2008 Kedah state election

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2008 Kedah state election
Flag of Kedah.svg
 20048 March 20082013 

All 36 seats in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  3x4.svg Mahdzir Khalid in 2016.jpg Speaker of Parliament Dato' Johari Abdul 10-2-2023 (cropped).jpg
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 since200320052007
Leader's seat Sungai Limau Pedu Not contesting
Last election5310
Seats won16144
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 17Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote250,028322,358 [lower-alpha 1] 85,223
Percentage35.80%46.15%12.20%

 Fourth party
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Leader Liew Kard Seong
Party DAP
Alliance DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal)
Leader since2006 [1]
Leader's seatNot contesting
Last election0
Seats won1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote7,510
Percentage1.08%

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.

Contents

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.

Background

Political parties

Electoral divisions

Issues

Campaign

Social media

Rallies

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
DAP-PKR-PAS coalition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 250,02835.8016+11
People's Justice Party 85,22312.204+4
Democratic Action Party 7,5101.081+1
Total342,76149.0721+16
Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation 259,94037.2112–11
Malaysian Chinese Association 50,0507.171–3
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 12,3681.771–1
Malaysian Indian Congress 18,3762.630–2
Total322,35846.1514–17
Independents14,9902.151+1
Total698,485100.00360
Valid votes698,48597.85
Invalid/blank votes15,3222.15
Total votes713,807100.00
Registered voters/turnout873,67481.70
Source: The Star

Aftermath

As the party with the most seats in the winning DAP-PAS-PKR coalition, PAS has the priority in choosing the new Menteri Besar. Azizan Abdul Razak, the PAS Kedah Commissioner and MLA for Sungai Limau, was selected by the coalition to be its candidate, and were sworn in on the next day, in front of the Sultan of Kedah. The EXCO members consisting of 7 PAS MLA and 3 PKR MLA, were sworn in on 12 March; the sole MLA from DAP, the other party in the coalition, was excluded. [2] [3]

The sole independent candidate who won the Bukit Selambau seat, V. Arumugam joined PKR days after the election, bringing the PKR MLAs to 5 and total MLA in the DAP-PAS-PKR coalition to 22. But in 2009, Arumugam resigned from his state seat, triggering the 2009 Bukit Selambau by-election; PKR retained the seat by winning the by-election.

The DAP-PKR-PAS coalition were later known as Pakatan Rakyat from 1 April 2008. [4]

Notes

  1. All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of all the component parties in BN.

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