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2013 Perak state election

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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 0
Seats won 31 18 5
Seat change Increase 3 Steady 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 506,947 270,137 153,859
Percentage 44.82% 23.88% 13.60%
Swing Decrease 2.53 pp Increase 1.54 pp Decrease 0.48 pp

  Fourth party
 
Leader Abu Bakar Hussian
Party PAS
Alliance Pakatan Rakyat
Leader since 2009
Leader's seat Titi Serong
Last election 06
Seats won 05
Seat change Decrease 01
Popular vote 193,674
Percentage 17.12%
Swing Increase 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

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Political parties

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Coalition Other parties
Incumbent Opposition
Pakatan Rakyat Barisan Nasional

Electoral constituencies

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Campaign

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Rallies and concerts

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Results

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Barisan NasionalUnited Malays National Organisation357,80031.6330+3
Malaysian Chinese Association94,2728.3310
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia31,0492.7400
Malaysian Indian Congress18,0031.5900
People's Progressive Party5,8230.5100
Total506,94744.8231+3
Pakatan RakyatDemocratic Action Party270,13723.88180
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party193,67417.125–1
People's Justice Party153,85913.605–2
Total617,67054.6028-3
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front7830.0700
Independents5,7710.5100
Total1,131,171100.00590
Valid votes1,131,17198.35
Invalid/blank votes19,0261.65
Total votes1,150,197100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,406,73481.76

Aftermath

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.