2018 Malacca state election

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]

2018 Malacca state election

9 May 2018
All 28 seats of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
GS Leader Adly Zahari Idris Haron Kamarudin Sidek Party Pakatan Harapan (Amanah) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Leader since 30 August 2017 2013 Unknown Leader's seat Bukit Katil Sungai Udang Duyong (lost seat) 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 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 its 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 (Bersatu) Democratic Action Party (DAP)	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)

Electoral candidates

No.	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
N01	Kuala Linggi	Ismail Othman (BN)	Ismail Othman	UMNO	Hasmorni Tamby	PKR	Azmi Sambul	PAS	N/A	N/A
N02	Tanjung Bidara	Md Rawi Mahmud (BN)	Md Rawi Mahmud		Halim Bachik		Imran Abdul Rahman		N/A	N/A
N03	Ayer Limau	Amirudin Yusof (BN)	Amirudin Yusof		Ruslin Hasan	Bersatu	Jamarudin Ahmad		N/A	N/A
N04	Lendu	Sulaiman Md Ali (BN)	Sulaiman Md Ali		Riduan Affandi Abu Bakar		Arshad Mohamad Som		N/A	N/A
N05	Taboh Naning	Latipah Omar (BN)	Latipah Omar		Zairi Suboh	Amanah	Asri Shaik Abdul Aziz		N/A	N/A
N06	Rembia	Norpipah Abdol (BN)	Norpipah Abdol		Muhammad Jailani Khamis	PKR	Mohammad Rashidi Abd Radzak		N/A	N/A
N07	Gadek	M.S Mahadevan Sanacy (BN)	P. Panirchelvam	MIC	G. Saminathan	DAP	Emransyah Ismail		N/A	N/A
N08	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
N09	Durian Tunggal	Ab Wahab Ab Latip (BN)	Ab Wahab Ab Latip	UMNO	Mohd Sofi Wahab	Amanah	Mohsin Ibrahim		N/A	N/A
N10	Asahan	Abdul Ghafar Atan (BN)	Abdul Ghafar Atan		Zamzuri Ariffin	Bersatu	Azlan Maddin		N/A	N/A
N11	Sungai Udang	Idris Haron (BN)	Idris Haron		Mohd Lokman Abdul Gani	PKR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N12	Pantai Kundor	Ab Rahaman Ab Karim (BN)	Nor Azman Hassan		Juhari Osman	Amanah	Abdul Halim Maidin	PAS	N/A	N/A
N13	Paya Rumput	Sazali Muhd Din (BN)	Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah		Mohd. Rafiq Naizamohideen	Bersatu	Rafie Ahmad		N/A	N/A
N14	Kelebang	Lim Ban Hong (BN)	Lim Ban Hong	MCA	Gue Teck	PKR	Mohd Shafiq Ismail		N/A	N/A
N15	Pengkalan Batu (previously known as Bachang)	Lim Jack Wong (IND)	Chua Lian Chye	Gerakan	Norhizam Hassan Baktee	DAP	Ramli Dalip		N/A	N/A
N16	Ayer Keroh	Khoo Poay Tiong (BN)	Chua Kheng Hwa	MCA	Kerk Chee Yee		Sepri Rahman		N/A	N/A
N17	Bukit Katil (previously known as Bukit Baru)	Md Khalid Kassim (GS)	Yunus Hitam	UMNO	Adli Zahari	Amanah	Muhamat Puhat Bedol		N/A	N/A
N18	Ayer Molek	Md. Yunos Husin (BN)	Rahmad Mariman		Farhan Ibrahim	PKR	Jantan Abdullah		Kamarolzaman Mohd Jidi	IND
N19	Kesidang	Chin Choong Seong (IND)	Ng Choon Koon	MCA	Seah Shoo Chin	DAP	N/A	N/A	Goh Leong San
N20	Kota Laksamana	Lai Keun Ban (PH)	Melvia Chua Kew Wei		Low Chee Leong		N/A	N/A	Sim Tong Him
N21	Duyong	Goh Leong San (IND)	Lee Kiat Lee		Damian Yeo Shen Li		Kamarudin Sedik	PAS	Lim Jak Wong
N22	Bandar Hilir	Tey Kok Kiew (PH)	Lee Chong Meng		Tey Kok Kiew		N/A	N/A	Chin Choong Seong
N23	Telok Mas	Latiff Tamby Chik (BN)	Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Noor Effandi Ahmad	Bersatu	Rosazli Md Yasin	PAS	N/A	N/A
N24	Bemban	Ng Choon Koon (BN)	Koh Chin Han	MCA	Wong Fort Pin	DAP	Suhaimi Harun		N/A	N/A
N25	Rim	Ghazale Muhamad (BN)	Ghazale Muhamad	UMNO	Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin	PKR	Kintan Man		N/A	N/A
N26	Serkam	Zaidi Attan (BN)	Zaidi Attan		Nor Khairi Yusof	Amanah	Ahmad Bilal Rahudin		N/A	N/A
N27	Merlimau	Roslan Ahmad (BN)	Roslan Ahmad		Yuhaizad Abdullah		Abd Malek Yusof		N/A	N/A
N28	Sungai Rambai	Hasan Abd Rahman (BN)	Hasan Abd Rahman		Azalina Abdul Rahman	Bersatu	Zakariya Kasnin		N/A	N/A

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 15 governmental seats and 13 non-governmental seats filled the Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 4 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has just 2 fairly safe seats.

2018 Malacca state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Gadek Saminathan Ganesan DAP 42.47 Telok Mas Noor Effandi Ahmad BERSATU 44.57 Bemban Dr. Wong Fort Pin DAP 45.40 Kelebang Gue Teck PKR 45.58 Durian Tunggal Mohd. Sofi Abdul Wahab AMANAH 47.16 Duyong Damian Yeo Shen Li DAP 49.66 Pengkalan Batu Norhizam Hassan Baktee DAP 51.47 Bukit Katil Adly Zahari AMANAH 52.14 Rembia Muhammad Jailani Khamis PKR 52.37 Machap Jaya Ginie Lim Siew Lin PKR 52.66 Fairly safe Paya Rumput Mohd. Rafiq Naizamohideen BERSATU 56.30 Safe Ayer Keroh Kerk Chee Yee DAP 65.31 Kesidang Seah Shoo Chin DAP 72.64 Kota Laksamana Low Chee Leong DAP 81.68 Bandar Hilir Tey Kok Kiew DAP 83.05 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Merlimau Roslan Ahmad UMNO 45.38 Pantai Kundor Nor Azman Hassan UMNO 45.42 Ayer Molek Rahmad Mariman UMNO 45.56 Asahan Abdul Ghafar Atan UMNO 45.80 Rim Ghazale Muhamad UMNO 46.80 Lendu Sulaiman Md. Ali UMNO 46.87 Taboh Naning Latipah Omar UMNO 47.36 Serkam Zaidi Attan UMNO 47.46 Sungai Rambai Hasan Abd. Rahman UMNO 51.33 Ayer Limau Amiruddin Yusop UMNO 51.60 Kuala Linggi Ismail Othman UMNO 52.34 Fairly safe Sungai Udang Ir. Idris Haron UMNO 56.22 Tanjung Bidara Md. Rawi Mahmud UMNO 58.15

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
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Seats that changed allegiance

No.	Seat	Previous Party (2013)			Current Party (2018)
N06	Rembia		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N07	Gadek		Barisan Nasional (MIC)		Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
N08	Machap Jaya		Barisan Nasional (MCA)		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N09	Durian Tunggal		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N13	Paya Rumput		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU)
N14	Kelebang		Barisan Nasional (MCA)		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N17	Bukit Katil		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N23	Telok Mas		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU)
N24	Bemban		Barisan Nasional (MCA)		Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

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