2018 Malaysian state elections

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State elections were held in all states and territories in Malaysia except Sarawak on 9 May 2018, alongside general elections. Pakatan Harapan alliance received over 50% of the vote across the 12 states and territories where elections took place and won the most seats. They emerged as the largest faction in all states and territories except Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis and Pahang.

Results

Main article: Results of the Malaysian general election, 2018 by state constituency

Summary of the 2018 Malaysian *Dewan Undangan Negeri* election results
** Fraction of total popular votes in each state rounded to the nearest percent
* Fraction of total seats in each state rounded to the nearest percent
± Change in number of seats from before the election
State / federal territory	Barisan Nasional					Pakatan Harapan					Gagasan Sejahtera					Other / Independent
State / federal territory	Votes	%	Seats	%	±	Votes	%	Seats	%	±	Votes	%	Seats	%	±	Votes	%	Seats	%	±
Johor	582,265	38.8	19	33.9	18	803,148	53.6	36	64.3	20	113,216	7.6	1	1.8	2	721	0	0	0
Kedah	278,694	29.6	3	8.3	17	343,519	36.5	18	50	9	313,171	33.7	15	41.7	8	930	0.1	0	0
Kelantan	308,639	37.6	8	17.8	4	82,243	10.0	0	0	2	426,602	52.0	37	82.2	6	3,064	0.4	0	0
Malacca	156,318	37.8	13	46.4	8	211,153	51.1	15	53.6	9	44,537	10.8	0	0	1	1,148	0.3	0	0
Negeri Sembilan	182,294	38.0	16	44.4	6	258,737	53.9	20	55.6	6	35,913	7.5	0	0		3,059	0.6	0	0
Pahang	275,766	41.8	25	59.5	5	190,711	28.9	9	21.4	1	192,176	29.1	8	19.0	6	1,510	0.2	0	0
Penang	176,723	22.4	2	5.0	8	530,008	67.2	37	92.5	8	77,171	9.8	1	2.5		4,785	0.6	0	0
Perak	395,708	33.3	27	45.0	4	595,219	50.1	29	48.3	5	194,735	16.4	3	5.1	1	2,979	0.3	0	0
Perlis	47,151	39.0	10	66.7	3	42,220	34.9	3	20.0	2	31,335	25.9	2	13.3	1	132	0.1	0	0
Sabah	355,091	42.0	29	48.3	19	398,340	47.2	29	48.3	18	11,241	1.3	0	0.0		79.945	9.5	2	3.3	1
Selangor	450,742	21.9	4	7.1	8	1,303,102	63.4	51	91.1	20	296,250	14.4	1	1.8	12	6,324	0.3	0	0
Terengganu	261,653	42.2	10	31.3	7	45,429	7.3	0	0	1	313,503	50.5	22	67.8	8	0	0	0	0
Total	3,471,044	27.4	168	32.9	107	7,132,462	56.3	247	48.9	93	2,049,850	16.2	90	17.8	13	24,732	0.2	2	0.4	1

Perlis

Main article: 2018 Perlis state election



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	42,543	35.21	9	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4,608	3.81	1	0
		Total		47,151	39.02	10	–3
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	17,935	14.84	3	+2
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	12,562	10.40	0	0
			National Trust Party	9,103	7.53	0	0
			Democratic Action Party	2,620	2.17	0	0
		Total		42,220	34.94	3	+2
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			31,335	25.93	2	+1
	Independents			132	0.11	0	0
Total				120,838	100.00	15	0

Valid votes				120,838	98.21
Invalid/blank votes				2,198	1.79
Total votes				123,036	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				150,221	81.90
Source: BERNAMA

Kedah

Main article: 2018 Kedah state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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

Kelantan

Main article: 2018 Kelantan state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	426,602	51.99	37	+6
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	303,137	36.94	8	-4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5,502	0.67	0	0
		Total		308,639	37.61	8	-4
	Pakatan Harapan		National Trust Party	49,763	6.06	0	0
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	20,075	2.45	0	0
			People's Justice Party	12,405	1.51	0	-1
		Total		82,243	10.02	0	-1
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			54	0.01	0	0
	Independent			3,010	0.37	0	0
Total				820,548	100.00	45	0

Valid votes				820,548	98.53
Invalid/blank votes				12,280	1.47
Total votes				832,828	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,049,527	79.35
Source: SPR

Terengganu

Main article: 2018 Terengganu state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	313,503	50.52	22	+8
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	256,611	41.35	10	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5,042	0.81	0	0
		Total		261,653	42.16	10	–7
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	19,167	3.09	0	–1
			National Trust Party	15,303	2.47	0	0
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	10,959	1.77	0	0
		Total		45,429	7.32	0	–1
Total				620,585	100.00	32	0

Valid votes				620,585	98.80
Invalid/blank votes				7,520	1.20
Total votes				628,105	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				736,632	85.27
Source: SPR

Penang

Main article: 2018 Penang state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	301,343	38.21	19	0
			People's Justice Party	184,350	23.37	14	+4
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	16,988	2.15	2	+2
			National Trust Party	27,327	3.46	2	+2
		Total		530,008	67.20	37	+8
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	101,761	12.90	2	–8
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	43,092	5.46	0	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	25,758	3.27	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	6,112	0.77	0	0
		Total		176,723	22.41	2	–8
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	76,746	9.73	1	0
			People's Alternative Party	342	0.04	0	0
			Love Malaysia Party	83	0.01	0	0
		Total		77,171	9.78	1	0
	Malaysian United Party			2,366	0.30	0	0
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			1,190	0.15	0	0
	Penang Front Party			631	0.08	0	0
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			223	0.03	0	0
	Independents			375	0.05	0	0
Total				788,687	100.00	40	0

Valid votes				788,687	98.57
Invalid/blank votes				11,471	1.43
Total votes				800,158	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				945,627	84.62
Source: The Star

Perak

Main article: 2018 Perak state election


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

Pahang

Main article: 2018 Pahang state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	220,715	33.43	24	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	40,241	6.10	1	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	10,931	1.66	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3,879	0.59	0	0
		Total		275,766	41.77	25	–5
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Malaysian Islamic Party	192,176	29.11	8	+5
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	78,280	11.86	2	0
			Democratic Action Party	71,396	10.81	7	0
			National Trust Party	29,474	4.46	0	0
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	11,561	1.75	0	0
		Total		190,711	28.89	9	0
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			229	0.03	0	0
	Independents			1,281	0.19	0	0
Total				660,163	100.00	42	0

Valid votes				660,163	98.32
Invalid/blank votes				11,294	1.68
Total votes				671,457	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				823,981	81.49
Source: SPR

Selangor

Main article: 2018 Selangor state election



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	515,649	25.08	16	+1
			People's Justice Party	498,927	24.26	21	+7
			National Trust Party	172,937	8.41	8	+8
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	115,589	5.62	6	+6
		Total		1,303,102	63.37	51	22
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	334,152	16.25	4	–8
			Malaysian Chinese Association	78,781	3.83	0	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	20,431	0.99	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	17,378	0.85	0	0
		Total		450,742	21.92	4	–8
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Malaysian Islamic Party	286,227	13.92	1	–14
			Malaysia National Alliance Party	10,023	0.49	0	0
		Total		296,250	14.41	1	–14
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			2,111	0.10	0	0
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			2,082	0.10	0	0
	People's Alternative Party			187	0.01	0	0
	Independents			1,944	0.09	0	0
Total				2,056,418	100.00	56	0

Valid votes				2,056,418	99.11
Invalid/blank votes				18,473	0.89
Total votes				2,074,891	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,415,074	85.91
Source: SPR

Negeri Sembilan

Main article: 2018 Negeri Sembilan state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	127,259	26.51	11	0
			People's Justice Party	62,697	13.06	6	+3
			National Trust Party	42,617	8.88	3	New
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	26,164	5.45	0	New
		Total		258,737	53.90	20	–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	134,014	27.92	15	-6
			Malaysian Chinese Association	34,245	7.13	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	7,038	1.47	1	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	6,997	1.46	0	0
		Total		181,294	37.77	16	-6
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Malaysian Islamic Party	35,913	7.48	0	0
	People's Alternative Party			404	0.08	0	0
	Independents			2,655	0.55	0	0
Total				480,003	100.00	36	0

Valid votes				480,003	98.53
Invalid/blank votes				7,142	1.47
Total votes				487,145	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				587,321	82.94
Source: SPR, The Star

Malacca

Main article: 2018 Malacca state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	99,637	24.12	8	+2
			People's Justice Party	50,861	12.31	3	+3
			National Trust Party	32,853	7.95	2	+2
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	27,802	6.73	2	+2
		Total		211,153	51.11	15	+9
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	111,129	26.90	13	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	34,633	8.38	0	–3
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	6,471	1.57	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4,085	0.99	0	–1
		Total		156,318	37.84	13	–8
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	44,537	10.78	0	–1
	Independents			1,148	0.28	0	0
Total				413,156	100.00	28	0

Valid votes				413,156	98.81
Invalid/blank votes				4,956	1.19
Total votes				418,112	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				494,662	84.52
Source: Malaysiakini Live, UNDI, Free Malaysia Today

Johor

Main article: 2018 Johor state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	311,905	22.64	14	+1
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	214,703	15.58	8	+8
			National Trust Party	140,001	10.16	9	+9
			People's Justice Party	114,884	8.34	5	+4
		Total		781,493	56.73	36	+22
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	353,616	25.67	17	–15
			Malaysian Chinese Association	144,888	10.52	0	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	42,502	3.09	2	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	14,989	1.09	0	–1
		Total		555,995	40.36	19	–19
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			40,149	2.91	1	-3
Total				1,377,637	100.00	56	0

Source: UNDI

Sabah

Main article: 2018 Sabah state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	208,600	24.71	17	–14
			United Sabah Party	70,998	8.41	6	–1
			United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation	33,395	3.96	5	+1
			Liberal Democratic Party	15,084	1.79	0	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	14,970	1.77	0	0
			Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah	8,042	0.95	1	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	4,002	0.47	0	–2
		Total		355,091	42.05	29	–19
	Sabah Heritage Party			271,446	32.15	21	New
	Pakatan Harapan		Democratic Action Party	78,901	9.34	6	+2
			People's Justice Party	47,723	5.65	2	–5
			National Trust Party	193	0.02	0	0
		Total		126,817	15.02	8	–3
	United Sabah Alliance		Homeland Solidarity Party	39,803	4.71	2	+1
			Sabah People's Hope Party	17,713	2.10	0	0
			Sabah Progressive Party	5,031	0.60	0	0
			Sabah People's Unity Party	1,491	0.18	0	0
		Total		63,978	7.58	2	+2
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	11,241	1.33	0	0
	Love Sabah Party			9,311	1.10	0	0
	Sabah Native Co-operation Party			3,059	0.36	0	0
	Sabah Nationality Party			2,018	0.24	0	0
	United Sabah National Organisation (New)			147	0.02	0	0
	State Reform Party			109	0.01	0	0
	Independents			1,079	0.13	0	0
Total				844,356	100.00	60	0

Valid votes				844,356	97.42
Invalid/blank votes				22,369	2.58
Total votes				866,725	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,117,877	77.53
Source: Election Commission of Malaysia

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v t e State elections in Malaysia
Overall results	1983 1985 1986 1987 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1999 2001 2004 2006 2008 2011 2013 2016 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023
Johor	1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2022
Kedah	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2023
Kelantan	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2023
Malacca	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2021
Negeri Sembilan	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2023
Pahang	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2022
Penang	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2023
Perak	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2022
Perlis	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2022
Sabah	1964 (indirect) 1967 1971 1976 1981 1985 1986 1990 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2020 2025
Sarawak	1959 (indirect) 1963 (indirect) 1969 1974 1979 1983 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Selangor	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2023
Terengganu	1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 2018 2023
Singapore	1963

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See also: Federal by-elections State by-elections Elections in Johor Kedah Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Labuan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Penang Perak Perlis Putrajaya Sabah Sarawak Selangor Terengganu

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