2013 Kelantan state election

Malaysian state legislative election 2013 Kelantan state election Kelantan legislative no 2008 Kelantan state election 2008 5 May 2013 2018 Kelantan state election 2018 All 45 seats in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly 23 769,595 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2008–13)#Kelantan members elected 150px Nik Aziz Nik Mat 1981 PAS Pakatan Rakyat 009000 Chempaka 425,291All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of PAS,PKR and DAP. 55.26% 39 38 33 6 150px 000080 Mustapa Mohamed UMNO Barisan Nasional 2009 Ayer Lanas 6 7 15 12 6 343,416All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of all the component parties in BN. 44.62% Menteri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat Pakatan Rakyat (PAS) Ahmad Yakob Pakatan Rakyat (PAS) The 13th Kelantan state election were held on 5 May 2013. Polling took place in 45 constituencies throughout the Malaysian state of Kelantan, with each electing a State Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission. The state election was held concurrently with the 2013 Malaysian general election. Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), the governing party of the state, won the election with 32 seats. Its Pakatan Rakyat (PR) ally, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), won 1 seat, while the main opposition party of the state Barisan Nasional won the remaining 12 seats. This election is the only time the DAP-PAS-PKR coalition is referred as Pakatan Rakyat during the Kelantan state election campaign (although each party is contesting using their own name and logo), and also the final Kelantan state election which the three parties works as a coalition; PR splits in 2015 due to disagreements between DAP and PAS. Background Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the Menteri Besar of Kelantan, announced the dissolution of Kelantan State Assembly on 3 April 2013, 11;55pm (Malaysia time), after receiving consent from Sultan of Kelantan.Nik Aziz Umum Pembubaran DUN Kelantan - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/04/05/nik-aziz-umum-pembubaran-dun-kelantan www.mstar.com.my 8 January 2025 ms 5 April 2013 The state assembly were scheduled to be automatically dissolved on 28 April 2013, before the announcement by Nik Aziz. Political parties Barisan Nasional, spearheaded by United Malays National Organization (UMNO), were targeting to win 23 seats to wrestle back the state control from PAS.BN Kelantan Sasar Menang 23 Kerusi DUN, Lapan Parlimen - Rencana mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lain-lain/rencana/2013/04/15/bn-kelantan-sasar-menang-23-kerusi-dun-lapan-parlimen www.mstar.com.my 8 January 2025 en 15 April 2013 BN announced its candidate for all 45 state seats on 15 April 2013, led by its state chief Mustapa Mohamed who is contesting in Ayer Lanas.Pemilihan Calon BN Kelantan Atas Dasar Kehendak Parti Dan Rakyat - Mustapa - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/04/16/pemilihan-calon-bn-kelantan-atas-dasar-kehendak-parti-dan-rakyat--mustapa www.mstar.com.my 8 January 2025 ms 16 April 2013Mustapa Pertahan Kerusi Parlimen Jeli, Tanding DUN Air Lanas - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/04/16/mustapa-pertahan-kerusi-parlimen-jeli-tanding-dun-air-lanas www.mstar.com.my 8 January 2025 ms 16 April 2013 The BN candidates includes 1 Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) candidate who will contest in Kota Lama, a constituency with the most Chinese voters compared to other constituency in Kelantan; and 1 People's Progressive Party (PPP) candidate who will contest in Guchil.Bernama Senarai Calon BN Kelantan Pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/News_Online/2013/00044/Bernama%5B16April2013)Senarai%20Calon%20BN%20Kelantan%20Pada%20Pilihan%20Raya%20Umum%20Ke-13.pdf lib.perdana.org.my 10 January 2025 ms 16 April 2013 PAS, together with PKR, unveiled its candidate for all state seats on 17 April 2013.PRU-13: PAS Kelantan Umum 43 Calon Kerusi DUN, 14 Calon Parlimen, 16 Muka Baru - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/04/18/pru13-pas-kelantan-umum-43-calon-kerusi-dun-14-calon-parlimen-16-muka-baru www.mstar.com.my 8 January 2025 ms 18 April 2013 PAS who have governed the state for the last 23 years uninterrupted, were led by Nik Aziz Nik Mat, PAS Spiritual Leader, PAS Kelantan state commissioner, and the state Menteri Besar since 1990. Democratic Action Party (DAP), the other party in the PR bloc, is not participating in the state election due to perceived negative view of the party from the state's voters.AR Zurairi Why it's unrealistic for DAP to contest in Kelantan https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2018/04/26/why-its-unrealistic-for-dap-to-contest-in-kelantan/1624168 www.malaymail.com 8 January 2025 en 26 April 2018 Electoral divisions Issues June 2023 Campaign BN launched its manifesto for Kelantan titled 'Rakyat Dihati, Janji Ditepati' (People at Heart, Promises Kept) on 11 April 2013 by the BN Kelantan leader, Mustapa Mohamed.Manifesto BN Kelantan Daulatkan Islam, Tidak Pinggir Kaum Minoriti - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/04/12/manifesto-bn-kelantan-daulatkan-islam-tidak-pinggir-kaum-minoriti www.mstar.com.my 9 January 2025 ms 12 April 2013 PAS meanwhile launched its manifesto titled 'Keberkatan, Kemakmuran dan Kebajikan' (Blessings, Prosperity and Welfare) on 23 April 2013.PAS Umum Sembilan Tawaran Untuk Rakyat Kelantan Dalam Manifesto PRU-13 - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/04/24/pas-umum-sembilan-tawaran-untuk-rakyat-kelantan-dalam-manifesto-pru13 www.mstar.com.my 9 January 2025 ms 24 April 2013 Results Pakatan Rakyat 3 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 398238 32 –6 People's Justice Party 27053 1 0 425291 33 -6 Barisan Nasional 4 United Malays National Organisation 328454 12 +6 Malaysian Chinese Association 7651 0 0 People's Progressive Party 7311 0 0 343416 12 +6 Independents 888 0 0 10487 918573 https://undi.info Aftermath Ahmad Yakob, MLA for Pasir Pekan and the Deputy State Commissioner of PAS Kelantan, were sworn in as the new Menteri Besar of Kelantan on 6 May 2013, replacing Nik Aziz Nik Mat who has held the position since 1990.Ahmad Yakob ganti Nik Aziz https://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/07/ahmad-yakob-ganti-nik-aziz/ Borneo Post Online 8 January 2025 ms 6 May 2013 The appointment of Ahmad Yakob were agreed by the PAS leadership as requested by Nik Aziz, who stepped down because of health issues.Pemilihan Sebagai MB Kelantan Atas Permintaan Nik Aziz - Ahmad Yakob - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/05/07/pemilihan-sebagai-mb-kelantan-atas-permintaan-nik-aziz--ahmad-yakob www.mstar.com.my 8 January 2025 ms 7 May 2013 Nik Aziz later died in 2015, and 2015 Chempaka by-election were held, which PAS won. Although BN improved on their poor performance in the 2008 state election, winning 12 seats as opposed to just 6 seats in the last election, it still failed in their objective to take over control of the Kelantan government. Mustapa said in their post mortem, BN Kelantan identified their weakness in communicating the local issues and the lack of BN religious leaders are some of the factors to their failure in the election.Gagal Jelas Isu Setempat Antara Punca Kekalahan BN Di Kelantan Pada PRU-13 - Semasa mStar https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2013/11/05/gagal-jelas-isu-setempat-antara-punca-kekalahan-bn-di-kelantan-pada-pru13 www.mstar.com.my 13 January 2025 ms 5 November 2013 2014 Pengkalan Kubor by-election were held after the death of its assemblymen. BN retained the seat after it won the by election. In 2017, BN loses the Nenggiri seat after a voting to declare the seat vacant by the State Assembly, due to bankruptcy of its BN assemblymen. However no by-elections were held as there is less than 2 years before the expiry of the current assembly.http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/12/mat-yusoff-loses-nenggiri-seat/ Mat Yusoff loses Nenggiri seat The Star Online 12 July 2017 31 August 2017 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 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 Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), a splinter party of UMNO dissidents, 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 The state government were not affected by the split, as PAS holds the majority and only one MLA for PKR switched to the opposition, though later MLA for Salor Husam Musa joined Amanah after being sacked by PAS in 2016.http://www.sinarharian.com.my/politik/pas-pecat-husam-musa-1.517714 Pas pecat Husam Musa Asyraf Muhammad 6 May 2016 6 May 2016Husam joins Amanah, says PAS is sailing to nowhere http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/354153 Malaysiakini 30 August 2016 30 August 2016 Notes References Further reading Muhamad Takiyuddin Ismail & Sity Daud (2016). Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13: Kesinambungan Politik Baharu, Kekentalan Politik Lama, UUM Press. ISBN 978-967-0876-42-9 2013 Category:2013 state elections in Malaysia