2013 Selangor state election

2013 Selangor state election

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All 56 seats in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Abdul Khalid Ibrahim Najib Razak
(as Selangor BN chairman)
Party Pakatan Rakyat BN
Leader's seat Ijok
(ran in Port Klang, won)
not running
Last election 36 seats, 56.0% 20 seats, 43.8%
Seats before 34 21
Seats won 44 12
Seat change Increase8 Decrease8

Menteri Besar before election

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Pakatan Rakyat

Menteri Besar-designate

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Pakatan Rakyat

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The 13th Selangor state election was held on 5 May 2013. The Selangor State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution; on or before 22 June 2013, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission of Malaysia, unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State, Sultan of Selangor on the advice of the Head of Government, Menteri Besar of Selangor.[1]

The incumbent party's unofficial coalition Pakatan Rakyat won a supermajority of 44 seats and was able to form a government, securing a second term while the opposition Barisan Nasional won 12 seats.[2]

  1. ^ See Article 70 of Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959
  2. ^ "Home [PRU13]". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.