Kelantan state election, 2018

Kelantan state election, 2018
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All 45 seats of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly ; 23 seats needed for a majority
Menteri Besar before election; Ahmad Yakob ; Gagasan Sejahtera , (PAS)	Elected Menteri Besar ; Ahmad Yakob ; Gagasan Sejahtera , (PAS)

Last updated April 14, 2019

The 14th Kelantan State election will be held on or before 23 August 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 13 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 13 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 Kelantan) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Kelantan).

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. It consists of 45 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart.

Contenders

Barisan Nasional (BN) is set to contest all 45 seats in Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) linchpin party United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) is to set to contest major share of Barisan Nasional (BN) seats.

The National Front is a political coalition in Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of right-wing and centre parties. They are currently the largest opposition coalition in the country's Dewan Rakyat.

The United Malays National Organisation is Malaysia's main opposition political party. It is a founding member of the Barisan Nasional coalition which, with its predecessor the Alliance, had been the government of Malaysia and dominated the country's politics from independence until 2018. Until then, all of Malaysia's Prime Ministers had been members of UMNO, until Mahathir Mohamad became the first prime minister from Pakatan Harapan, and the first prime minister to have tenures with two different parties.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is set to contest all 45 seats in Kelantan to defend their victory in the last election .

Pakatan Harapan have decided to contest all 45 seats in Kelantan. However, Pakatan Harapan has yet to finalize 14 seats at the moment. The seats are including Demit, Kemahang, Kemuning, Tawang and Kijang.^[1] On 1 March 2018, Pakatan Harapan has completed the distribution of seats in Kelantan. National Trust Party (AMANAH) will contest in 23 seats while the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) will have 12 seats. People's Justice Party (PKR) will contest 10 seats.^[2]

The Alliance of Hope is a political coalition in Malaysia. It is a successor to Pakatan Rakyat. It was established in 2015 as an opposition to the former-ruling Barisan Nasional. It is the largest bloc in the Dewan Rakyat and is the current ruling party of Malaysia. The coalition is allied with the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) in the state of Sabah. At the state level, the coalition is the largest party in 8 of 13 state legislative assemblies and forms the government in the states of Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor and Sabah. Pakatan Harapan also form a government with two-thirds majority in the states of Penang, Selangor and Johor.

Demit is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

Kemahang is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) will contest in Kota Lama. ^[3]

The Parti Sosialis Malaysia, is a socialist political party in Malaysia and an offshoot of Parti Rakyat Malaysia, which originally upheld the same ideology. In its first ten years following its founding in 1998, the party was denied registration as a political party by the Federal Government of Malaysia. The original reason given was that PSM is a threat to national security. However, the Home Ministry gave them the green light in June 2008.

Kota Lama is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

Political parties

Coalition			Other parties
Incumbent	Opposition		Other parties
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)	Barisan Nasional (BN)	Pakatan Harapan (PH)	Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia) ^[4]
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	National Trust Party (Amanah) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) People's Justice Party (PKR)	Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia) ^[4]

The contested seats

State constituency	Incumbent State Assemblyman	Political parties
		Gagasan Sejahtera		Barisan Nasional ^[5]		Pakatan Harapan ^[6]		Other parties/Ind
		Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
Pengkalan Kubor	Mat Razi Mat Ail (BN)	Wan Roslan Wan Hamat	PAS	Mat Razi Mat Ail	UMNO	Wan Rosdi Mat Rasik	PKR	N/A	N/A
Kelaboran	Mohamad Zaki Ibrahim (GS)	Mohd Adanan Hassan		Hashim Mohamad		Nik Faezah Nik Othman	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Pasir Pekan	Ahmad Yaakob (GS)	Ahmad Yaakob		Wan Mohd Sanusi Wan Yunus		Wan Johari Wan Omar	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Wakaf Bharu	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (GS)	Mohd Rusli Abdullah		Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz		Mohd. Khir Zahari Abdul Ghani	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Kijang	Wan Ubaidah Omar (GS)	Izani Husin		Wan Shahrul Azwan Abd Aziz		Nik Azmi Nik Man	PKR	N/A	N/A
Chempaka	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood (GS)	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood		Mohd Fareez Noor Amran		Nik Omar Nik Ab. Aziz	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Panchor	Mohd Amar Abdullah (GS)	Mohd Amar Abdullah		Zarina Md Eusope		Mohd. Zulhazmi Hassan		N/A	N/A
Tanjong Mas	Rohani Ibrahim (GS)	Rohani Ibrahim		Madihah Abd Aziz		Hafidzah Mustakim		N/A	N/A
Kota Lama	Anuar Tan Abdullah (GS)	Anuar Tan Abdullah		Chua Hock Kuan	MCA	Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman	PPBM	Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani	PSM
Kota Lama	Anuar Tan Abdullah (GS)	Anuar Tan Abdullah		Chua Hock Kuan	MCA	Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman	PPBM	Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	IND
Bunut Payong	Ramli Mamat (GS)	Ramli Mamat		Mohamed Hasna Che Hussin	UMNO	Sanusi Othman	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Tendong	Rozi Muhamad (GS)	Rozi Muhamad		Yahaya Mamat		Wan Zulkhairi Wan Mad. Zin	PPBM	Ibrahim Ali	IND
Pengkalan Pasir	Hanifa Ahmad (GS)	Hanifa Ahmad		Che Johan Che Pa		Sharani Mohd Naim	Amanah	Suharto Mat Nasir
Meranti	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud (GS)	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud		Muhammad Afifi Muhammad Noor		Mohd Romizu Mohd Ali		Che Daud Che Man
Chetok	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman (GS)	Zuraidin Abdullah		Ahmad Anuar Hussin		Ali Abdu Rahman Hasan		N/A	N/A
Gual Periok	Mohamad Awang (GS)	Mohamad Awang		Ghazali Ismail		Mohd Ridzuan Muhamad		N/A	N/A
Apam Putra (previously known as Bukit Tuku)	Abdul Rasul Mohamed (GS)	Abdul Rasul Mohamed		Akbar Salim		Mohd Hisyamuddin Ghazali		N/A	N/A
Salor	Husam Musa (PH)	Saiful Adli Abu Bakar		Mohamad Noordin Awang		Husam Musa		N/A	N/A
Pasir Tumboh	Abd Rahman Yunus (GS)	Abd Rahman Yunus		Bakri Yusof		Mohd Noor Mat Yajid		N/A	N/A
Demit	Mumtaz Md Nawi (GS)	Mumtaz Md Nawi		Nurul Amal Mohd Fauzi		Wan Ahmad Kamil Wan Abdullah		N/A	N/A
Tawang	Hassan Mohamood (GS)	Hassan Mohamood		Mohd Radzuan Abdullah		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pantai Irama (previously known as Perupok)	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin (GS)	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin		Ilias Husain		Ismail Ghani	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Jelawat	Abdul Azziz Kadir (GS)	Abdul Azziz Kadir		Mohd Radzuan Hamat		Mohd. Fami Zakaria	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Melor	Md Yusnan Yusof (GS)	Md Yusnan Yusof		Azmi Ishak		Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir	PKR	N/A	N/A
Kadok	Azami Mohd Nor (GS)	Azami Mohd Nor		Mohammad Azam Ismail		Che Ibrahim Mohamad	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Kok Lanas	Md Alwi Che Ahmad (BN)	Nik Mahadi Nik Mahmood		Md Alwi Che Ahmad		Mohd Hanapi Ismail		N/A	N/A
Bukit Panau	Abdul Fattah Mahmood (GS)	Abdul Fattah Mahmood		Dayang Saniah Awang Hamid		Hisham Fauzi		N/A	N/A
Gual Ipoh	Mohd. Bakri Mustapha (BN)	Wan Yusuf W Mustapha		Mohd. Bakri Mustapha		Mohd Soba Hussin		N/A	N/A
Kemahang	Md Anizam Ab Rahman (GS)	Md Anizam Ab Rahman		Wan Rakemi Wan Zahari		Bahari Mohamad Nor	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Selising	Zulkifle Ali (BN)	Tuan Mohd Sharipudin Tuan Ismail		Zulkifle Ali		Ismail Mohamad	PKR	N/A	N/A
Limbongan	Mohd Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah (GS)	Mohd Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah		Mohd Hanafiah Abdul Aziz		Zarir Yaakob	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Semerak	Zawawi Othman (BN)	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim		Zawawi Othman		Wan Marzudi Wan Omar	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Gaal	Tuan Mazlan Tuan Mat (GS)	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar		Mohd Kaisan Ab Rahman		Ab Rahman Yaacob	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Pulai Chondong	Zulkifli Mamat (GS)	Azhar Salleh		Ahmad Tarmizi Ismail		Ab Halim @ Kamaruddin Ab Kadir	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Temangan	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan (GS)	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan		Wan Mohd Adnan Wan Aziz		Mohd. Redzuan Alias	PKR	N/A	N/A
Kemuning	Mohd Roseli Ismail (GS)	Mohd Roseli Ismail		Eriandi Ismail		Abdul Kadir Othman	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Bukit Bunga	Mohd Adhan Kechik (BN)	Ramzi Mohd Yusoff		Mohd Adhan Kechik		Asran Alias	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Air Lanas	Mustapa Mohamed (BN)	Abdullah Ya'kub		Mustapa Mohamed		Aminuddin Yaacob	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Kuala Balah	Abdul Aziz Derashid (BN)	Mohd Apandi Mohamad		Abdul Aziz Derashid		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mengkebang	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman (GS)	Muhammad Mat Sulaiman		Zaki Muhammad		Wan Mohammad Azlan Ahmad	Amanah	N/A	N/A
Guchil	Mohd Roslan Puteh (PH)	Hilmi Abdullah		Zuber Hassan		Mohd Roslan Puteh	PKR	Abd. Aziz Ahmad	IND
Manek Urai	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah (GS)	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah		Suzaini Adlina Sukri		Mohamed Dahan Mat Jali	PPBM	Deraman Mamat	IND
Dabong	Ramzi Ab Rahman (BN)	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussien		Muhammad Awang		Wan Ahmad Fadzil Wan Omar	PPBM	N/A	N/A
Nenggiri	Vacant	Mohd Saupi Abdul Razak		Ab Aziz Yusoff		Othman Yusoff	PKR	N/A	N/A
Paloh	Nozula Mat Diah (BN)	Azman Ahmad		Amran Arifin		Noraini Husain	PKR	N/A	N/A
Galas	Ab Aziz Yusoff (BN)	Suhaimi Mat Deris		Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim		Nasir Dollah	PPBM	N/A	N/A

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[1] 14 kerusi tak sepakat, HARAPAN Kelantan bawa ke pusat

[2] HARAPAN Kelantan selesai agih kerusi

[3] PSM umum calon 5 kerusi parlimen, 12 DUN

[4] PSM mahu bertanding di DUN Kota Lama, Kelantan

[5] Tok Pa akan pertahan dua kerusi disandangnya

[6] PAN fokus menang di kerusi kubu kuat PAS

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