2018 Kelantan state election

The 14th Kelantan State election was held on 9 May 2018, concurrently with the 2018 Malaysian general election. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

2018 Kelantan state election

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All 45 seats of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Ahmad Yakob Mustapa Mohamed Husam Musa Party Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) Leader since 2013 2009 30 August 2017 Leader's seat Pasir Pekan Ayer Lanas Salor (lost seat) Last election 32 seats, 44.20% (Pakatan Rakyat) 12 seats, 42.95% 1 seat, 9.50% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 31 11 2 Seats won 37 8 0 Seat change 6 3 2 Popular vote 426,602 308,639 82,243 Percentage 52.0% 37.6% 10.0% Swing 7.8% 5.4% 0.5%
Menteri Besar before election Ahmad Yakob Gagasan Sejahtera, (PAS) Elected Menteri Besar Ahmad Yakob Gagasan Sejahtera, (PAS)

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 13 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 13 August 2018, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission), unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State (Sultan of Kelantan) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Kelantan).

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) continued their domination of Kelantan government since 1990, winning 37 seats out of 45 and gaining a supermajority in the Kelantan Assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) only won 8 seats and confirming their status as the opposition, while Pakatan Harapan is unrepresented in the assembly after all their candidates lose. Ahmad Yakob from PAS was sworn in as Menteri Besar for the second term, on 10 May 2018.^[1]

Contenders

Barisan Nasional (BN) is set to contest all 45 seats in Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) linchpin party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is to set to contest major share of Barisan Nasional (BN) seats.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is set to contest all 45 seats in Kelantan to defend their victory in the last election. This is the first election without former Spiritual Leader of PAS and former Menteri Besar, Nik Aziz Nik Mat after his death in 2015.

Pakatan Harapan have decided to contest all 45 seats in Kelantan. However, Pakatan Harapan has yet to finalize 14 seats at the moment. The seats are including Demit, Kemahang, Kemuning, Tawang and Kijang.^[2] On 1 March 2018, Pakatan Harapan has completed the distribution of seats in Kelantan. National Trust Party (Amanah) will contest in 23 seats while the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) will have 11 seats. People's Justice Party (PKR) will contest 10 seats while the Democratic Action Party (DAP) will contest a single seat, which is in Galas.^[3]

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) will contest in Kota Lama.^[4]

Political parties

Coalition			Other parties
Incumbent	Opposition
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)	Barisan Nasional (BN)	Pakatan Harapan (PH)	Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia) [5]
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	National Trust Party (Amanah) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) People's Justice Party (PKR) Democratic Action Party (DAP)

The contested seats

No.	State constituency	Incumbent State Assemblyman	Political parties
			Gagasan Sejahtera		Barisan Nasional[6]		Pakatan Harapan[7]		Other parties/Ind
			Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
N01	Pengkalan Kubor	Mat Razi Mat Ail (BN)	Wan Roslan Wan Hamat	PAS	Mat Razi Mat Ail	UMNO	Wan Rosdi Mat Rasik	PKR	—	—
N02	Kelaboran	Mohamad Zaki Ibrahim (GS)	Mohd Adenan Hassan		Hashim Mohamad		Nik Faezah Nik Othman	Amanah	—	—
N03	Pasir Pekan	Ahmad Yaakob (GS)	Ahmad Yaakob		Wan Mohd Sanusi Wan Yunus		Wan Johari Wan Omar	Bersatu	—	—
N04	Wakaf Bharu	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (GS)	Mohd Rusli Abdullah		Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz		Mohd. Khir Zahari Abdul Ghani	Amanah	—	—
N05	Kijang	Wan Ubaidah Omar (GS)	Izani Husin		Wan Shahrul Azwan Abd Aziz		Nik Azmi Nik Man	PKR	—	—
N06	Chempaka	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood (GS)	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood		Mohd Fareez Noor Amran		Nik Omar Nik Ab. Aziz	Amanah	—	—
N07	Panchor	Mohd Amar Abdullah (GS)	Mohd Amar Abdullah		Zarina Md Eusope		Mohd. Zulhazmi Hassan		—	—
N08	Tanjong Mas	Rohani Ibrahim (GS)	Rohani Ibrahim		Madihah Abd Aziz		Hafidzah Mustakim		—	—
N09	Kota Lama	Anuar Tan Abdullah (GS)	Anuar Tan Abdullah		Chua Hock Kuan	MCA	Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman	Bersatu	Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani	PSM
									Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	IND
N10	Bunut Payong	Ramli Mamat (GS)	Ramli Mamat		Mohamed Hasna Che Hussin	UMNO	Sanusi Othman	Amanah	—	—
N11	Tendong	Rozi Muhamad (GS)	Rozi Muhamad		Yahaya Mamat		Wan Zulkhairi Wan Md. Zin	Bersatu	Ibrahim Ali	IND
N12	Pengkalan Pasir	Hanifa Ahmad (GS)	Hanifa Ahmad		Che Johan Che Pa		Sharani Mohd Naim	Amanah	Suharto Mat Nasir
N13	Meranti	Mohd Nassurruddin Daud (GS)	Mohd Nassurruddin Daud		Muhammad Afifi Muhammad Noor		Mohd Romizu Mohd Ali		Che Daud Che Man
N14	Chetok	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman (GS)	Zuraidin Abdullah		Ahmad Anuar Hussin		Ali Abdu Rahman Hasan		—	—
N15	Gual Periok	Mohamad Awang (GS)	Mohamad Awang		Ghazali Ismail		Mohd Ridzuan Muhamad		—	—
N16	Apam Putra (previously known as Bukit Tuku)	Abdul Rasul Mohamed (GS)	Abdul Rasul Mohamed		Akbar Salim		Mohd Hisyamuddin Ghazali		—	—
N17	Salor	Husam Musa (PH)	Saiful Adli Abu Bakar		Mohamad Noordin Awang		Husam Musa		—	—
N18	Pasir Tumboh	Abd Rahman Yunus (GS)	Abd Rahman Yunus		Bakri Yusof		Mohd Noor Mat Yajid		—	—
N19	Demit	Mumtaz Md Nawi (GS)	Mumtaz Md Nawi		Nurul Amal Mohd Fauzi		Wan Ahmad Kamil Wan Abdullah		—	—
N20	Tawang	Hassan Mohamood (GS)	Hassan Mohamood		Mohd Radzuan Abdullah		—	—	—	—
N21	Pantai Irama (previously known as Perupok)	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin (GS)	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin		Ilias Husain		Ismail Ghani	Amanah	—	—
N22	Jelawat	Abdul Azziz Kadir (GS)	Abdul Azziz Kadir		Mohd Radzuan Hamat		Mohd. Fami Zakaria	Bersatu	—	—
N23	Melor	Md Yusnan Yusof (GS)	Md Yusnan Yusof		Azmi Ishak		Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir	PKR	—	—
N24	Kadok	Azami Mohd Nor (GS)	Azami Mohd Nor		Mohammad Azam Ismail		Che Ibrahim Mohamad	Amanah	—	—
N25	Kok Lanas	Md Alwi Che Ahmad (BN)	Nik Mahadi Nik Mahmood		Md Alwi Che Ahmad		Mohd Hanapi Ismail		—	—
N26	Bukit Panau	Abdul Fattah Mahmood (GS)	Abdul Fattah Mahmood		Dayang Saniah Awang Hamid		Hisham Fauzi		—	—
N27	Gual Ipoh	Mohd. Bakri Mustapha (BN)	Wan Yusuf W Mustapha		Mohd. Bakri Mustapha		Mohd Soba Hussin		—	—
N28	Kemahang	Md Anizam Ab Rahman (GS)	Md Anizam Ab Rahman		Wan Rakemi Wan Zahari		Bahari Mohamad Nor	PPBM	—	—
N29	Selising	Zulkifle Ali (BN)	Tuan Mohd Sharipudin Tuan Ismail		Zulkifle Ali		Ismail Mohamad	PKR	—	—
N30	Limbongan	Mohd Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah (GS)	Mohd Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah		Mohd Hanafiah Abdul Aziz		Zarir Yaakob	Amanah	—	—
N31	Semerak	Zawawi Othman (BN)	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim		Zawawi Othman		Wan Marzudi Wan Omar	Bersatu	—	—
N32	Gaal	Tuan Mazlan Tuan Mat (GS)	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar		Mohd Kaisan Ab Rahman		Ab Rahman Yaacob	Amanah	—	—
N33	Pulai Chondong	Zulkifli Mamat (GS)	Azhar Salleh		Ahmad Tarmizi Ismail		Ab Halim @ Kamaruddin Ab Kadir	Bersatu	—	—
N34	Temangan	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan (GS)	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan		Wan Mohd Adnan Wan Aziz		Mohd. Redzuan Alias	PKR	—	—
N35	Kemuning	Mohd Roseli Ismail (GS)	Mohd Roseli Ismail		Eriandi Ismail		Abdul Kadir Othman	Amanah	—	—
N36	Bukit Bunga	Mohd Adhan Kechik (BN)	Ramzi Mohd Yusoff		Mohd Adhan Kechik		Asran Alias	Bersatu	—	—
N37	Air Lanas	Mustapa Mohamed (BN)	Abdullah Ya'kub		Mustapa Mohamed		Aminuddin Yaacob		—	—
N38	Kuala Balah	Abdul Aziz Derashid (BN)	Mohd Apandi Mohamad		Abdul Aziz Derashid		—	—	—	—
N39	Mengkebang	Ab Latiff Ab Rahman (GS)	Muhammad Mat Sulaiman		Zaki Muhamad		Wan Mohd Azlan Wan Ahmad	Amanah	—	—
N40	Guchil	Mohd Roslan Puteh (PH)	Hilmi Abdullah		Zuber Hassan		Mohd Roslan Puteh	PKR	Abd. Aziz Ahmad	IND
N41	Manek Urai	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah (GS)	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah		Suzaini Adlina Sukri		Mohamed Dahan Mat Jali	Bersatu	Deraman Mamat
N42	Dabong	Ramzi Ab Rahman (BN)	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussien		Muhamad Awang		Wan Ahmad Fadzil Wan Omar		—	—
N43	Nenggiri	Vacant	Mohd Saupi Abdul Razak		Ab Aziz Yusoff		Othman Yusoff	PKR	—	—
N44	Paloh	Nozula Mat Diah (BN)	Azman Ahmad		Amran Arifin		Noraini Husain		—	—
N45	Galas	Ab Aziz Yusoff (BN)	Suhaimi Mat Deris		Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim		Nasir Dollah	DAP	—	—

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 37 governmental seats and 8 non-governmental seats filled the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 6 safe seats and 5 fairly safe seats. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat.

2018 Kelantan state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Kota Lama Anuar Tan Abdullah @ Tan Teng Loon PAS 40.12 Melor Md. Yusnan Yusof PAS 45.69 Wakaf Bharu Mohd. Rusli Abdullah PAS 46.37 Kemuning Mohd. Roseli Ismail PAS 47.32 Apam Putra Abdul Rasul Mohamed PAS 47.55 Tendong Rozi Muhamad PAS 48.41 Semerak Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim PAS 49.06 Guchil Hilmi Abdullah PAS 49.33 Pengkalan Kubor Wan Roslan Wan Hamat PAS 49.99 Bunut Payong Ramli Mamat PAS 50.09 Kemahang Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman PAS 50.65 Dabong Ku Mohd. Zaki Ku Hussein PAS 50.86 Gual Periok Mohamad Awang PAS 51.65 Pantai Irama Mohd. Huzaimy Che Husin PAS 52.10 Chetok Zuraidin Abdullah PAS 52.11 Jelawat Abdul Azziz Kadir PAS 52.24 Pulai Chondong Azhar Salleh PAS 52.26 Kadok Azami Mohd. Nor PAS 52.30 Gaal Mohd. Rodzi Ja'afar PAS 52.36 Bukit Panau Abdul Fattah Mahmood PAS 52.40 Salor Saiful Adli Abu Bakar PAS 52.46 Chempaka Ahmad Fathan Mahmood PAS 52.63 Temangan Mohamed Fadzli Hassan PAS 52.99 Limbongan Mohd. Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah PAS 53.06 Pengkalan Pasir Hanifa Ahmad PAS 53.15 Tanjong Mas Rohani Ibrahim PAS 54.27 Fairly safe Kelaboran Mohd. Adenan Hassan PAS 56.76 Selising Tuan Mohd. Sharipudin Tuan Ismail PAS 56.81 Mengkebang Muhammad Mat Sulaiman PAS 57.85 Kijang Dr. Izani Husin PAS 58.44 Tawang Hassan Mohamood PAS 59.02 Safe Panchor Nik Mohd. Amar Nik Abdullah PAS 60.97 Manek Urai Mohd. Fauzi Abdullah PAS 61.26 Pasir Tumboh Abd. Rahman Yunus PAS 61.50 Demit Mumtaz Md. Nawi PAS 62.55 Pasir Pekan Ahmad Yakob PAS 63.88 Meranti Mohd. Nassurruddin Daud PAS 64.41 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Galas Mohd. Syahbudin Hashim UMNO 46.09 Kok Lanas Md. Alwi Che Ahmad UMNO 48.54 Nenggiri Ab. Aziz Yusoff UMNO 48.56 Air Lanas Mustapa Mohamed UMNO 49.16 Bukit Bunga Mohd. Adhan Kechik UMNO 51.54 Gual Ipoh Bakri Mustapha UMNO 52.84 Paloh Amran Arifin UMNO 53.95 Kuala Balah Abd. Aziz Derashid UMNO 54.26

Results

See also: 2018 Malaysian state elections § Kelantan, and Results of the 2018 Malaysian state elections by constituency § Kelantan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	426,602	51.99	37	+6
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	303,137	36.94	8	-4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5,502	0.67	0	0
		Total		308,639	37.61	8	-4
	Pakatan Harapan		National Trust Party	49,763	6.06	0	0
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	20,075	2.45	0	0
			People's Justice Party	12,405	1.51	0	-1
		Total		82,243	10.02	0	-1
	Socialist Party of Malaysia			54	0.01	0	0
	Independent			3,010	0.37	0	0
Total				820,548	100.00	45	0
Valid votes				820,548	98.53
Invalid/blank votes				12,280	1.47
Total votes				832,828	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,049,527	79.35
Source: SPR[8][9]

Seats that changed allegiance

No.	Seat	Previous Party (2013)			Current Party (2018)
N01	Pengkalan Kubor		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N29	Selising		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N31	Semerak		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N40	Guchil		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N42	Dabong		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)

Aftermath

Mustapa Mohamed, the MLA for Ayer Lanas and MP for Jeli, announced his departure from UMNO and BN on 18 September 2018, and become an independent.^[10] He later joined Bersatu, then a component party for PH, on 26 October 2018.^[11] This means that PH has its sole representation in Kelantan Assembly, up until March 2020, in the wake of 2020 Malaysian political crisis and exit of Bersatu from PH, Mustapa switched to the side of the government as PAS and Bersatu created a new coalition, Perikatan Nasional.^[12]