2013 Malaysian state elections

State elections were held in all states and territories in Malaysia except Sarawak on 5 May 2013, alongside general elections.^[1] Although the Pakatan Rakyat alliance received over 50% of the vote across the 12 states and territories where elections took place, the Barisan Nasional won the most seats, emerging as the largest faction in all states and territories except Kelantan, Penang and Selangor.

2013 Malaysian state elections

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12 of the 13 state legislative assemblies

Results

State/federal territory	Barisan Nasional				Pakatan Rakyat				Independents and others				Total
	Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	%	Seats	±	Votes	Seats
Johor	737,876	53.98	38	–12	625,965	45.79	18	12	3,065	0.22	0	0	1,366,906	56
Kedah	449,278	50.37	21	7	434,621	48.73	15	–6	7,993	0.90	0	–1	891,892	36
Kelantan	343,416	44.62	12	5	425,291	55.26	33	–5	888	0.12	0	0	769,595	45
Malacca	201,228	53.31	21	–2	174,232	46.16	7	2	1,995	0.53	0	0	377,455	28
Negeri Sembilan	241,500	51.86	22	1	220,779	47.41	14	–1	3,408	0.73	0	0	465,687	36
Pahang	330,868	54.09	30	–8	270,230	44.18	12	8	10,607	1.73	0	0	611,705	42
Penang	233,305	32.09	10	–1	490,739	67.50	30	1	2,959	0.41	0	0	727,003	40
Perak	506,947	44.40	31	3	625,710	54.80	28	1	9,122	0.80	0	–4	1,141,779	59
Perlis	65,221	56.37	13	0	48,375	41.81	2	0	2,106	1.82	0	0	115,702	15
Sabah	428,634	55.67	48	–9	248,187	32.23	11	10	93,157	12.10	1	–1	769,978	60
Selangor	693,956	39.25	12	–9	1,050,665	59.42	44	10	23,567	1.33	0	0	1,768,188	56
Terengganu	282,999	51.37	17	–7	264,501	48.01	15	7	3,392	0.62	0	0	550,892	32
Total	4,515,228	47.25	275	–32	4,879,295	51.06	229	39	162,259	1.70	1	–6	9,556,782	505

Main article: Results of the 2013 Malaysian general election by state constituency

Perlis

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	60,562	52.78	12	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3,925	3.42	1	–1
		Total		64,487	56.20	13	–1
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	27,076	23.60	1	0
			People's Justice Party	18,858	16.43	1	+1
			Democratic Action Party	2,439	2.13	0	0
		Total		48,373	42.16	2	0
	Independents			1,884	1.64	0	0
Total				114,744	100.00	15	0
Valid votes				114,744	98.29
Invalid/blank votes				2,002	1.71
Total votes				116,746	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				136,131	85.76
Source: Undi.info[2]

Kedah

Main article: 2013 Kedah state election

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	449,278	50.49	19	+7
			Malaysian Chinese Association			2	+1
			Malaysian Indian Congress			0	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			0	–1
		Total				21	+7
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			289,174	32.50	9	–7
	People's Justice Party			127,702	14.35	4	0
	Democratic Action Party			17,745	1.99	2	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			898	0.10	0	0
	People's Welfare Party			357	0.04	0	0
	Malaysian United People's Party			192	0.02	0	0
	Independents			4,485	0.50	0	–1
Total				889,831	100.00	36	0

Kelantan

Main article: 2013 Kelantan state election

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	398,238	51.75	32	–6
			People's Justice Party	27,053	3.52	1	0
		Total		425,291	55.26	33	-6
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	328,454	42.68	12	+6
			Malaysian Chinese Association	7,651	0.99	0	0
			People's Progressive Party	7,311	0.95	0	0
		Total		343,416	44.62	12	+6
	Independents			888	0.12	0	0
Total				769,595	100.00	45	–
Valid votes				769,595	98.66
Invalid/blank votes				10,487	1.34
Total votes				780,082	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				918,573	84.92
Source: https://undi.info

Terengganu

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	275,833	50.07	17	–6
			Malaysian Chinese Association	7,254	1.32	0	–1
		Total		283,087	51.38	17	–7
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	245,209	44.51	14	+6
			People's Justice Party	19,256	3.50	1	+1
		Total		264,465	48.00	15	+7
	Independents			3,392	0.62	0	0
Total				550,944	100.00	32	0
Valid votes				550,944	98.77
Invalid/blank votes				6,836	1.23
Total votes				557,780	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				634,944	87.85
Source: UNDI

Kuala Besut BN assemblyman, A. Rahman Mokhtar died on 26 June 2013, paving way for a by-election

Penang

Main article: 2013 Penang state election

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	273,994	37.70	19	0
			People's Justice Party	179,705	24.73	10	+1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	37,099	5.10	1	0
		Total		490,798	67.53	30	+1
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	123,251	16.96	10	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	66,461	9.14	0	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	35,852	4.93	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	7,682	1.06	0	0
		Total		233,246	32.09	10	–1
	Love Malaysia Party			216	0.03	0	0
	People's Welfare Party			159	0.02	0	0
	Independents			2,332	0.32	0	0
Total				726,751	100.00	40	0
Valid votes				726,751	98.79
Invalid/blank votes				8,888	1.21
Total votes				735,639	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				846,232	86.93
Source: UNDI

Perak

Main article: 2013 Perak state election

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	357,800	31.63	30	+3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	94,272	8.33	1	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	31,049	2.74	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	18,003	1.59	0	0
			People's Progressive Party	5,823	0.51	0	0
		Total		506,947	44.82	31	+3
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	270,137	23.88	18	0
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	193,674	17.12	5	–1
			People's Justice Party	153,859	13.60	5	–2
		Total		617,670	54.60	28	-3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			783	0.07	0	0
	Independents			5,771	0.51	0	0
Total				1,131,171	100.00	59	0
Valid votes				1,131,171	98.35
Invalid/blank votes				19,026	1.65
Total votes				1,150,197	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,406,734	81.76

Pahang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	257,706	42.13	28	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	59,039	9.65	2	–4
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	9,801	1.60	0	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4,322	0.71	0	–1
		Total		330,868	54.09	30	–7
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	61,765	10.10	7	+5
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	133,525	21.83	3	+1
			People's Justice Party	74,940	12.25	2	+2
		Total		270,230	44.18	12	7
	Independents			10,607	1.73	0	–1
Total				611,705	100.00	42	0
Valid votes				611,705	98.17
Invalid/blank votes				11,425	1.83
Total votes				623,130	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				736,111	84.65
Source: https://undi.info

Selangor

Main article: 2013 Selangor state election

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		People's Justice Party	14	–1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	15	+7
			Democratic Action Party	15	+2
		Total		44	+8
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	12	–6
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	0	0
			People's Progressive Party	0	0
		Total		12	–8
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			0	0
	People's Welfare Party			0	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front			0	0
	Independents			0	0
Total				56	0

Negeri Sembilan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	21	+2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	0	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	0	0
		Total		22	+1
	Democratic Action Party			11	+1
	People's Justice Party			3	–1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			0	–1
Total				36	0

Malacca

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	130,660	34.68	17	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	50,115	13.30	3	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	11,016	2.92	0	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	5,975	1.59	1	0
			People's Progressive Party	3,462	0.92	0	0
		Total		201,228	53.41	21	–2
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	86,562	22.98	6	+1
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	56,528	15.00	1	+1
			People's Justice Party	31,142	8.27	0	0
		Total		174,232	46.24	7	+2
	People's Welfare Party			61	0.02	0	0
	Independents			1,242	0.33	0	0
Total				376,763	100.00	28	0
Source: UNDI

Johor

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	459,921	33.65	32	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	203,501	14.89	2	–10
			Malaysian Indian Congress	56,602	4.14	3	–1
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	17,966	1.31	1	–1
		Total		737,990	53.99	38	–15
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	292,588	21.41	4	+2
			Democratic Action Party	252,934	18.50	13	+9
			People's Justice Party	80,329	5.88	1	+1
		Total		625,851	45.79	18	+12
	Independents			3,065	0.22	0	0
Total				1,366,906	100.00	56	0
Source: UNDI

Sabah

Main article: 2013 Sabah state election

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	260,342	33.94	31	–1
			United Sabah Party	77,983	10.17	7	–5
			United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation	34,550	4.50	4	–2
			Liberal Democratic Party	25,264	3.29	3	0
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	14,258	1.86	2	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	8,270	1.08	0	–1
			Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah	7,223	0.94	1	0
		Total		427,890	55.79	48	–7
	Pakatan Rakyat		People's Justice Party	164,068	21.39	7	+7
			Democratic Action Party	62,784	8.19	4	+3
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	21,333	2.78	0	0
		Total		248,185	32.36	11	+10
	State Reform Party			43,167	5.63	1	+1
	Sabah Progressive Party			28,305	3.69	0	–4
	Malaysian United People's Party			1,444	0.19	0	0
	People's Welfare Party			138	0.02	0	0
	Independents			17,902	2.33	0	0
Total				767,031	100.00	60	0
Valid votes				767,031	97.76
Invalid/blank votes				17,607	2.24
Total votes				784,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				982,337	79.87