2018 Selangor state election

2018 Selangor state election
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All 56 seats in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,415,074
Turnout2,074,891 (85.91%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  BN GS
Leader Azmin Ali Noh Omar Sallehen Mukhyi
Party Pakatan Harapan (PKR) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
Leader since 8 March 2008 25 April 1995 2004
Leader's seat Bukit Antarabangsa Not contesting
(MP of Tanjong Karang) 		Sabak
(lost seat)
Last election 29 seats, 44.00%
(Pakatan Rakyat) 		12 Seats, 38.96% 15 seats, 15.38%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats before 29 11 13
Seats won 51 4 1
Seat change Increase22 Decrease7 Decrease12
Popular vote 1,303,102 450,742 296,250
Percentage 63.37% 21.92% 14.41%
Selangor state election results map
Menteri Besar Selangor before election

Mohamed Azmin Ali
Pakatan Harapan
(PKR)

Menteri Besar Selangor-designate

Mohamed Azmin Ali
Pakatan Harapan
(PKR)

The 14th Selangor state election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor.[1]

The Selangor State Legislative Assembly was dissolved in a simple ceremony on 9 April 2018 by Sharafuddin of Selangor.[2][3] Alternatively, the legislative would automatically dissolve on 21 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 21 August 2018, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission of Malaysia), if it was not 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.[4]

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 56 state constituencies throughout Selangor; each constituency elects a single State Assemblyman to the state legislature.

The incumbent Pakatan Harapan (PH) government won a supermajority of 51 seats in a landslide, securing a third term in government. The opposition Barisan Nasional won 4 seats while Gagasan Sejahtera won 1 seat.[5] Azmin Ali returned as the Menteri Besar of Selangor before releasing his position a little over a month later to take the position in the Cabinet of Malaysia as the Minister of Economic Affairs.[6][7] Amirudin Shari succeeded him as the 16th Menteri Besar of Selangor and was sworn in on 19 June 2018.[8]

  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.
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  4. ^ See Article 70 of Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959 Archived 12 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Keputusan Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor". pru14.spr.gov.my. Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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