The 14th Malacca election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th

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, the legislature of the Malaysian state of

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

. The

dissolved on 7 April 2018 by the Head of State (

Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca or Malacca Governor is the ceremonial head of state of the Malaysian state of Malacca. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT) (''English: His Excellency''). The current office bearer, A ...

) on the advice of the Head of Government (

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). The election was conducted by the Malaysian

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(EC) and utilised the first-past-the-post system. Electoral candidates were nominated on 28 April. On 9 May, between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Malaysian time ( UTC+8), polling was held in all 28 state constituencies throughout Malacca; each constituency elects a single State Assemblyman to the state legislature. Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in

, lost to opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH). PH won 15 seats while BN won 13.

Background

The upcoming state election will be the 14th state election in the State of Malacca since the independence of

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(now Malaysia) in 1957. A state election must be held within sixty days after the dissolution. Accordingly, the Election Commission set 28 April as the nomination day and 9 May as the polling day.

Political parties

Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in

, has been in power since its formation and led by Chief Minister Idris Haron. BN was challenged by two opposition coalitions, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the

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(GS). The PH and GS coalitions were led by Adly Zahari and Kamarudin Sidek respectively.

Electoral candidates

Note: ¹Four Independent candidates who had quit DAP Malacca to form 'Justice League' informal Independent bloc and contested using the key symbol.

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 15 governmental seats and 13 non-governmental seats filled the

. The government side has 4 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has just 2 fairly safe seats.

Results

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Pakatan Harapan: , , 211,153 , , 51.11 , , 15 , , 53.57 , , 6 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Action Party Flag

Democratic Action Party (DAP) , , 99,637, , 24.12 , , 8 , , 28.57 , , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Parti Keadilan Rakyat logo

People's Justice Party (PKR) , , 50,861 , , 12.31 , , 3 , , 10.71 , , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Parti Amanah Negara Flag

National Trust Party (Amanah) , , 32,853 , , 7.95 , , 2 , , 7.14 , , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) , , 27,802 , , 6.73 , , 2 , , 7.14 , , 2 , - , - style="background-color:#F0F8FF;" , style="text-align:left;" , Barisan Nasional: , , 156,318 , , 37.84 , , 13 , , 46.43 , , 8 , - , style="text-align:left;" , UMNO (Malaysia)

United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) , , 111,129 , , 26.90 , , 13 , , 46.43 , , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Flag of the Malaysian Chinese Association

Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) , , 34,633 , , 8.38 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) , , 6,471, , 1.57 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , , - , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Indian Congress Flag

Malaysian Indian Congress The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ், Malēciya Intiya Kāṅkiras; formerly known as Malayan Indian Congress) is a Malaysian political party. It is one of the founding membe ...

(MIC) , , 4,085 , , 0.99 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 1 , - , - style="background-color:#F0F8FF;" , style="text-align:left;" ,

: , , 44,537 , , 10.78 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , PAS logo

Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) , , 44,537 , , 10.78 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 1 , - style="background-color:#F0F8FF;", style="text-align:left;" ,

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: , , 1,148 , , 0.28 , , 0 , , 0 , , ''0'' , - style="background-color:#F0F8FF;" , style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes , , 413,156 , , style="background-color:#BAB9B9" rowspan="2" colspan="5", , - , style="text-align:left;" , Invalid/blank votes , , 4,956 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Total votes (Voter Turnout: 84.52%) , , 418,112 , , 100.00 , , 28 , , 100.00 , , , - style="background-color:#F0F8FF;" , style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , 494,662 , , style="background-color:#BAB9B9" colspan="4", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=6 , Source:

By parliamentary constituency

Pakatan Harapan won 4 of 6 parliamentary constituency.

Seats that changed allegiance

References

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