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The 14th Perak State election was held on 9 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. Each of the state assemblymen are elected to a five-year term each.

Quick Facts All 59 seats in the Perak State Legislative Assembly 30 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...
2018 Perak state election

 2013 9 May 2018 2022 

All 59 seats in the Perak State Legislative Assembly
30 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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Leader Ahmad Faizal Azumu Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir Razman Zakaria
Party Pakatan Harapan
(PPBM)
Barisan Nasional
(UMNO)
Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
Leader since 30 August 2017 4 March 2004 20 April 2018
Leader's seat Chenderiang Pangkor Gunong Semanggol
Last election 23 seats, 44.33%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
31 seats, 44.95% 5 seats, 10.35%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats before 24 31 4
Seats won 29 27 3
Seat change Increase5 Decrease4 Decrease1
Popular vote 595,219 395,708 194,735
Percentage 50.1% 33.3% 16.4%
Swing Increase5.8% Decrease11.7% Increase6.0%

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Pakatan Harapan seats:
  DAP
  PKR
  Amanah

Opposition seats:

  UMNO
  PAS

Menteri Besar before election

Zambry Abdul Kadir
BNUMNO

Elected Menteri Besar

Ahmad Faizal Azumu
PHBERSATU

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The Perak State Legislative Assembly automatically dissolved on 28 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections were required to be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 28 August 2018, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission), unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State (Sultan of Perak) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Perak).

Pakatan Harapan (PH) gained a plurality in the election, winning 29 seats but still short of 1 seat for a simple majority win,[1] until 2 MLAs from Barisan Nasional (BN) quit their parties to support PH, enabling it to form the state government.[2] Ahmad Faizal Azumu, from BERSATU, was sworn in as Menteri Besar on 12 May 2018, while the state EXCO members were sworn in on 19 May 2018.[3]

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Contenders

Barisan Nasional (BN) contested all 59 seats in Perak State Legislative Assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) linchpin party United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) contested a major share of Barisan Nasional (BN) seats.

Pakatan Harapan also contested all 59 seats in Perak with Democratic Action Party (DAP) was largest contested 18 seats while National Trust Party (Amanah) contested 13 seats and both People's Justice Party (PKR) and the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) contested 14 seats each.[4] Pakatan Harapan will use PKR logo as its logo for election.

Gagasan Sejahtera contested all 56 seats in Perak. Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) competed for 43 seats. The remaining 16 seats were distributed to Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM).[5]

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) will contest 5 seats in Buntong, Jelapang, Menglembu, Tronoh and Malim Nawar.[6]

Political parties

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The contested seats

More information No., State constituency ...
No. State constituency Incumbent State Assemblyman Political parties

Barisan Nasional (BN)[8]

Pakatan Harapan (PH)[9][10]

Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)[11]

Other parties/Ind
Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party
N01 Pengkalan Hulu Aznel Ibrahim (BN) Aznel Ibrahim UMNO Dr. Ahmad Safwan Mohamad Bersatu Mohd Hamidi Ismail PAS
N02 Temengor Salbiah Mohamed (BN) Salbiah Mohamed Mohd. Fadzil Abdul Aziz Md Pozi Md Sani
N03 Kenering Mohd Tarmizi Idris (BN) Mohd Tarmizi Idris Noor Sham Abu Samah PKR Azhar Rasdi
N04 Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad (BN) Saarani Mohamad Noor Hasnida Mohd. Hashim Bersatu Muhamad Rif’aat Razman
N05 Selama Mohamad Daud Mohd Yusoff (BN) Faizul Mohd Shohor Razali Ismail Amanah Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin
N06 Kubu Gajah Ahmad Hasbullah Alias (BN) Saliza Ahmad Mat Supri Musa Bersatu Khalil Yahaya
N07 Batu Kurau Muhammad Amin Zakaria (BN) Muhammad Amin Zakaria Muhamad Aiman Aizuddin Md Husin PKR Mohd Shahir Mohd Hassan Zainal Abidin Abd. Rahman Berjasa
N08 Titi Serong Abu Bakar Hussian (PAS) Norsalewati Mat Norwani Hasnul Zulkarnain Abd Munaim Amanah Abu Bakar Hussian
N09 Kuala Kurau Abdul Yunus Jamahri (PH) Shahrul Nizam Razali Abdul Yunus Jamahri PKR Abdul Baharin Mohd Desa
N10 Alor Pongsu Sham Mat Sahat (BN) Sham Mat Sahat Ahmad Zaki Husin Wan Tarmizi Abd Aziz
N11 Gunong Semanggol Mohd Zawawi Abu Hassan (PAS) Zaini Cha Ismail Ali Bersatu Haji Razman Zakaria
N12 Selinsing Husin Din (PAS) Mohamad Nor Dawoo Ahmad Saqid Ansorullah Ahmad Jihbadz Mokhlis Amanah Husin Din
N13 Kuala Sepetang Chua Yee Ling (PH) Mohd Kamaruddin Abu Bakar Chua Yee Ling PKR Rahim Ismail
N14 Changkat Jering Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (PH) Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud Megat Shariffuddin Ibrahim Amanah Mohd Nordin Jaafar P.M. Mohganan IND
N15 Trong Zabri Abd Wahid (BN) Jamilah Zakaria Shaharuddin Abdul Rashid Bersatu Muhd Faisal Abd Rahman
N16 Kamunting Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid (BN) Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin Amanah Mohd Fakhrudin Abd Aziz
N17 Pokok Assam Teh Kok Lim (PH) Lee Li Kuan MCA Leow Thye Yih DAP
N18 Aulong Leow Thye Yih (PH) Soo Kay Ping Gerakan Nga Kor Ming
N19 Chenderoh Zainun Mat Noor (BN) Zainun Mat Noor UMNO Khairul Anuar Musa PKR Mohd Farid Faizi Azizan PAS
N20 Lubok Merbau Siti Salmah Mat Jusak (BN) Jurij Jalaluddin Zulkarnine Hashim Bersatu Azizi Mohamed Ridzuwan
N21 Lintang Mohd Zolkafly Harun (BN) Mohd Zolkafly Harun Madhi Hassan PKR Isran Fahmi Ismail
N22 Jalong Loh Sze Yee (PH) Tan Lian Hoe Gerakan Loh Sze Yee DAP
N23 Manjoi Mohamad Ziad Mohamed Zainal Abidin (BN) Mohamad Ziad Mohamed Zainal Abidin UMNO Asmuni Awi Amanah Mohd Hafez Sabri PAS
N24 Hulu Kinta Aminuddin Md Hanafiah (BN) Aminuddin Md Hanafiah Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad PKR Mat Salleh Said
N25 Canning Wong Kah Woh (PH) Liew Kar Tuan Gerakan Jenny Choy DAP
N26 Tebing Tinggi Ong Boon Piow (PH) Tony Khoo Boon Chuan MCA Abdul Aziz Bari Mazlan Md Isa PAS
N27 Pasir Pinji Lee Chuan How (PH) Ng Kai Cheong Lee Chuan How
N28 Bercham Cheong Chee Khing (PH) Low Guo Nan Ong Boon Piow
N29 Kepayang Nga Kor Ming (PH) Chang Kok Aun Ko Chung Sen
N30 Buntong Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (PH) T. Thangarani MIC Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan Ramni Rasiah PSM
N31 Jelapang Teh Hock Ke (PH) K. Thankaraj Cheah Poh Hian M. Saraswathy
N32 Menglembu Lim Pek Har (PH) Wong Kam Seng MCA Chaw Kam Foon Chin Kwai Leong
N33 Tronoh Yong Choo Kiong (PH) Yuen Chan How Yong Choo Kiong Andy Chin
N34 Bukit Chandan Maslin Sham Razman (BN) Maslin Sham Razman UMNO Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid PKR Intan Noraini Mohd Basir PAS Akmal Haikal Azman Shah KITA
N35 Manong Mohamad Kamil Shafie (BN) Mohd Zuraimi Razali Mohamad Isa Jaafar Bersatu Jamil Dzulkarnain Muhamad Firdaus Izuan
N36 Pengkalan Baharu Abd Manaf Hashim (BN) Abd Manaf Hashim Murad Abdullah Zakaria Hashim
N37 Pantai Remis Wong May Ing (PH) Ho Kean Wei MCA Wong May Ing DAP
N38 Astaka (previously known as Sitiawan) Ngeh Koo Ham (PH) Teng Keek Soong Teoh Yee Chow
N39 Belanja Mohd Nizar Zakaria (BN) Khairudin Abu Hanipah UMNO Yahanis Yahya Bersatu Mohd Zahid Abu Bakar PAS
N40 Bota Nasarudin Hashim (BN) Khairul Shahril Mohamed Azrul Hakkim Azhar Muhamad Ismi Mat Taib
N41 Malim Nawar Leong Cheok Keng (PH) Chang Gwo Chyang MCA Leong Cheok Keng DAP K.S. Bawani PSM
N42 Keranji Chen Fook Chye (PH) Daniel Wa How Chang Zhemin
N43 Tualang Sekah Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi (BN) Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi UMNO Mohd Azlan Helmi PKR Mohd Sofian Rejab PAS
N44 Sungai Rapat Radzi Zainon (PAS) Hamzah Kasim Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin Amanah Radzi Zainon
N45 Simpang Pulai Tan Kar Hing (PH) Liew Yee Lin MCA Tan Kar Hing PKR
N46 Teja Chang Lih Kang (PH) Chang Chun Cheun Ng Shy Ching Mokhthar Abdullah PAS
N47 Chenderiang Mah Hang Soon (BN) Chong Shin Heng Ahmad Faizal Azumu Bersatu Nordin Hassan
N48 Ayer Kuning Samsudin Abu Hassan (BN) Samsudin Abu Hassan UMNO Tan Seng Toh Amanah Salmah Ab Latif
N49 Sungai Manik Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (BN) Zainol Fadzi Paharudin Mohamad Maharani Md Tasi PKR Mohamed Yusoff Abdullah Mustapa Kamal Maulut Berjasa
N50 Kampong Gajah Abdullah Fauzi Ahmad Razali (BN) Wan Norashikin Wan Nordin Zaiton Latiff Amanah Mustafa Shaari
N51 Pasir Panjang Rashidi Ibrahim (BN) Rashidi Ibrahim Yahaya Mat Nor Rohawati Abidin
N52 Pangkor Zambry Abdul Kadir (BN) Zambry Abdul Kadir Nordin Ahmad Ismail Bersatu Zainal Abidin Saad
N53 Rungkup Shahrul Zaman Yahya (BN) Shahrul Zaman Yahya Hatim Musa Amanah Mohd Mohkheri Jalil
N54 Hutan Melintang Kesavan Subramaniam (PH) Khairuddin Tarmizi Manivannan Gowindasamy PKR Mohd Misbahul Munir Masduki
N55 Pasir Bedamar Terence Naidu (PH) Kong Sun Chin MCA Terence Naidu DAP S. Kumaresan
N56 Changkat Jong Mohd Azhar Jamaluddin (BN) Mohd Azhar Jamaluddin UMNO Muhammad Faizul Mohamed Ismail Bersatu Mohd Azhar Mohd Rafiei
N57 Sungkai Sivanesan Achalingam (DAP) V. Elango MIC Sivanesan Achalingam DAP J. Applasamy
N58 Slim Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib (BN) Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib UMNO Mohd. Amran Ibrahim Bersatu Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal
N59 Behrang Rusnah Kassim (BN) Rusnah Kassim Aminuddin Zulkipli Amanah Syed Zamzuri Syed Nengah
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Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 29 governmental seats (2 from non-governmental seats were later decided to support the creation of new state government) and 30 non-governmental seats (currently 28 seats after 2 of them decided to support new government) filled the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 18 safe seat and 1 fairly safe seat. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat.

2018 Perak state election
GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Titi SerongHasnul Zulkarnain Abd. MunaimAMANAH34.46
Pasir PanjangYahaya Mat NorAMANAH40.56
Kuala KurauAbdul Junus JamhariPKR41.88
ManjoiAsmuni AwiAMANAH42.30
KamuntingIr. Dr. Muhd. Fadhil NuruddinAMANAH42.50
BehrangAminuddin ZulkipliAMANAH43.49
Hulu KintaMuhammad Arafat Varisai MuhamadPKR45.02
ChenderiangAhmad Faizal AzumuBERSATU45.02
Sungai RapatIr. Mohamad Nizar JamaluddinAMANAH48.04
Tebing TinggiDr. Abdul Aziz BariDAP49.99
Fairly safe
TejaSandrea Ng Shy ChingPKR56.31
Safe
Malim NawarLeong Cheok KengDAP67.60
JalongLoh Sze YeeDAP71.17
SungkaiSivanesan AchalingamDAP72.56
Simpang PulaiTan Kar HingPKR73.97
AulongDavid Nga Kor MingDAP74.94
KeranjiChang ZheminDAP74.97
TronohYong Choo KiongDAP75.48
Pasir BedamarTerence Naidu Raja NaiduDAP76.76
Pokok AssamLeow Thye YihDAP77.50
Pantai RemisWong May IngDAP77.86
KepayangDr. Ko Chung SenDAP80.95
BuntongSivasubramaniam AthinarayananDAP83.74
AstakaTeoh Yee ChernDAP83.80
BerchamOng Boon PiowDAP86.22
JelapangCheah Poh HianDAP86.27
CanningJenny Choy Tsi JenDAP87.72
MenglembuChaw Kam FoonDAP88.13
Pasir PinjiHoward Lee Chuan HowDAP90.56
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Lubok MerbauJurij JalaluddinUMNO36.13
SelinsingMohamad Noor DawooUMNO36.25
Kuala SepetangMohd. Kamaruddin Abu BakarUMNO37.54
ManongMohd. Zuraimi RazaliUMNO39.25
Alor PongsuSham Mat SahatUMNO39.63
Changkat JongMohd. Azhar JamaluddinUMNO39.77
Changkat JeringAhmad Saidi Mohamad DaudUMNO40.13
SelamaMohd. Akmal KamaruddinPAS41.28
Bukit ChandanMaslin Sham RazmanUMNO41.94
BotaKhairul Shahril MohamedUMNO43.42
Kubu GajahKhalil YahayaPAS44.29
Sungai ManikZainol Fadzi PaharudinUMNO44.48
PangkorDr. Zambry Abd. KadirUMNO44.64
Tualang SekahNolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi MananUMNO44.74
SlimMohd. Khusairi Abdul TalibUMNO44.83
Hutan MelintangKhairuddin TarmiziUMNO45.05
Gunong SemanggolRazman ZakariaPAS45.10
Pengkalan BaharuAbd. Manap HashimUMNO45.80
Batu KurauDr. Muhammad Amin Hj. ZakariaUMNO47.01
TrongJamilah ZakariaUMNO47.03
ChenderohZainun Mat NoorUMNO47.54
Ayer KuningSamsudin Abu HassanUMNO47.64
Pengkalan HuluAznel IbrahimUMNO48.57
Kampong GajahDr. Wan Norashikin Wan NoordinUMNO48.86
BelanjaKhairudin Abu HanipahUMNO49.40
TemenggorSalbiah MohamedUMNO50.42
Kota TampanSaarani MohamadUMNO52.36
RungkupShahrul Zaman YahyaUMNO52.57
LintangMohd. Zolkafly HarunUMNO52.79
KeneringMohd. Tarmizi IdrisUMNO55.39

Results

More information Party or alliance, Votes ...
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Pakatan HarapanDemocratic Action Party361,52130.41180
National Trust Party101,7738.566+6
Malaysian United Indigenous Party69,2995.831+1
People's Justice Party62,6265.274–1
Total595,21950.0729+6
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation303,02225.4927–3
Malaysian Chinese Association69,5425.850–1
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia15,5711.3100
Malaysian Indian Congress7,5730.6400
Total395,70833.2927–4
Gagasan SejahteraMalaysian Islamic Party194,73516.383–2
Socialist Party of Malaysia2,5510.2100
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front2110.0200
Independents2770.0200
Total1,188,701100.00590
Valid votes1,188,70198.38
Invalid/blank votes19,5641.62
Total votes1,208,265100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,510,86479.97
Source: SPR[12][13]
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Seats that changed allegiance

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Aftermath

Two MLAs from BN who stated their support for PH, Zainol Fadzi Paharudin and Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi, despite their insistence they are not quitting the party for supporting PH, were automatically sacked by UMNO and BN on 14 May 2018.[14] They both later joined Bersatu.

The Pakatan Harapan state government led by Ahmad Faizal only lasts 22 months, when in the wake of 2020 Malaysian political crisis and exit of Bersatu MLAs from PH resulted in a new state government under a coalition between BN and Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu and PAS) in March 2020, with Ahmad Faizal re-appointed as Menteri Besar. That government, in turn only lasted another 9 months before Ahmad Faizal lost a vote of confidence motion tabled by BN, resulting in his resignation and another new government formed and led by BN's Saarani Mohammad in December 2020.

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References

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