Malacca state election, 2018

Malacca state election, 2018

9 May 2018
All 28 seats of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Adly Zahari Idris Haron Kamarudin Sidek Party Pakatan Harapan (Amanah) Barisan Nasional Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Leader since 2013 Leader's seat Bukit Katil Sungai Udang Duyong Last election 6 seats, 31.18% (Pakatan Rakyat) 21 seats, 53.31% 1 seat, 14.98% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 3 21 1 Seats won 15 13 0 Seat change 12 8 1 Popular vote 211,153 156,318 44,537 Percentage 51.1% 37.8% 10.8% Swing 19.9 15.5 4.2
Chief Minister before election Idris Haron Barisan Nasional Elected Chief Minister Adly Zahari Pakatan Harapan

The 14th Malacca election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Malacca State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca.^[1] The Malacca State Legislative Assembly dissolved on 7 April 2018 by the Head of State (Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca) on the advice of the Head of Government (Chief Minister of Malacca).^[2]

The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission and utilised the first-past-the-post system. Electoral candidates were nominated on 28 April. On 9 May, between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Malaysian time (UTC+8), polling was held in all 28 state constituencies throughout Malacca; each constituency elects a single State Assemblyman to the state legislature.

Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in Malacca, lost to opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH). PH won 15 seats while BN won 13.

Background

The upcoming state election will be the 14th state election in the State of Malacca since the independence of Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957.

A state election must be held within sixty days after the dissolution. Accordingly, the Malaysian Election Commission set 28 April as the nomination day and 9 May as the polling day.^[1]

Political parties

Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in Malacca, has been in power since it's formation and led by Chief Minister Idris Haron.

BN was challenged by two opposition coalitions, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the Gagasan Sejahtera (GS). The PH and GS coalitions were led by Adly Zahari and Kamarudin Sidek respectively.^[3]

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

Electoral candidates

State constituency	Incumbent State Assemblyman	Political parties
		Barisan Nasional		Pakatan Harapan[4][5]		Gagasan Sejahtera[6]		Other parties/Ind[7]
		Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
Kuala Linggi	Ismail Othman (BN)	Ismail Othman	UMNO	Hasmorni Tamby	PKR	Azmi Sambul	PAS	N/A	N/A
Tanjung Bidara	Md Rawi Mahmud (BN)	Md Rawi Mahmud		Halim Bachik		Imran Abdul Rahman		N/A	N/A
Ayer Limau	Amirudin Yusof (BN)	Amirudin Yusof		Ruslin Hasan	PPBM	Jamarudin Ahmad		N/A	N/A
Lendu	Sulaiman Md Ali (BN)	Sulaiman Md Ali		Riduan Affandi Abu Bakar		Arshad Mohamad Som		N/A	N/A
Taboh Naning	Latipah Omar (BN)	Latipah Omar		Zairi Suboh	Amanah	Asri Shaik Abdul Aziz		N/A	N/A
Rembia	Norpipah Abdol (BN)	Norpipah Abdol		Muhammad Jailani Khamis	PKR	Mohammad Rashidi Abd Razak		N/A	N/A
Gadek	M.S Mahadevan Sanacy (BN)	P. Panirchelvam	MIC	G. Saminathan	DAP	Emransyah Ismail		N/A	N/A
Machap Jaya (previously known as Machap)	Lai Meng Chong (BN)	Koh Nai Kwong	MCA	Ginie Lim Siew Lin	PKR	Wan Zahidi Wan Ismail		N/A	N/A
Durian Tunggal	Ab Wahab Ab Latip (BN)	Ab Wahab Ab Latip	UMNO	Mohd Sofi Wahab	Amanah	Mohsin Ibrahim		N/A	N/A
Asahan	Abdul Ghafar Atan (BN)	Abdul Ghafar Atan		Zamzuri Ariffin	PPBM	Azlan Maddin		N/A	N/A
Sungai Udang	Idris Haron (BN)	Idris Haron		Mohd Lokman Abdul Gani	PKR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pantai Kundor	Ab Rahaman Ab Karim (BN)	Nor Azman Hassan		Juhari Osman	Amanah	Abdul Halim Maidin	PAS	N/A	N/A
Paya Rumput	Sazali Muhd Din (BN)	Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah		Mohd. Rafiq Naizamohideen	PPBM	Rafie Ahmad		N/A	N/A
Kelebang	Lim Ban Hong (BN)	Lim Ban Hong	MCA	Gue Teck	PKR	Mohd Shafiq Ismail		N/A	N/A
Pengkalan Batu (previously known as Bachang)	Lim Jack Wong (IND)	Chua Lian Chye	Gerakan	Norhizam Hassan Baktee	DAP	Ramli Dalip		N/A	N/A
Ayer Keroh	Khoo Poay Tiong (BN)	Chua Kheng Hwa	MCA	Kerk Chee Yee		Sepri Rahman		N/A	N/A
Bukit Katil (previously known as Bukit Baru)	Md Khalid Kassim (GS)	Yunus Hitam	UMNO	Adli Zahari	Amanah	Muhamat Puhat Bedol		N/A	N/A
Ayer Molek	Md. Yunos Husin (BN)	Rahmad Mariman		Farhan Ibrahim	PKR	Jantan Abdullah		Kamarolzaman Mohd Jidi	IND
Kesidang	Chin Choong Seong (IND)	Ng Choon Koon	MCA	Seah Shoo Chin	DAP	N/A	N/A	Goh Leong San
Kota Laksamana	Lai Keun Ban (PH)	Melvia Chua Kew Wei		Low Chee Leong		N/A	N/A	Sim Tong Him
Duyong	Goh Leong San (IND)	Lee Kiat Lee		Damian Yeo Shen Li		Kamarudin Sedik	PAS	Lim Jak Wong
Bandar Hilir	Tey Kok Kiew (PH)	Lee Chong Meng		Tey Kok Kiew		N/A	N/A	Chin Choong Seong
Telok Mas	Latiff Tamby Chik (BN)	Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Noor Effandi Ahmad	PPBM	Rosazli Md Yasin	PAS	N/A	N/A
Bemban	Ng Choon Koon (BN)	Koh Chin Han	MCA	Wong Fort Pin	DAP	Suhaimi Harun		N/A	N/A
Rim	Ghazale Muhamad (BN)	Ghazale Muhamad	UMNO	Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin	PKR	Kintan Man		N/A	N/A
Serkam	Zaidi Attan (BN)	Zaidi Attan		Nor Khairi Yusof	Amanah	Ahmad Bilal Rahudin		N/A	N/A
Merlimau	Roslan Ahmad (BN)	Roslan Ahmad		Yuhaizad Abdullah		Abdul Malek Yusof		N/A	N/A
Sungai Rambai	Hasan Abd Rahman (BN)	Hasan Abd Rahman		Azalina Abdul Rahman	PPBM	Zakariya Kasnin		N/A	N/A

Results

 Summary of the 9 May 2018 Melaka state election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Harapan:	0	0	0	15	53.57	6
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	0	0	0	8	28.57	2
People's Justice Party (PKR)	0	0	0	3	10.71	3
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)	0	0	0	2	7.14	2
National Trust Party (Amanah)	0	0	0	2	7.14	2
Barisan Nasional:	0	0	0	13	46.43	8
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	0	0	0	13	46.43	4
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)	0	0	0	0	0.0
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
Gagasan Sejahtera:	0	0	0	0	0	1
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
Love Malaysia Party (PCM)	0	0	0	0	0.0
People's Alternative Party (PAP)	0	0	0	0	0.0
Valid votes	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	0	0
Total votes	0	100.00		28	100.00
Registered voters
Source:[8][9][10]

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