2018 Negeri Sembilan state election

2018 Negeri Sembilan state election

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All 36 seats of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   PH GS Leader Aminuddin Harun Mohamad Hasan Mustaffa Daharun Party Pakatan Harapan (PKR) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Leader since 30 August 2017 2004 Unknown Leader's seat Sikamat Rantau Ampangan (lost seat) Last election 14 seats, 35.36% (Pakatan Rakyat) 22 seats, 50.95% No seat, 12.05% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 14 21 Seats won 20 16 0 Seat change 6 5 Popular vote 258,737 182,294 35,913 Percentage 53.9% 38.0% 7.5% Swing 18.5% 13.0% 4.6%
Pakatan Harapan seats:   DAP   PKR   Amanah Opposition seats:   UMNO and MIC
Menteri Besar before election Mohamad Hasan Barisan Nasional Elected Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun Pakatan Harapan

The 14th Negeri Sembilan State election was held on 9 May 2018, to elect the State Assemblymen of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 7 April 2018 by the Head of State (Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan).

The election was held concurrently with the 2018 Malaysian general election.

In a historic result, Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition was ousted from power by Pakatan Harapan (PH). Since the first Negeri Sembilan state election in 1955, BN or its predecessor Alliance had never lost the state election. PH won 20 seats in the election, gaining a simple majority, while BN won 16. Aminuddin Harun from PH's component party PKR was sworn in as new Menteri Besar on 12 May 2018.^[1]