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2018 Perlis state election
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All 15 seats in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority
Registered150,221
Turnout123,036 (85.91%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  BN PH GS
Leader Azlan Man Ameir Hassan Mohd Shukri Ramli
Party Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (Bersatu) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
Leader since 2013 30 August 2017 2013
Leader's seat Bintong Pauh
(lost seat) 		Sanglang
Last election 13 seats, 55.37% 1 seat, 18.10%
(Pakatan Rakyat) 		1 seat, 23.71%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats before 13 1 1
Seats won 10 3 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 47,151 42,220 31,335
Percentage 39.02% 34.94% 25.93%
Swing Decrease 16.35% Increase 16.84% Increase 2.22%
Menteri Besar before election

Azlan Man
BN

Elected Menteri Besar

Azlan Man
BN

The 14th Perlis State election was held on 9 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

The Perlis State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 28 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 28 August 2018, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission), unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State (King of Perlis) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Perlis).

The incumbent party Barisan Nasional won simple majority of 10 seats and was able to form a government. The opposition Pakatan Harapan won 3 seats while Gagasan Sejahtera won 2 seats.[1]

Background

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Electoral system

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Each state constituencies of Perlis will elect one member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly using the first-past-the-post voting system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the State Government, with its leader as Menteri Besar. If the election results in no single party having a majority, there is a hung assembly, of which will be dissolved under the royal prerogative of the Raja.

The redistricting of electoral boundaries for the entire country had been presented to and passed by the Dewan Rakyat, and subsequently gazetted on 29 March 2018 after obtaining the royal consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ahead of the 14th general election.[2] Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of Malaysia (EC), which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Department.

Voting Eligibility

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To vote in the state election, one had to be:[3]

  • registered in the electoral roll as an elector in the constituency in which he resides on;
  • aged 21 or over on the registration date;
  • a resident of the constituency, or if not so, an absentee voter;
  • not disqualified under any law relating to offences committed in connection with elections.

Contenders

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Barisan Nasional (BN) contested in all 15 seats in Perlis State Legislative Assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) linchpin party United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) contested in 13 seats and Malaysian Chinese Association(MCA) contested in 2 seats.

Pakatan Harapan contested in all 15 seats in Perlis.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) also contested in all 15 seats.[4]

Political parties

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Coalition
Incumbent Opposition
Barisan Nasional (BN) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) Pakatan Harapan (PH)

The contested seats

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No. State constituency Incumbent State Assemblyman Political parties

Barisan Nasional[5]

Gagasan Sejahtera[6]

Pakatan Harapan[7][8][9]

Other parties/Ind
Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party
N01 Titi Tinggi Khaw Hock Kong (BN) Teh Chai Aan MCA Kamis Yub PAS Teh Seng Chuan DAP Yaacob Man IND
N02 Beseri Mat Rawi Kassim (BN) Ruzaini Rais UMNO Azamhari Mohamood Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim Amanah — —
N03 Chuping Asmaiza Ahmad (BN) Asmaiza Ahmad Mohd. Ali Puteh Poziyah Hamzah PKR — —
N04 Mata Ayer Khairi Hasan (BN) Siti Berenee Yahaya Mohammad Yahya Azhar Omar Bersatu — —
N05 Santan Sabry Ahmad (BN) Azizan Sulaiman Baharuddin Ahmad Che Mazlina Che Yob Amanah — —
N06 Bintong Rela Ahmad (BN) Azlan Man Abd. Jamil Kamis Mokhtar Che Kassim — —
N07 Sena Abdul Jamil Saad (BN) Azihani Ali Fakhrul Anwar Ismail Asrul Nizan Abd Jalil PKR — —
N08 Indera Kayangan Chan Ming Kai (PH) Chuah Tian Hee MCA Wan Hassan Wan Ismail Gan Ay Ling — —
N09 Kuala Perlis Mat Hassan (BN) Azam Rashid UMNO Mohamad Fuat Abu Bakar Nor Azam Karap — —
N10 Kayang Ahmad Bakri Ali (BN) Hamizan Hassan Md Radzi Hassan Abdul Hannaan Khairy Bersatu — —
N11 Pauh Azlan Man (BN) Rozieana Ahmad Idris Yaacob Ameir Hassan — —
N12 Tambun Tulang Ismail Kassim (BN) Ismail Kassim Abu Bakar Ali Maton Din — —
N13 Guar Sanji Jafperi Othman (BN) Afifi Osman Mohd Ridzuan Hashim Baridah Che Nayan — —
N14 Simpang Empat Nurulhisham Yaakob (BN) Nurulhisham Yaakob Rus'sele Eizan Wan Noralhakim Shaghir Saad PKR — —
N15 Sanglang Mohd Shukri Ramli (GS) Zaidi Saidin Mohd. Shukri Ramli Zolkharnain Abidin Amanah — —

Election pendulum

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The 14th General Election witnessed 10 governmental seats and 5 nongovernmental seats filled the Perlis State Legislative Assembly. However, none of the government side has safe and fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has just 1 fairly safe seat.

2018 Perlis state election
GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Titi Tinggi Teh Chai Aan MCA 35.39
Simpang Empat Nurulhisham Yaakob UMNO 36.46
Pauh Rozieana Ahmad UMNO 39.29
Bintong Azlan Man UMNO 40.59
Kayang Hamizan Hassan UMNO 41.09
Beseri Ruzaini Rais UMNO 41.94
Santan Azizan Sulaiman UMNO 42.18
Mata Ayer Siti Berenee Yahaya UMNO 43.54
Tambun Tulang Ismail Kassim UMNO 45.82
Chuping Asmaiza Ahmad UMNO 46.42
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sanglang Mohd. Shukri Ramli PAS 40.82
Sena Asrul Nizan Abd. Jalil PKR 42.07
Guar Sanji Mohd. Ridzuan Hashim PAS 42.19
Kuala Perlis Nor Azam Karap PKR 51.13
Fairly safe
Indera Kayangan Gan Ay Ling PKR 57.71

Results

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For complete results, see Results of the Malaysian general election, 2018 by state constituency § Perlis.

The result of the election was announced after 5pm on 9 May 2018. Barisan Nasional won 10 out of 15 seats and was entitled to form a government in Perlis.

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation42,54335.219–3
Malaysian Chinese Association4,6083.8110
Total47,15139.0210–3
Pakatan HarapanPeople's Justice Party17,93514.843+2
Malaysian United Indigenous Party12,56210.4000
National Trust Party9,1037.5300
Democratic Action Party2,6202.1700
Total42,22034.943+2
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party31,33525.932+1
Independents1320.1100
Total120,838100.00150
Valid votes120,83898.21
Invalid/blank votes2,1981.79
Total votes123,036100.00
Registered voters/turnout150,22181.90
Source: BERNAMA[10][11]

By parliamentary constituency

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Barisan Nasional won 2 of 3 parliamentary constituency.

No. Constituency Barisan Nasional Gagasan Sejahtera Pakatan Harapan Member of Parliament
P001 Padang Besar 41.88% 25.72% 32.04% Zahidi Zainul Abidin
P002 Kangar 35.69% 20.87% 43.44%
Shaharuddin Ismail (13th Parliament)
Noor Amin Ahmad (14th Parliament)
P003 Arau 40.14% 31.84% 28.02% Shahidan Kassim

Seats that changed allegiance

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No. Seat Previous Party (2013) Current Party (2018)
N07 Perlis Sena Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N09 Perlis Kuala Perlis Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N13 Perlis Guar Sanji Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)

Aftermath

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Menteri Besar controversy

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Azlan Man from BN was sworn in for his second term as the Menteri Besar on 24 May 2018, but the ceremony was boycotted by other BN MLAs, who named Ismail Kassim as their Menteri Besar choice.[12] The BN state chief, Shahidan Kassim, later that day announced that Azlan was sacked as UMNO and BN member, and become an independent;[13] however Azlan disputes the announcement, saying he had not received official sacking letter from UMNO and he is still with UMNO and BN.[14] The King of Perlis expressed his sadness over the whole situation, and explained his rationale behind decision in accepting Azlan as the Menteri Besar.[15][16]

The 9 MLAs later retracted their boycott of Azlan and announced their support for him and seeking forgiveness from the King of Perlis, on 5 June 2018.[17] The state EXCO members were sworn in on 13 June 2018, making Perlis the last state in Malaysia to appoint EXCO members after the 2018 election. All BN MLAs were appointed as EXCO members except Ismail, who did not attend the ceremony.[18]

On 20 June 2018, Ismail resigned from UMNO and BN, and became an independent. However he rejoined UMNO in May 2020.[19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "Keputusan Dewan Undangan Negeri Perlis". pru14.spr.gov.my. Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Redelineation report gazetted with king's consent". Free Malaysia Today. 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Federal Constitution of Malaysia" (PDF). jac.gov.my. Judicial Appointments Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ "PAS Perlis sedia tanding 15 Dun". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. ^ "Official: BN Perlis tampil 10 muka baharu". Utusan Online. 2018-04-24. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. ^ Perlis PAS’ candidates list
  7. ^ AMANAH Perlis umum calon tanding PRU14
  8. ^ "Official: PPBM Perlis umum calon hari ini". Free Malaysia Today. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  9. ^ "Official: Wan Azizah moves to Pandan, Nurul goes to Permatang Pauh". Malaysiakini. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  10. ^ "GE14 Results". pru14result.bernama.com. BERNAMA. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Keputusan Terkini Dewan Undangan Negeri Perlis". pru14.spr.gov.my. Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  12. ^ Justin Ong (24 May 2018). "Azlan Man back as Perlis MB". Malay Mail. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  13. ^ MT Webmaster (24 May 2018). "Azlan Man Sacked From Umno; BN Perlis Reps Reject New MB". MalaysiaToday. New Straits Times. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  14. ^ Bernama (25 May 2018). "Azlan Man: I have not received expulsion letter from Umno". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Raja of Perlis does not want a 'puppet' MB". The Star (Malaysia). 24 May 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  16. ^ Bernama (25 May 2018). "State secretary: Azlan Man's appointment as Perlis MB valid, can't be disputed". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  17. ^ Salim Aziz (5 June 2018). "Kemelut MB Perlis dianggap selesai - ADUN" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  18. ^ Bernama (13 June 2018). "Lapan exco Perlis akhirnya angkat sumpah jawatan" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  19. ^ Dziyaul Afnan Abdul Rahman (20 June 2018). "Ismail Kassim quits Umno; says keen to join PPBM". New Straits Times. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Man at centre of Perlis MB crisis joins PPBM". Free Malaysia Today. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  21. ^ Imran Hilmy (18 May 2020). "Ismail Kassim rejoins Umno after two years as independent assemblyman". The Star Online. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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