2013 Perak state election

State election in Malaysia May 2018 May 2018 2013 Perak state election Perak legislative no 2008 2013 5 5 yes 2018 59 seats to the Perak State Legislative Assembly 30 150x150px Barisan Nasional Zambry Abdul Kadir UMNO Barisan Nasional Pangkor 28 seats, 47.38%All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of all the component parties in BN. 29 31 3 506,947 44.40% 2.98 pp Pakatan Rakyat Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin Malaysian Islamic Party Pakatan Rakyat Pasir Panjang(ran in Changkat Jering, won) 31 seats, 52.43% 27 28 3 628,278 55.03% 2.60 pp Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Elected Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir Barisan Nasional (UMNO) outgoing members members elected 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.Umno, DAP biggest winners in Perak https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/umno-dap-biggest-winners-perak The Edge Markets The Edge Communications Sdn. Bhd. 16 April 2023 7 May 2013 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. 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 CoalitionOther partiesIncumbentOppositionPakatan RakyatBarisan Nasional frameless|45x45px Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA) frameless|50x50px Democratic Action Party (DAP) frameless|50x50px People's Justice Party (PKR) frameless|45x45px Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) frameless|45x45px United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) frameless|45x45px Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) frameless|45x45px Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) frameless|45x45px People's Progressive Party (myPPP) Electoral constituencies File:GE12_Perak_DUN.svg Campaign Rallies and concerts Results Barisan Nasional 6 1 United Malays National Organisation 357800 30 +3 Malaysian Chinese Association 94272 1 0 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 31049 0 0 Malaysian Indian Congress 18003 0 0 People's Progressive Party 5823 0 0 506947 31 +3 Pakatan Rakyat 5 Democratic Action Party 270137 18 0 People's Justice Party 153859 5 –2 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 201714 5 –1 Socialist Party of Malaysia 2568 0 0 628278 28 -3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front 783 0 0 Independents 5771 0 0 21830 0 1406734 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.Zambry reappointed Perak Menteri Besar https://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/08/zambry-reappointed-perak-menteri-besar/ 15 April 2023 Borneo Post Online Bernama 8 May 2013 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.https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/break-up-of-malaysias-opposition-bloc-pakatan-rakyat-what-happened-and-whats-next Break up of Malaysia's opposition bloc Pakatan Rakyat: What happened and what's next? Abdullah Sani Asrul Hadi 2015-06-18 The Straits Times 2018-05-03 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.http://penangmonthly.com/article.aspx?pageid=9432&name=the_day_pakatan_harapan_found_its_footing Liew Chin Tong The Day Pakatan Harapan Found its Footing Penang Monthly Penang Institute 2023-04-16 2017-08-15 2017-08-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101019/https://penangmonthly.com/article.aspx?pageid=9432&name=the_day_pakatan_harapan_found_its_footing 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,Nizar Jamaluddin is now Perak Amanah deputy chairman https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/1613483-ASARCH338229 16 April 2023 www.thesundaily.my Sun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd 17 November 2015 en-MY while PAS as a single party retained 4 seats as a result of Nizar's defection. Notes References Category:Perak state elections Perak Perak