2008 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 8 March 2008 in all states except Sarawak. The elections took place alongside general elections.

Results[]

Perlis[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Perlis State Assembly election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats
Barisan Nasional:	58,459	60.4	14	93.3
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	51,346	53.0	12	80.0
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	7,113	7.3	2	13.3
Pakatan Rakyat:	35,007	36.2	1	6.7
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	29,698	30.7	1	6.7
People's Justice Party (PKR)	5,309	5.5	0	0.0
Independents	1,585	1.6	0	0.0
Overall total	96,822	100	15	100
Source: The Star,^[1] Malaysia The Sanglang seat won by Abdullah Hassan (BN) during the election was declared vacant by the Perlis Election Court in June 2008 on grounds of error during the ballot counting process. In September, Hashim Jasin (PAS) was declared the rightful winner of the seat.^[2]

Kedah[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	24			16	44.44	+11
	National Front^[a]		BN	36			14	38.89	-17
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	28			12	33.33	-11
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	4			1	2.78	-3
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan	2			1	2.78	-1
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	2			0	0.00	-2
	People's Justice Party		PKR	10			4	11.11	+4
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	2			1	2.78	+1
	Independents		IND	2			1	2.78	+1
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	36	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)

Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Kelantan[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	40			38	84.44	+14
	National Front^[a]		BN	45			6	13.33	-15
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	43			6	13.33	-15
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	1			0	0.00	0
	People's Justice Party		PKR	5			1	2.22	+1
	Independents		IND	1			0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	45	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)

Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Terengganu[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Terengganu State Assembly election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	240,165	55.00	24	75.00	4
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	232,334	53.21	23	71.88	4
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	7,831	1.79	1	3.13
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	180,021	41.23	8	25.00	4
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	16,460	3.77	0	0.00
Overall total	436,646	100	32	100
Source: The Star,^[3] Malaysia

Penang[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Penang State Legislative Assembly election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Rakyat: (Formal coalition formed after election)	319,757	58.90	29	72.5	27
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	175,067	32.25	19	47.5	18
People's Justice Party (PKR)	110,872	20.42	9	22.5	9
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	33,818	6.23	1	2.5
Barisan Nasional:	222,339	40.96	11	27.5	27
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	93,923	17.30	11	27.5	3
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)	71,255	13.13	0	0.0	13
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	50,123	9.23	0	0.0	9
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	7,038	1.30	0	0.0	2
Independents	760	0.14	0	0.0
Overall total	542,856	100	40	100
Source: The Star^[4]

Perak[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Perak State Assembly election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Rakyat:	442,660	51.1	31	52.5	24
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	188,484	21.7	18	30.5	11
People's Justice Party (PKR)	118,824	13.7	7	11.9	7
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	135,352	15.6	6	10.2	6
Barisan Nasional:	399,565	46.1	28	47.4	24
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	243,672	28.1	27	45.8	7
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	98,341	11.3	1	1.7	9
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	24,216	2.8	0	0.0	4
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	27,595	3.2	0	0.0	4
People's Progressive Party (PPP)	5741	0.7	0	0.0
Independents	1,635	0.2	0	0.0
Overall total	886,830	100	59	100
Source: The Star,^[5] Malaysia Three Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen became independents in February 2009. A fourth assemblyman became independent in June 2009.

Pahang[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front^[a]		BN	42			37	88.10	-4
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				29	69.05	-2
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				6	14.29	-2
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan				1	2.38	0
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				1	2.38	0
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				2	4.76	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				2	4.76	+2
	People's Justice Party		PKR				0	0.00	0
	Independents		IND				1	2.38	+1
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	42	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)

Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Selangor[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front^[a]		BN	56			20	35.71	-34
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				18	32.14	-17
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				2	3.57	-10
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan				0	0.00	-4
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				0	0.00	-3
	People's Justice Party		PKR				15	26.79	+15
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				13	23.21	+11
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				8	14.29	+8
	Independents		IND				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	56	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)

Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Negeri Sembilan[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front^[a]		BN	36			21	58.33	-13
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				19	52.78	-3
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				1	2.78	-7
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				1	2.78	-1
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan				0	0.00	-2
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				10	27.78	+8
	People's Justice Party		PKR				4	11.11	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				1	2.78	+1
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	36	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)

Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Malacca[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Malacca State Assembly election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	163,917	55.5	23	82.1	3
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	103,050	34.9	18	64.3
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	46,197	15.6	4	14.3	2
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	5,950	2.0	1	3.6
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	8,720	3.0	0	0.0	1
Pakatan Rakyat:	124,213	42.1	5	17.9	3
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	63,235	21.4	5	17.9	3
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	40,629	13.8	0	0.0
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	20,349	6.9	0	0.0
Overall total	295,207	100	28	100
Source: The Star,^[6] Malaysia

Johor[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Johor State Legislative Assembly
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front^[a]		BN	56			50	89.29	-5
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				32	57.14	-1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				12	21.43	-3
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				4	7.14	0
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	Gerakan				2	3.57	-1
	Democratic Action Party		DAP				4	7.14	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS				2	3.57	+1
	People's Justice Party		PKR				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	56	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)

Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

Sabah[]

Summary of the 8 March 2008 Sabah State Legislative Assembly election results
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	National Front^[a]		BN	60			59	98.33	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	32			32	53.33	0
		United Sabah Party	PBS	13			12	20.00	-1
		United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation	UPKO	6			6	10.00	+1
		Sabah Progressive Party	SAPP	4			4	6.67	0
		Liberal Democratic Party	LDP	3			3	5.00	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	1			1	1.67	0
		United Sabah People's Party	PBRS	1			1	1.67	0
	Democratic Action Party		DAP	10			1	1.67	+1
	Federated Sabah People's Front		BERSEKUTU	15			0	0.00	0
	People's Justice Party		PKR	55			0	0.00	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		PAS	2			0	0.00	0
	United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation		PASOK	6			0	0.00	0
	United Democratic Sabah People's Power Party		SETIA	2			0	0.00	0
	Independents		IND	47			0	0.00	-1
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	60	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Sabah's population
Source:

^ Contested using dacing election symbol on the ballot papers.

References[]

^ MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Perlis
^ PAS’ Hashim Jasin declared Sanglang winner. The Star. 16 September 2008
^ "MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Terengganu". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 16 April 2011.
^ MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Penang
^ MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Perak
^ MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Malacca

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[1] MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Perlis

[2] PAS’ Hashim Jasin declared Sanglang winner. The Star. 16 September 2008

[5] "MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Terengganu". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[6] MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Penang

[7] MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Perak

[11] MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Malacca

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See also: Elections in Johor Kedah Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Labuan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Penang Perak Perlis Putrajaya Sabah Sarawak Selangor Terengganu