2008 Kedah state election

2008 Kedah state election

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All 36 seats in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,937,490
Turnout	00000
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Azizan Abdul Razak Mahdzir Khalid Johari Abdul Party PAS UMNO PKR Alliance DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal) Barisan Nasional DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal) Leader since 2003 2005 2007 Leader's seat Sungai Limau Pedu Not contesting Last election 5 31 0 Seats won 16 14 4 Seat change 11 17 4 Popular vote 250,028 322,358[a] 85,223 Percentage 35.80% 46.15% 12.20%   Fourth party   Leader Liew Kard Seong Party DAP Alliance DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal) Leader since 2006[1] Leader's seat Not contesting Last election 0 Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 7,510 Percentage 1.08%
Menteri Besar before election Mahdzir Khalid Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Elected Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak Pakatan Rakyat (PAS)

The 12th Kedah state election was held on 8 March 2008. Polling took place in 36 constituencies throughout the Malaysian state of Kedah, with each electing a State Assemblyman to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission. The state election was held concurrently with the 2008 Malaysian general election.

In a historic result, the incumbent government from Barisan Nasional (BN) was handed an unprecedented and shocking defeat by the opposition, the first time Kedah's ruling party from BN or is predecessor Alliance Party was voted out of power since the start of the state elections in 1955. The informal coalition of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) won 21 seats out of the 36 seats, gaining a simple majority in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

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