2008 Kedah state election

Malaysian state legislative election 2008 Kedah state election Kedah legislative no 2004 8 March 2008 2013 All 36 seats in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly 19 2,937,490 List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2004–2008)#Kedah members elected 009000 Azizan Abdul Razak PAS DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal) 2003 Sungai Limau 5 14 16 11 249,968 36.76% 4.24 Mahdzir Khalid 2005 UMNO Barisan Nasional 000080 Pedu 322,358All the figures of votes and seats are a combined result of all the component parties in BN. 47.40% 31 14 17 12.33 150x150px 00BFFF Johari Abdul PKR DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal) 2007 Not contesting 0 19 4 4 85,223 12.53% 5.21 150x150px FF0000 Liew Kard Seong DAP DAP-PAS-PKR coalition (informal) 2006Liew elected DAP chief of Kedah https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2006/12/09/liew-elected-dap-chief-of-kedah 1 May 2023 The Star Star Media Group Berhad 9 December 2006 en Not contesting 0 19 1 1 7,510 1.10% 0.67 Menteri Besar Mahdzir Khalid Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Azizan Abdul Razak Pakatan Rakyat (PAS) The 12th Kedah state election was held on 8 March 2008. Polling took place in 36 constituencies throughout the Malaysian state of Kedah, with each electing a State Assemblyman to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission. The state election was held concurrently with the 2008 Malaysian general election. In a historic result, the incumbent government from Barisan Nasional (BN) was handed an unprecedented and shocking defeat by the opposition, the first time Kedah's ruling party from BN or is predecessor Alliance Party was voted out of power since the start of the state elections in 1955. The informal coalition of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) won 21 seats out of the 36 seats, gaining a simple majority in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. Results Pakatan Rakyat 4 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 249968 16 +11 People's Justice Party 85223 4 +4 Democratic Action Party 7510 1 +1 342701 21 +16 Barisan Nasional 5 United Malays National Organisation 259940 12 –11 Malaysian Chinese Association 31674 1 –3 Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 12368 1 –1 Malaysian Indian Congress 18376 0 –2 322358 14 –17 Independents 14990 1 +1 17335 0 873674 ElectionData.MY Aftermath As the party with the most seats in the winning DAP-PAS-PKR coalition, PAS has the priority in choosing the new Menteri Besar. Azizan Abdul Razak, the PAS Kedah Commissioner and MLA for Sungai Limau, was selected by the coalition to be its candidate, and were sworn in on the next day, in front of the Sultan of Kedah. The EXCO members consisting of 7 PAS MLA and 3 PKR MLA, were sworn in on 12 March; the sole MLA from DAP, the other party in the coalition, was excluded.Exco Kedah: 7 PAS, 3 PKR https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/79681 28 April 2023 Malaysiakini 12 March 2008 msGABRIEL PAUL MAJID EMBUN DAP rep not in Kedah exco https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2008/03/12/dap-rep-not-in-kedah-exco 1 May 2023 The Star 12 March 2008 en The sole independent candidate who won the Bukit Selambau seat, V. Arumugam joined PKR days after the election, bringing the PKR MLAs to 5 and total MLA in the DAP-PAS-PKR coalition to 22. But in 2009, Arumugam resigned from his state seat, triggering the 2009 Bukit Selambau by-election; PKR retained the seat by winning the by-election. The DAP-PKR-PAS coalition were later known as Pakatan Rakyat from 1 April 2008.Pembangkang tubuh Pakatan Rakyat https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/80684 1 May 2023 Malaysiakini 1 April 2008 MS Notes References External links 2008 Category:2008 state elections in Malaysia