2013 Perak state election

2013 Perak state election

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59 seats to the Perak State Legislative Assembly 30 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Zambry Abdul Kadir Ngeh Koo Ham Muhammad Nur Manuty Party UMNO DAP PKR Alliance Barisan Nasional Pakatan Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat Leader since 2009 2000 2011 Leader's seat Pangkor Sitiawan Not contesting Last election 28 [a] 18 7 Seats before 28 17 5 Seats won 31 18 5 Seat change 3 0 2 Popular vote 506,947 270,137 153,859 Percentage 44.82% 23.88% 13.60% Swing 2.53 pp 1.54 pp 0.48 pp   Fourth party   Leader Abu Bakar Hussian Party PAS Alliance Pakatan Rakyat Leader since 2009 Leader's seat Titi Serong Last election 6 Seats before 6 Seats won 5 Seat change 1 Popular vote 193,674 Percentage 17.12% Swing 1.08 pp
Menteri Besar before election Zambry Abdul Kadir Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Elected Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir Barisan Nasional (UMNO)

The 13th Perak state election was held on 5 May 2013. Polling took place in 59 constituencies throughout the State of Perak, with each electing a State Assemblyman to the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission. The state election was held concurrently with the 2013 Malaysian general election.

Barisan Nasional (BN), having regained the state government control in the controversial 2009 Perak constitutional crisis after their loss in the 2008 election, narrowly retains the government after winning 31 of the 59 seats. ^[1] Pakatan Rakyat (PR), the informal coalition of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), won the remaining 28 seats to become the main opposition. ^[1]

This election is the only time the DAP-PAS-PKR coalition is referred as Pakatan Rakyat during the Perak state election campaign (although each party is contesting using their own name and logo), and also the final Perak state election which the three parties works as a coalition; PR splits in 2015 due to disagreements between DAP and PAS.

Background

Political parties

Coalition		Other parties
Incumbent	Opposition
Pakatan Rakyat	Barisan Nasional	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA)
Democratic Action Party (DAP) People's Justice Party (PKR) Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) People's Progressive Party (myPPP)

Electoral constituencies

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	357,800	31.63	30	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	94,272	8.33	1	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	31,049	2.74	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	18,003	1.59	0	0
			People's Progressive Party	5,823	0.51	0	0
		Total		506,947	44.82	31	+3
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	270,137	23.88	18	0
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	193,674	17.12	5	–1
			People's Justice Party	153,859	13.60	5	–2
		Total		617,670	54.60	28	-3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			783	0.07	0	0
	Independents			5,771	0.51	0	0
Total				1,131,171	100.00	59	0
Valid votes				1,131,171	98.35
Invalid/blank votes				19,026	1.65
Total votes				1,150,197	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,406,734	81.76

Aftermath

Zambry was reappointed as Menteri Besar in a swearing-in ceremony in front of the Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah on 7 May. ^[2]

In 2015, the PR coalition was disbanded, due to disagreements between PAS and DAP over the former's insistence to implement the Islamic penal code, known as hudud , in the State of Kelantan. ^[3] Also in 2015, a group of progressives in PAS led by Mohamad Sabu exits the party after losing in the party election, later forming National Trust Party (Amanah). Amanah joined forces with DAP and PKR in forming a successor coalition to PR, later known as Pakatan Harapan (PH) after the splinter party of UMNO, Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) joined the coalition in 2017. ^[4]

As a result of the PR split, the coalition's successor, the PH, saw their seat reduced to 23 seats in the Perak Assembly, but later increased to 24 prior to the 2018 state election after MLA for Changkat Jering, Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin exits PAS to join Amanah, ^[5] while PAS as a single party retained 4 seats as a result of Nizar's defection.

Notes

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

References

1. "Umno, DAP biggest winners in Perak". The Edge Markets. The Edge Communications Sdn. Bhd. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. "Zambry reappointed Perak Menteri Besar". Borneo Post Online. Bernama. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
3. hermesauto (18 June 2015). "Break up of Malaysia's opposition bloc Pakatan Rakyat: What happened and what's next?". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
4. Liew Chin Tong (15 August 2017). "The Day Pakatan Harapan Found its Footing". Penang Monthly. Penang Institute. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
5. "Nizar Jamaluddin is now Perak Amanah deputy chairman". www.thesundaily.my. Sun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2023.