2018 Terengganu state election

2018 Terengganu state election

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All 32 seats of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Husain Awang Ahmad Razif Abd. Rahman Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad Party Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (Amanah) Leader since 2017 2014 30 August 2017 Leader's seat Not contesting (Senator for Dewan Negara) Seberang Takir Batu Buruk (lost seat) Last election 14 seats, 44.51% (Pakatan Rakyat) 17 seats, 51.38% 1 seats, 3.50% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 14 17 1 Seats won 22 10 0 Seat change 9 7 1 Popular vote 313,503 261,653 45,429 Percentage 50.5% 42.2% 7.3% Swing 6.0% 9.2% 3.8%
Menteri Besar before election Ahmad Razif Abd. Rahman Barisan Nasional Elected Menteri Besar Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)

The 14th Terengganu State election was held on 9 May 2018, concurrently with the 2018 Malaysian general election.. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 17 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 17 August 2018, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission), unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State (Sultan of Terengganu) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Terengganu).

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) won the state election with 22 seats out of 32, and were able to wrestle control of the state from Barisan Nasional (BN), who only won 10 seats. PAS therefore has its first government of Terengganu since the 2004 state election, when they lost to BN. Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidates all lost in this election, and thus were unrepresented in the Terengganu Assembly. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar from PAS were sworn in as the new Menteri Besar on 10 May 2018.^[1]