Kedah state election, 2018

Kedah state election, 2018

9 May 2018
All 36 seats to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mukhriz Mahathir Ahmad Fakhruddin Sheikh Fakhrurazi Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah Party PPBM PAS UMNO Alliance Pakatan Harapan Gagasan Sejahtera Barisan Nasional Leader since 7 January 2018 2017 2016 Leader's seat Ayer Hitam Contesting Pengkalan Kundor Bakar Bata Last election 7 seats, 16.31% (Pakatan Rakyat) 8 seats, 32.42% , (Pakatan Rakyat) 21 seats, 50.37% Seats before 9 7 20 Seats won 18 15 3 Seat change 9 8 17 Popular vote 343,519 313,171 278,694 Percentage 36.5% 33.7% 29.6% Swing 20.2 0.5 20.8
Menteri Besar before election Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah BN Elected Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir Pakatan Harapan

The 14th Kedah State election will be held on 09 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 23 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 21 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 Kedah) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Kedah).

Contenders

Barisan Nasional (BN) is set to contest all 36 seats in Kedah State Legislative Assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) linchpin party United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) is to set to contest major share of Barisan Nasional (BN) seats.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is set to contest all 36 seats in Kedah.^[1]

Pakatan Harapan have decided to contest all 36 seats in Kedah. On 4 February 2018, Pakatan Harapan has yet to finalize 4 seats. The seats are Guar Chempedak, Pantai Merdeka, Gurun and Kulim.^[2] On 26 February 2018, Pakatan Harapan has completed the distribution of seats in Kedah. Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) is to set to contest major share of Pakatan Harapan seats.^[3] Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) will contest in 14 seats while the National Trust Party (AMANAH) will have 10 seats. People's Justice Party (PKR) and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) will contest 10 and 2 seats.

Political parties

Coalition			Other parties
Incumbent	Opposition
Barisan Nasional (BN)	Pakatan Harapan (PH)	Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)	Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) [4]
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)	Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) National Trust Party (Amanah) People's Justice Party (PKR) Democratic Action Party (DAP)	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) Malaysia National Alliance Party (IKATAN) Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA)

The contested seats

State constituency	Incumbent State Assemblyman	Political parties
		Barisan Nasional [5]		Pakatan Harapan [6][7][8]		Gagasan Sejahtera [9]		Other parties/Ind
		Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
Ayer Hangat	Mohd Rawi Abdul Hamid (BN)	Mohd Rawi Abdul Hamid	UMNO	Johari Bulat	PPBM	Azlina Azinan	PAS	N/A	N/A
Kuah	Nor Saidi Nanyan (BN)	Nor Saidi Nanyan		Mohd Firdaus Ahmad		Mazlan Ahmad		Mohamad Ratu Mansor	IND
Kota Siputeh	Abu Hasan Sarif (BN)	Ahmad Azhar Abdullah		Salmee Said	Amanah	Mat Rejab Md Akhir		N/A	N/A
Ayer Hitam	Mukhriz Mahathir (PH)	Abu Hasan Sharif		A. Aziz Mohamod	PPBM	Azhar Ibrahim		N/A	N/A
Bukit Kayu Hitam	Ahmad Zaini Jaapar (BN)	Ahmad Zaini Jaapar		Halimaton Shaadiah Saad		Habshah Bakar		N/A	N/A
Jitra	Aminuddin Omar (BN)	Aminuddin Omar		Mukhriz Mahathir		Zulhazmi Othman		N/A	N/A
Kuala Nerang	Badrol Hisham Hashim (BN)	Badrol Hisham Hashim		Syed Fadzil Syed Embun		Munir @ Mohamad Yusuf Zakaria		N/A	N/A
Pedu	Kama Noriah Ibrahim (BN)	Kama Noriah Ibrahim		Hashim Idris	PKR	Mohd Radzi Md Amin		N/A	N/A
Bukit Lada	Ahmad Lebai Sudin (BN)	Ariffin Man		Mohd Aizad bin Roslan	PPBM	Salim Mahmood		Ismail Othman	IND
Bukit Pinang	Wan Romani Wan Salim (GS)	Mohammad Nawar Ariffin		Che Mat Dzaher Ahmad	PKR	Wan Romani Wan Salim		N/A	N/A
Derga	Tan Kok Yew (PH)	Cheah Soon Hai	Gerakan	Tan Kok Yew	DAP	Yahya Saad		N/A	N/A
Suka Menanti (previously known as Bakar Bata)	Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (BN)	Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah	UMNO	Zamri Yusuf	PKR	Mohd Sabri Omar		N/A	N/A
Kota Darul Aman	Teoh Boon Kok @ Teoh Kai Kok (PH)	Tan Eng Hwa	MCA	Teh Swee Leong	DAP	Zulkifli Che Haron		Tan Kang Yap	PRM
Alor Mengkudu	Ahmad Saad @ Yahaya (GS)	Abdul Malik Saad	UMNO	Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi	Amanah	Ahmad Yahya		N/A	N/A
Anak Bukit	Amiruddin Hamzah (PH)	Johari Aziz		Amiruddin Hamzah	PPBM	Hamdi Ishak		N/A	N/A
Kubang Rotan	Mohd Nasir Mustafa (GS)	Abdul Muthalib Harun		Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	Amanah	Omar Saad		N/A	N/A
Pengkalan Kundor	Phahrolrazi Zawawi (PH)	Abd. Halim Said		Ismail Salleh		Ahmad Fakhruddin Sheikh Fakhrurazi		N/A	N/A
Tokai	Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul (GS)	Fatahi Omar		Mohd Firdaus Jaafar		Mohd Hayati Othman		N/A	N/A
Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob (BN)	Suraya Yaacob		Abdul Razak Khamis	PPBM	Saiful Syazwan Shafie		N/A	N/A
Sungai Limau	Mohd Azam Samat (GS)	Norma Awang		Zahran Abdullah	Amanah	Mohd Azam Samat		N/A	N/A
Guar Chempedak	Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail (BN)	Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail		Mohd Saffuan Sabari	PPBM	Musoddak Ahmad		N/A	N/A
Gurun	Leong Yong Kong (BN)	Boey Chin Gan	MCA	Johari Abdul	PKR	Muzaini Azizan		Palaniappan Marimuthu	IND
Belantek	Mohd Tajudin Abdullah (BN)	Mohd Tajudin Abdullah	UMNO	Abdul Rashid Abdullah	Amanah	Mad Isa Shafie		N/A	N/A
Jeneri	Mahadzir Abdul Hamid (BN)	Mahadzir Abdul Hamid		Mohd Nazri bin Abu Hassan	PPBM	Muhammad Sanusi Md Noor		N/A	N/A
Bukit Selambau	Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu (PH)	Jaspal Singh Gurbakhes Singh	MIC	Summugam Rengasamy	PKR	Mohd Ali Sulaiman		N/A	N/A
Tanjong Dawai	Tajul Urus Mat Zain (BN)	Anuar Ahmad	UMNO	Annuar Abd Hamid	PPBM	Hanif Ghazali		N/A	N/A
Pantai Merdeka	Ali Yahaya (BN)	Ali Yahaya		Rosli Yusof	Amanah	Ahmas Fadzli Hashim		N/A	N/A
Bakar Arang	Ooi Tze Min (PH)	Ko Hung Weng	MCA	Ooi Tze Min	PKR	Othman Che Mee		Tan Khee Chye	PRM
								Tan Hock Huat	IND
Sidam	Robert Ling Kui Ee (PH)	Tan Kok Seong	Gerakan	Robert Ling Kui Ee		Norhidayah Foo Abdullah		Mohd Hashim Saaludin	PRM
Bayu	Azmi Che Husain (BN)	Mohamed Noor Mohamed Amin	UMNO	Abd Rahim Kechik	PPBM	Abd Nasir Idris		N/A	N/A
Kupang	Harun Abdul Aziz (BN)	Harun Abdul Aziz		Johari Abdullah	Amanah	Najmi Ahmad		N/A	N/A
Kuala Ketil	Md Zuki Yusof (GS)	Mohd. Khairul Abdullah		Mohamad Sofee Razak	PKR	Mansor Zakaria		N/A	N/A
Merbau Pulas	Siti Aishah Ghazali (GS)	Asmadi Abu Talib		Abd. Razak Salleh	Amanah	Siti Aishah Ghazali		N/A	N/A
Lunas	Azman Nasrudin (PH)	Thuraisingam K.S. Muthu	MIC	Azman Nasrudin	PKR	Ahmad Taufiq Baharum		N/A	N/A
Kulim	Chua Thiong Gee (BN)	Chua Thiong Gee	MCA	Yeo Keng Chuan		Mohd Khairi Mohd Salleh		Lee Ah Liong	PRM
Bandar Baharu	Norsabrina Mohd Noor (BN)	Norsabrina Mohd Noor	UMNO	Azimi Daim	PPBM	Rohaizat Ja'afar		N/A	N/A

Results

 Summary of the 9 May 2018 Kedah State Legislative Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Harapan:	345,519	36.53		18	50.00	12
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	22,969	2.44		2	5.56
People's Justice Party (PKR)	143,812	15.29		8	22.22	4
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)	114,838	12.21		5	13.89	5
National Trust Party (Amanah)	61,900	6.58		3	8.33	3
Barisan Nasional:	278,694	29.64		3	8.33	18
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	226,273	24.06		3	8.33	16
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)	10,867	1.16		0	0.0
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	24,616	2.62		0	0.0	2
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	16,938	1.80		0	0.0
Gagasan Sejahtera:	317,171	33.73		15	41.67	6
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	317,171	33.73		15	41.67	6
Others:	204	0.02		0	0.0
Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)	204	0.02		0	0.0
Independents:	726	0.08		0	0.0
Valid votes	940,314
Invalid/blank votes	13,725
Total votes	954,039	100.00		36	100.00
Registered voters	1,146,492
Source:[10][11][12]

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