2008 Malaysian state elections

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State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 8 March 2008 in all states except Sarawak. The elections took place alongside general elections.

Results

Main article: Results of the 2008 Malaysian state elections by constituency

Perlis


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	51,346	54.02	12	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	7,113	7.48	2	0
		Total		58,459	61.50	14	0
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	29,698	31.24	1	0
			People's Justice Party	5,309	5.59	0	0
		Total		35,007	36.83	1	0
	Independents			1,585	1.67	0	New
Total				95,051	100.00	15	0

Valid votes				95,051	98.17
Invalid/blank votes				1,771	1.83
Total votes				96,822	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				120,081	80.63
Source: The Star

The Sanglang seat won by Abdullah Hassan (BN) during the election was declared vacant by the Perlis Election Court in June 2008 on grounds of error during the ballot counting process. In September, Hashim Jasin (PAS) was declared the rightful winner of the seat.

Kedah

Main article: 2008 Kedah state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	250,028	35.80	16	+11
			People's Justice Party	85,223	12.20	4	+4
			Democratic Action Party	7,510	1.08	1	+1
		Total		342,761	49.07	21	+16
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	259,940	37.21	12	–11
			Malaysian Chinese Association	50,050	7.17	1	–3
			Malaysian Indian Congress	18,376	2.63	0	–2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	12,368	1.77	1	–1
		Total		322,358	46.15	14	–17
	Independents			14,990	2.15	1	+1
Total				698,485	100.00	36	0

Valid votes				698,485	97.85
Invalid/blank votes				15,322	2.15
Total votes				713,807	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				873,674	81.70
Source: The Star

Kelantan


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			38	+14
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	6	–15
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	0
		Total		6	–15
	People's Justice Party			1	+1
	Independents			0	0
Total				45	0

Terengganu


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	232,334	53.23	23	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	7,831	1.79	1	0
		Total		240,165	55.03	24	–4
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	173,085	39.66	8	+4
			People's Justice Party	23,196	5.31	0	0
		Total		196,281	44.97	8	+4
Total				436,446	100.00	32	0

Valid votes				436,446	98.71
Invalid/blank votes				5,716	1.29
Total votes				442,162	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				521,597	84.77
Source: The Star

Penang

Main article: 2008 Penang state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	175,067	32.25	19	+18
			People's Justice Party	110,872	20.42	9	+9
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	33,818	6.23	1	0
		Total		319,757	58.90	29	+27
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	93,923	17.30	11	–3
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	71,255	13.13	0	–13
			Malaysian Chinese Association	50,123	9.23	0	–9
			Malaysian Indian Congress	7,038	1.30	0	–2
		Total		222,339	40.96	11	–27
	Independents			760	0.14	0	0
Total				542,856	100.00	40	0

Valid votes				542,856	98.39
Invalid/blank votes				8,887	1.61
Total votes				551,743	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				709,323	77.78
Source: The Star

Perak

Main article: 2008 Perak state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	188,484	22.34	18	+11
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	135,352	16.04	6	+6
			People's Justice Party	118,824	14.08	7	+7
		Total		442,660	52.46	31	+24
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	243,672	28.88	27	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	98,341	11.65	1	–9
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	27,595	3.27	0	–4
			Malaysian Indian Congress	24,216	2.87	0	–4
			People's Progressive Party	5,741	0.68	0	0
		Total		399,565	47.35	28	–24
	Independents			1,635	0.19	0	0
Total				843,860	100.00	59	0

Valid votes				843,860	97.59
Invalid/blank votes				20,844	2.41
Total votes				864,704	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,196,160	72.29
Source: The Star

Pahang


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	29	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6	–2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		37	–4
	Democratic Action Party			2	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			2	+2
	People's Justice Party			0	0
	Independents			1	+1
Total				42	0

Selangor


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		People's Justice Party	234,552	20.24	15	+15
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	216,339	18.67	8	+8
			Democratic Action Party	199,054	17.18	13	+11
		Total		649,945	56.09	36	+34
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	355,334	30.66	18	–17
			Malaysian Chinese Association	104,756	9.04	2	–10
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	26,886	2.32	0	–4
			Malaysian Indian Congress	21,875	1.89	0	–3
		Total		508,851	43.91	20	–34
	Independents					0	0
Total				1,158,796	100.00	56	0

Source: The Star

Negeri Sembilan


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	19	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	1	–7
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	0	–2
		Total		21	–13
	Democratic Action Party			10	+8
	People's Justice Party			4	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			1	+1
Total				36	0

Malacca


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	103,050	35.77	18	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	46,197	16.03	4	–2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	8,720	3.03	0	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	5,950	2.07	1	0
		Total		163,917	56.89	23	–3
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	63,235	21.95	5	+3
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	40,629	14.10	0	0
			People's Justice Party	20,349	7.06	0	0
		Total		124,213	43.11	5	+3
Total				288,130	100.00	28	0

Valid votes				288,130	97.60
Invalid/blank votes				7,077	2.40
Total votes				295,207	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				371,594	79.44
Source: The Star

Johor


Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	32	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	12	–3
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	2	–1
		Total		50	–5
	Democratic Action Party			4	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			2	+1
	People's Justice Party			0	0
Total				56	0

Sabah

Main article: 2008 Sabah state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	180,170	34.21	32	0
			United Sabah Party	68,221	12.95	12	–1
			United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation	28,191	5.35	6	+1
			Sabah Progressive Party	27,230	5.17	4	0
			Liberal Democratic Party	11,800	2.24	3	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	6,162	1.17	1	0
			Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah	5,496	1.04	1	0
		Total		327,270	62.14	59	0
	Pakatan Rakyat		People's Justice Party	137,576	26.12	0	0
			Democratic Action Party	25,937	4.92	1	+1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1,007	0.19	0	0
		Total		164,520	31.24	1	1
	Federated Sabah People's Front			5,095	0.97	0	0
	Independents			29,774	5.65	0	–1
Total				526,659	100.00	60	0

Valid votes				526,659	97.41
Invalid/blank votes				13,998	2.59
Total votes				540,657	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				807,862	66.92
Source: The Star

References

MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Perlis The Star
PAS’ Hashim Jasin declared Sanglang winner. The Star. 16 September 2008

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