2018 Perak state election

2018 Perak state election

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All 59 seats in the Perak State Legislative Assembly 30 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   GS Leader Ahmad Faizal Azumu Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir Razman Zakaria Party Pakatan Harapan (PPBM) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Leader since 30 August 2017 4 March 2004 20 April 2018 Leader's seat Chenderiang Pangkor Gunong Semanggol Last election 23 seats, 44.33% (Pakatan Rakyat) 31 seats, 44.95% 5 seats, 10.35% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 24 31 4 Seats won 29 27 3 Seat change 5 4 1 Popular vote 595,219 395,708 194,735 Percentage 50.1% 33.3% 16.4% Swing 5.8% 11.7% 6.0%
Pakatan Harapan seats:   DAP   PKR   Bersatu   Amanah Opposition seats:   UMNO   PAS
Menteri Besar before election Zambry Abdul Kadir BN–UMNO Elected Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu PH–BERSATU

The 14th Perak State election was held on 9 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. Each of the state assemblymen are elected to a five-year term each.

The Perak State Legislative Assembly automatically dissolved on 28 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections were required to be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 28 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 Perak) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Perak).

Pakatan Harapan (PH) gained a plurality in the election, winning 29 seats but still short of 1 seat for a simple majority win,^[1] until 2 MLAs from Barisan Nasional (BN) quit their parties to support PH, enabling it to form the state government.^[2] Ahmad Faizal Azumu, from BERSATU, was sworn in as Menteri Besar on 12 May 2018, while the state EXCO members were sworn in on 19 May 2020.^[3]