2018 Perak state election

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.

2018 Perak state election

9 May 2018
All 59 seats in the Perak State Legislative Assembly 30 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   GS 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 5 4 1 Popular vote 595,219 395,708 194,735 Percentage 50.1% 33.3% 16.4% Swing 5.8% 11.7% 6.0%
Pakatan Harapan seats:   DAP   PKR   Bersatu   Amanah Opposition seats:   UMNO   PAS
Menteri Besar before election Zambry Abdul Kadir BN–UMNO Elected Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu PH–BERSATU

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, until 2 MLAs from Barisan Nasional (BN) quit their parties to support PH, enabling it to form the state government. 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 2020.

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. 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).

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

Political parties

Coalition			Other parties
Incumbent	Opposition
Barisan Nasional (BN)	Pakatan Harapan (PH)	Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)	Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (KITA)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)	Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Democratic Action Party (DAP) Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah)	Parti Islam Malaysia (PAS) Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa)

The contested seats

No.	State constituency	Incumbent State Assemblyman	Political parties
			Barisan Nasional (BN)		Pakatan Harapan (PH)		Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)		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		—	—

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 Serong Hasnul Zulkarnain Abd. Munaim AMANAH 34.46 Pasir Panjang Yahaya Mat Nor AMANAH 40.56 Kuala Kurau Abdul Junus Jamhari PKR 41.88 Manjoi Asmuni Awi AMANAH 42.30 Kamunting Ir. Dr. Muhd. Fadhil Nuruddin AMANAH 42.50 Behrang Aminuddin Zulkipli AMANAH 43.49 Hulu Kinta Muhammad Arafat Varisai Muhamad PKR 45.02 Chenderiang Ahmad Faizal Azumu BERSATU 45.02 Sungai Rapat Ir. Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin AMANAH 48.04 Tebing Tinggi Dr. Abdul Aziz Bari DAP 49.99 Fairly safe Teja Sandrea Ng Shy Ching PKR 56.31 Safe Malim Nawar Leong Cheok Keng DAP 67.60 Jalong Loh Sze Yee DAP 71.17 Sungkai Sivanesan Achalingam DAP 72.56 Simpang Pulai Tan Kar Hing PKR 73.97 Aulong David Nga Kor Ming DAP 74.94 Keranji Chang Zhemin DAP 74.97 Tronoh Yong Choo Kiong DAP 75.48 Pasir Bedamar Terence Naidu Raja Naidu DAP 76.76 Pokok Assam Leow Thye Yih DAP 77.50 Pantai Remis Wong May Ing DAP 77.86 Kepayang Dr. Ko Chung Sen DAP 80.95 Buntong Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan DAP 83.74 Astaka Teoh Yee Chern DAP 83.80 Bercham Ong Boon Piow DAP 86.22 Jelapang Cheah Poh Hian DAP 86.27 Canning Jenny Choy Tsi Jen DAP 87.72 Menglembu Chaw Kam Foon DAP 88.13 Pasir Pinji Howard Lee Chuan How DAP 90.56 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Lubok Merbau Jurij Jalaluddin UMNO 36.13 Selinsing Mohamad Noor Dawoo UMNO 36.25 Kuala Sepetang Mohd. Kamaruddin Abu Bakar UMNO 37.54 Manong Mohd. Zuraimi Razali UMNO 39.25 Alor Pongsu Sham Mat Sahat UMNO 39.63 Changkat Jong Mohd. Azhar Jamaluddin UMNO 39.77 Changkat Jering Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud UMNO 40.13 Selama Mohd. Akmal Kamaruddin PAS 41.28 Bukit Chandan Maslin Sham Razman UMNO 41.94 Bota Khairul Shahril Mohamed UMNO 43.42 Kubu Gajah Khalil Yahaya PAS 44.29 Sungai Manik Zainol Fadzi Paharudin UMNO 44.48 Pangkor Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir UMNO 44.64 Tualang Sekah Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi Manan UMNO 44.74 Slim Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib UMNO 44.83 Hutan Melintang Khairuddin Tarmizi UMNO 45.05 Gunong Semanggol Razman Zakaria PAS 45.10 Pengkalan Baharu Abd. Manap Hashim UMNO 45.80 Batu Kurau Dr. Muhammad Amin Hj. Zakaria UMNO 47.01 Trong Jamilah Zakaria UMNO 47.03 Chenderoh Zainun Mat Noor UMNO 47.54 Ayer Kuning Samsudin Abu Hassan UMNO 47.64 Pengkalan Hulu Aznel Ibrahim UMNO 48.57 Kampong Gajah Dr. Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin UMNO 48.86 Belanja Khairudin Abu Hanipah UMNO 49.40 Temenggor Salbiah Mohamed UMNO 50.42 Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad UMNO 52.36 Rungkup Shahrul Zaman Yahya UMNO 52.57 Lintang Mohd. Zolkafly Harun UMNO 52.79 Kenering Mohd. Tarmizi Idris UMNO 55.39

Results

See also: 2018 Malaysian state elections § Perak, and Results of the 2018 Malaysian state elections by constituency § Perak

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	361,521	30.41	18	0
			National Trust Party	101,773	8.56	6	+6
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	69,299	5.83	1	+1
			People's Justice Party	62,626	5.27	4	–1
		Total		595,219	50.07	29	+6
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	303,022	25.49	27	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	69,542	5.85	0	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	15,571	1.31	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	7,573	0.64	0	0
		Total		395,708	33.29	27	–4
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Malaysian Islamic Party	194,735	16.38	3	–2
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			2,551	0.21	0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			211	0.02	0	0
	Independents			277	0.02	0	0
Total				1,188,701	100.00	59	0
Valid votes				1,188,701	98.38
Invalid/blank votes				19,564	1.62
Total votes				1,208,265	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,510,864	79.97
Source: SPR

Seats that changed allegiance

No.	Seat	Previous Party (2013)			Current Party (2018)
N05	Selama		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N06	Kubu Gajah		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N08	Titi Serong		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N12	Selinsing		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
N13	Kuala Sepetang		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
N14	Changkat Jering		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
N16	Kamunting		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N23	Manjoi		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N24	Hulu Kinta		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N44	Sungai Rapat		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N47	Chenderiang		Barisan Nasional (MCA)		Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU)
N51	Pasir Panjang		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N54	Hutan Melintang		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
N59	Behrang		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)

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. They both later joined Bersatu.

See also: 2020 Malaysian political crisis § Perak

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.