2018 Kedah state election
The 14th Kedah State election was held on 9 May 2018, concurrently with the 2018 Malaysian general election. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.
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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).
The state election resulting in a hung parliament, as no parties gained simple majority. Pakatan Harapan (PH) gained a plurality in the election, winning 18 seats but still short of 1 seat for a simple majority win;[1] nevertheless PH were invited by Sultan of Kedah to form the state government. Mukhriz Mahathir, from BERSATU, was sworn in as Menteri Besar on 11 May 2018.[2] This is Mukhriz's second term as Menteri Besar, having held the position from 2013 to 2016 under his previous party UMNO-BN.
Contenders
Barisan Nasional (BN) contested 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) also contested all 36 seats in Kedah.[3]
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.[4] On 26 February 2018, Pakatan Harapan has completed the distribution of seats in Kedah. Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) is to set to contest major share of Pakatan Harapan seats.[5] Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) 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
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| Barisan Nasional (BN) |  Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
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The contested seats
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| Candidate Name | Party | Candidate Name | Party | Candidate Name | Party | Candidate Name | Party | |||
| N01 | Ayer Hangat | Mohd Rawi Abdul Hamid (BN) | Mohd Rawi Abdul Hamid | UMNO | Johari Bulat | Bersatu | Azlina Azinan | PAS | — | — |
| N02 | Kuah | Nor Saidi Nanyan (BN) | Nor Saidi Nanyan | Mohd Firdaus Ahmad | Mazlan Ahmad | Mohamad Ratu Mansor | IND | |||
| N03 | Kota Siputeh | Abu Hasan Sarif (BN) | Ahmad Azhar Abdullah | Salmee Said | Amanah | Mat Rejab Md Akhir | — | — | ||
| N04 | Ayer Hitam | Mukhriz Mahathir (PH) | Abu Hasan Sarif | A. Aziz Mohamod | Bersatu | Azhar Ibrahim | — | — | ||
| N05 | Bukit Kayu Hitam | Ahmad Zaini Japar (BN) | Ahmad Zaini Japar | Halimahton Shaadiah Saad | Habshah Bakar | — | — | |||
| N06 | Jitra | Aminuddin Omar (BN) | Aminuddin Omar | Mukhriz Mahathir | Zulhazmi Othman | — | — | |||
| N07 | Kuala Nerang | Badrol Hisham Hashim (BN) | Badrol Hisham Hashim | Syed Fadzil Syed Embun | Munir @ Mohamad Yusuf Zakaria | — | — | |||
| N08 | Pedu | Kama Noriah Ibrahim (BN) | Kama Noriah Ibrahim | Hashim Idris | PKR | Mohd Radzi Md Amin | — | — | ||
| N09 | Bukit Lada | Ahmad Lebai Sudin (BN) | Ariffin Man | Mohd Aizad bin Roslan | Bersatu | Salim Mahmood | Ismail Othman | IND | ||
| N10 | Bukit Pinang | Wan Romani Wan Salim (GS) | Mohammad Nawar Ariffin | Che Mat Dzaher Ahmad | PKR | Wan Romani Wan Salim | — | — | ||
| N11 | Derga | Tan Kok Yew (PH) | Cheah Soon Hai | Gerakan | Tan Kok Yew | DAP | Yahya Saad | — | — | |
| N12 | Suka Menanti (previously known as Bakar Bata) | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (BN) | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah | UMNO | Zamri Yusuf | PKR | Mohd Sabri Omar | — | — | |
| N13 | 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 | |
| N14 | Alor Mengkudu | Ahmad Saad @ Yahaya (GS) | Abdul Malik Saad | UMNO | Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi | Amanah | Ahmad Yahya | — | — | |
| N15 | Anak Bukit | Amiruddin Hamzah (PH) | Johari Aziz | Amiruddin Hamzah | Bersatu | Hamdi Ishak | — | — | ||
| N16 | Kubang Rotan | Mohd Nasir Mustafa (GS) | Abdul Muthalib Harun | Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris | Amanah | Omar Saad | — | — | ||
| N17 | Pengkalan Kundor | Phahrolrazi Zawawi (PH) | Abd. Halim Said | Ismail Salleh | Ahmad Fakhruddin Sheikh Fakhrurazi | — | — | |||
| N18 | Tokai | Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul (GS) | Fatahi Omar | Mohd Firdaus Jaafar | Mohd Hayati Othman | — | — | |||
| N19 | Sungai Tiang | Suraya Yaacob (BN) | Suraya Yaacob | Abdul Razak Khamis | Bersatu | Saiful Syazwan Shafie | — | — | ||
| N20 | Sungai Limau | Mohd Azam Samat (GS) | Norma Awang | Zahran Abdullah | Amanah | Mohd Azam Abd Samat | — | — | ||
| N21 | Guar Chempedak | Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail (BN) | Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail | Mohd Saffuan Sabari | Bersatu | Musoddak Ahmad | — | — | ||
| N22 | Gurun | Leong Yong Kong (BN) | Boey Chin Gan | MCA | Johari Abdul | PKR | Muzaini Azizan | Palaniappan Marimuthu | IND | |
| N23 | Belantek | Mohd Tajudin Abdullah (BN) | Mohd Tajudin Abdullah | UMNO | Abdul Rashid Abdullah | Amanah | Mad Isa Shafie | — | — | |
| N24 | Jeneri | Mahadzir Abdul Hamid (BN) | Mahadzir Abdul Hamid | Mohd Nazri bin Abu Hassan | Bersatu | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor | — | — | ||
| N25 | Bukit Selambau | Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu (PH) | Jaspal Singh Gurbakhes Singh | MIC | Summugam Rengasamy | PKR | Mohd Ali Sulaiman | — | — | |
| N26 | Tanjong Dawai | Tajul Urus Mat Zain (BN) | Anuar Ahmad | UMNO | Annuar Abd Hamid | Bersatu | Hanif Ghazali | — | — | |
| N27 | Pantai Merdeka | Ali Yahaya (BN) | Ali Yahaya | Rosli Yusof | Amanah | Ahmas Fadzli Hashim | — | — | ||
| N28 | 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 | |||||||||
| N29 | Sidam | Robert Ling Kui Ee (PH) | Tan Kok Seong | Gerakan | Robert Ling Kui Ee | Norhidayah Foo Abdullah | Mohd Hashim Saaludin | PRM | ||
| N30 | Bayu | Azmi Che Husain (BN) | Mohamed Noor Mohamed Amin | UMNO | Abd Rahim Kechik | Bersatu | Abd Nasir Idris | — | — | |
| N31 | Kupang | Harun Abdul Aziz (BN) | Harun Abdul Aziz | Johari Abdullah | Amanah | Najmi Ahmad | — | — | ||
| N32 | Kuala Ketil | Md Zuki Yusof (GS) | Mohd. Khairul Abdullah | Mohamad Sofee Razak | PKR | Mansor Zakaria | — | — | ||
| N33 | Merbau Pulas | Siti Aishah Ghazali (GS) | Asmadi Abu Talib | Abd. Razak Salleh | Amanah | Siti Aishah Ghazali | — | — | ||
| N34 | Lunas | Azman Nasrudin (PH) | Thuraisingam K.S. Muthu | MIC | Azman Nasrudin | PKR | Ahmad Taufiq Baharum | — | — | |
| N35 | Kulim | Chua Thiong Gee (BN) | Chua Thiong Gee | MCA | Yeo Keng Chuan | Mohd Khairi Mohd Salleh | Lee Ah Liong | PRM | ||
| N36 | Bandar Baharu | Norsabrina Mohd Noor (BN) | Norsabrina Mohd Noor | UMNO | Azimi Daim | Bersatu | Rohaizat Ja'afar | — | — | |
Election pendulum
The 14th General Election witnessed 18 governmental seats and 18 non-governmental seats filled the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 1 safe seat and 3 fairly safe seats. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat.
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Results
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Pakatan Harapan | People's Justice Party | 143,812 | 15.29 | 7 | +4 | ||
| Malaysian United Indigenous Party | 114,838 | 12.21 | 5 | +5 | |||
| National Trust Party | 61,900 | 6.58 | 4 | – | |||
| Democratic Action Party | 22,969 | 2.44 | 2 | – | |||
| Total | 343,519 | 36.53 | 18 | +12 | |||
| Gagasan Sejahtera | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 317,171 | 33.73 | 15 | +6 | ||
| Barisan Nasional | United Malays National Organisation | 226,273 | 24.06 | 3 | –16 | ||
| Malaysian Chinese Association | 24,616 | 2.62 | 0 | –2 | |||
| Malaysian Indian Congress | 16,938 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia | 10,867 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 278,694 | 29.64 | 3 | –18 | |||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | 204 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 726 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 940,314 | 100.00 | 36 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 940,314 | 98.56 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,725 | 1.44 | |||||
| Total votes | 954,039 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,146,492 | 83.21 | |||||
| Source: Malaysiakini[12][13][14] | |||||||
By parliamentary constituency
Pakatan Harapan won 9 of 15 parliamentary constituency.
Seats that changed allegiance
Aftermath
Kedah BN leader and previous Menteri Besar Ahmad Bashah said that his party accepted their defeat to PH in the election.[15] An UMNO MLA for Guar Chempedak, Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail, on 12 November 2018 announced his resignation from UMNO and BN to support PH, and later joined BERSATU.[16] This made PH held 19 seats, enough for a simple majority in the Assembly.
The Pakatan Harapan state government led by Mukhriz only lasts 25 months, when in the wake of 2020 Malaysian political crisis, exit of Bersatu MLAs from PH and defection of support from ex-PH members turned independent, resulted in Mukhriz resignation as Menteri Besar. A new state government was formed in a coalition between BN, Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu and PAS) and independent MLAs, with Sanusi Mohd Nor from PAS appointed as the new Menteri Besar on 17 May 2020. Mukhriz and Amiruddin Hamzah was later sacked from Bersatu on 28 May 2020, and they formed a new political party, PEJUANG on August that same year with other ex-Bersatu members.
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- PRM umum tanding satu kerusi Parlimen, tiga Dun di Kedah
- Nawawi akan berdepan Mahathir di Langkawi
- Amanah umum 13 calon tanding di Kedah
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- "Official: Wan Azizah moves to Pandan, Nurul goes to Permatang Pauh". Malaysiakini. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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