2018 Penang state election

2018 Penang state election
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40 seats to the Penang State Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered945,627 (Increase 11.75%)
Turnout84.62% (Decrease 2.31pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lim Guan Eng Teng Chang Yeow Muhammad Fauzi
Party DAP GERAKAN PAS
Alliance PH BN GS
Leader since 4 September 2004 22 April 2012 Unknown
Leader's seat Air Putih Tanjong Bunga (lost) Permatang Pasir (lost)
Last election 29 seats, 62.43%
(Pakatan Rakyat) 		10 seats, 32.09% 1 seat, 5.10%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats before 29 10 1
Seats won 37 2 1
Seat change Increase8 Decrease8 Steady
Popular vote 530,008 176,723 77,171
Percentage 67.20% 22.41% 9.78%
Swing Increase4.77% Decrease9.68% Increase4.68%
Pakatan Harapan seats:
  DAP
  PKR
  BERSATU
  AMANAH

Opposition seats:

  UMNO
  PAS
Chief Minister before election

Lim Guan Eng
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

Elected Chief Minister

Chow Kon Yeow
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

The 14th Penang election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Penang State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang.[1] The legislature had been dissolved on 9 April by the state's Governor, Abdul Rahman Abbas, on the advice of the then Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who also led the state's ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[2]

The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission and utilised the first-past-the-post system. Electoral candidates were nominated on 28 April.[1] On 9 May, between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Malaysian time (UTC+8), polling was held in all 40 state constituencies throughout Penang; each constituency elects a single State Assemblyman to the state legislature.

The incumbent PH government secured a historic third term in a landslide victory, as it swept eight additional constituencies to hold 37 seats (out of 40) in the Penang State Legislative Assembly, commanding a supermajority in the legislature.[3] Following the simultaneous Malaysian general election, which saw the PH forming Malaysia's federal government for the first time in the country's history, Chow Kon Yeow was selected as Penang's fifth Chief Minister, succeeding Lim who was appointed as the federal Minister of Finance.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Malaysia's general election to take place on May 9: Election Commission". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Penang CM announces assembly dissolution, highlights 'unique records' achieved by state since 2013". The Edge Markets. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :39 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Chow Kon Yeow to be Penang CM". The Star. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Chow Kon Yeow sworn in as Penang CM". Free Malaysia Today. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.