy Yap Kim Heng
Parameswaran Ganason
Chek Kwong Weng
Gary Lee Ban Fatt
Women ChiefChung Mon Sie
Youth ChiefWong Chia Zhen
FounderSyed Hussein Alatas
Tan Chee Khoon
J.B.A. Peter
Lim Chong Eu
Veerappen Veerathan
Wang Gungwu
Founded24 March 1968
Registered22 May 1968
Officially registered
Legalised28 May 1968
Legalised as 'political party' by Registrar Of Societies
Split fromMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
United Democratic Party (UDP)
Labour Party of Malaya (LPM)
Preceded byUnited Democratic Party
Labour Party (partial)
Headquarters8, Jalan Pudu Ulu, Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NewspaperGERAKAN Today
(e-periodical)
Think tankSocio-Economic Development And Research Institute (SEDAR)
Youth wingPEMUDA
Women's wingWANITA
Membership (2022)285,100
IdeologyMultiracialism
Political position Syncretic
National affiliationBarisan Nasional (1973–2018)
Perikatan Nasional (2021–)
Ikatan Prihatin Rakyat (since 2025)
International affiliationLiberal International (observer)
Alliance of Democrats
Regional affiliationCouncil of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Colours  Red & Green
SloganSatu Hati Gerak Bersama (Forward Together with One Heart)
AnthemSatu Hati
Dewan Negara:
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
0 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri:
1 / 611
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
www.gerakan.org.my

The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (English: Malaysian People's Movement Party; 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. However, in 1972, Gerakan joined the Alliance Party, which later evolved into Barisan Nasional (BN) and contested the 1974 general election and subsequent elections as part of the ruling coalition. The party maintained representation in the Dewan Rakyat until the 2018 general election, when it lost all its seats amid BN's historic defeat. Gerakan subsequently left BN and has been a member of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2021.

Gerakan also held a dominant position in the Penang State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 2008 and also achieved some success nationally as part of the ruling BN coalition, particularly in the 2004 general election. However, its fortunes declined sharply in the 2008 election, and left the coalition following BN's defeat in the 2018 general election. While it joined PN in 2021, 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 PN.

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 ethnic Indian and the remaining spread between the Malays and other groups.