A leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia in 2018 to elect a new leader.

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, who had been recently pardoned and released from his prison sentence following that year's general elections, was elected as party president uncontested, replacing his wife

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. The post for the deputy president was contested between

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and

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, and the party's supporters were separated into two camps, the Azmin camp and the Rafizi Camp. Azmin was elected as deputy president in a tightly-contested competition with Rafizi, but elections for the post was not without controversy, as there were instances of violence and alleged sabotages during the party's pollings.

Nominations & Results

President

Deputy President

Vice president

Women's Chief

Women's Deputy Chief

Angkatan Muda KeADILan Chief

Angkatan Muda KeADILan Deputy Chief

References

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