2018 Malacca state election

2018 Malacca state election

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All 28 seats of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
Registered	494,662
Turnout	84.52%
Majority party Minority party Third party   GS Leader Adly Zahari Idris Haron Kamarudin Sidek Party AMANAH UMNO PAS Alliance Pakatan Harapan Barisan Nasional Gagasan Sejahtera Leader since 30 August 2017 2013 Unknown Leader's seat Bukit Katil Sungai Udang Duyong (lost seat) Last election 6 seats, 31.18% (Pakatan Rakyat) 21 seats, 53.31% 1 seat, 14.98% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 3 21 1 Seats won 15 13 0 Seat change 12 8 1 Popular vote 211,153 156,318 44,537 Percentage 51.1% 37.8% 10.8% Swing 19.9 pp 15.5 pp 4.2%
Chief Minister before election Idris Haron Barisan Nasional Elected Chief Minister Adly Zahari Pakatan Harapan

The 14th Malacca election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Malacca State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca.^[1] The Malacca State Legislative Assembly dissolved on 7 April 2018 by the Head of State (Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca) on the advice of the Head of Government (Chief Minister of Malacca).^[2]

The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission (EC) and used the first-past-the-post system. Electoral candidates were nominated on 28 April. On 9 May, between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Malaysian time (UTC+8), polling was held in all 28 state constituencies throughout Malacca; each constituency elects a single State Assemblyman to the state legislature. The election was held concurrently with the 2018 Malaysian general election.

In a historic result, Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in Malacca, was ousted from power by Pakatan Harapan (PH). Since the first Malacca state election in 1955, BN or its predecessor Alliance had never lost the state election. PH won 15 seats in the election, gaining a simple majority, while BN won 13. Adly Zahari from PH's component party AMANAH was sworn in as new Chief Minister on 11 May 2018.^[3]