2018 Terengganu state election

The 14th Terengganu 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 Terengganu state election

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All 32 seats of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Husain Awang Ahmad Razif Abd. Rahman Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad Party Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (Amanah) Leader since 2017 2014 30 August 2017 Leader's seat Not contesting (Senator for Dewan Negara) Seberang Takir Batu Buruk (lost seat) Last election 14 seats, 44.51% (Pakatan Rakyat) 17 seats, 51.38% 1 seats, 3.50% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 14 17 1 Seats won 22 10 0 Seat change 9 7 1 Popular vote 313,503 261,653 45,429 Percentage 50.5% 42.2% 7.3% Swing 6.0% 9.2% 3.8%
Menteri Besar before election Ahmad Razif Abd. Rahman Barisan Nasional Elected Menteri Besar Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)

The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 17 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 17 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 Terengganu) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Terengganu).

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) won the state election with 22 seats out of 32, and were able to wrestle control of the state from Barisan Nasional (BN), who only won 10 seats. PAS therefore has its first government of Terengganu since the 2004 state election, when they lost to BN. Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidates all lost in this election, and thus were unrepresented in the Terengganu Assembly. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar from PAS were sworn in as the new Menteri Besar on 10 May 2018.^[1]

Contenders

Barisan Nasional (BN) is set to contest all 32 seats in Terengganu 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 32 seats in Terengganu.^[2]

Pakatan Harapan has decided to contest all 32 seats in Terengganu. However, Pakatan Harapan has yet to finalize the seats.^[3] Pakatan Harapan will finalize the remaining the seats before 23 February 2018.^[4]

Political parties

Coalition
Incumbent	Opposition
Barisan Nasional (BN)	Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	National Trust Party (Amanah) People's Justice Party (PKR) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu)

The contested seats

No.	State constituency	Incumbent State Assemblyman	Political parties
			Barisan Nasional[5]		Gagasan Sejahtera[6]		Pakatan Harapan[7][8][9]
			Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
N01	Kuala Besut	Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd Rahman (BN)	Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd Rahman	UMNO	Azbi Salleh	PAS	Che Ku Hashim Che Ku Mat	Bersatu
N02	Kota Putera	Mohd Mahdi Musa (BN)	Mohd Mahdi Musa		Mohd Nurkhuzaini Ab Rahman		Tengku Roslan Tengku Othman	PKR
N03	Jertih	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof (BN)	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof		Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad		Kamarulzaman Wan Su	Amanah
N04	Hulu Besut	Nawi Mohamad (BN)	Nawi Mohamad		Mat Daik Mohamad		Ismail Abdul Kadir	Bersatu
N05	Jabi	Mohd Iskandar Jaafar (BN)	Mohd Iskandar Jaafar		Azman Ibrahim		Abd Aziz Abas	Amanah
N06	Permaisuri	Mohd Jidin Shafee (BN)	Abd Halim Jusoh		Zul Bhari A. Rahman		Wan Mokhtar Wan Ibrahim	PKR
N07	Langkap	Sabri Mohd Noor (BN)	Sabri Mohd Noor		Azmi Maarof		Mustaffa Abdullah	Bersatu
N08	Batu Rakit	Bazlan Abd Rahman (BN)	Bazlan Abd Rahman		Mohd Shafizi Ismail		Amir Long
N09	Tepuh	Hishamuddin Abd Karim (GS)	Basir Ismail		Hishamuddin Abd Karim		Wan Hafizie Suzlie Wan Hassan
N10	Buluh Gading (previously known as Teluk Pasu)	Ridzuan Hashim (GS)	Che Mansor Salleh		Ridzuan Hashim		Azik Chik	Amanah
N11	Seberang Takir	Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman (BN)	Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman		Mohd. Fazil Wahab		Abu Bakar Abdullah	PKR
N12	Bukit Tunggal	Alias Razak (GS)	Tuan Arif Shahibu Fadillah Tuan Ahmad		Alias Razak		Fatimah Lailati Omar
N13	Wakaf Mempelam	Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (GS)	Salleh Othman		Wan Shukairi Wan Abdullah		Zubir Mohamed	Amanah
N14	Bandar	Azan Ismail (PH)	Toh Seng Cheng	MCA	Ahmad Shah Muhamed		Azan Ismail	PKR
N15	Ladang	Tengku Hassan Tengku Omar (GS)	Mohd Sabri Alwi	UMNO	Tengku Hassan Tengku Omar		Zulkifli Mohamad	Bersatu
N16	Batu Buruk	Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Nawawi (GS)	Zamri Awang Hitam		Muhammad Khalil Abd Hadi		Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad	Amanah
N17	Alur Limbat	Ariffin Deraman (GS)	Saiful Bahri Baharuddin		Ariffin Deraman		Ahmad Sabri Ali	PKR
N18	Bukit Payung	Mohd. Nor Hamzah (GS)	Toh Puan Zaitun Mat Amin		Mohd. Nor Hamzah		Mohd Dalizan Abd Aziz	Amanah
N19	Ru Rendang	Abdul Hadi Awang (GS)	Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku		Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar		Zarawi Sulong
N20	Pengkalan Berangan	A Latiff Awang (BN)	A. Latiff Awang		Sulaiman Sulong		Aidi Ahmad	Bersatu
N21	Telemung	Rozi Mamat (BN)	Rozi Mamat		Kamaruzaman Abdullah		Sharifah Norhayati Syed Omar	PKR
N22	Manir	Hilmi Harun (GS)	Yusof Awang Hitam		Hilmi Harun		Hafizuddin Hussin	Amanah
N23	Kuala Berang	T Putera T Awang (BN)	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang		Mamad Puteh		Mohd Nor Othman	PKR
N24	Ajil	Ghazali Taib (BN)	Ghazali Taib		Maliaman Kassim		Zamani Mamat	Bersatu
N25	Bukit Besi	Roslee Daud (BN)	Roslee Daud		Ghazali Sulaiman		Mohamad Arif Arifin
N26	Rantau Abang	Alias Harun (GS)	Zaulkfli Wan Gati		Alias Harun		Mohammad Padeli Jusoh	PKR
N27	Sura	Wan Hapandi Wan Nik (GS)	Zainun Abu Bakar		Wan Hapandi Wan Nik		Zulkifli Ali	Amanah
N28	Paka	Satiful Bahari Mamat (GS)	Tengku Hamzah Tengku Draman		Satiful Bahari Mamat		Mohd Hasbie Muda
N29	Kemasik	Rosli Othman (BN)	Rosli Othman		Saiful Azmi Suhaili		Rizan Ali
N30	Kijal	Ahmad Said (BN)	Ahmad Said		Hazri Jusoh		Wan Marzuki Wan Sembok	Bersatu
N31	Cukai	Hanafiah Mat (GS)	Mohamed Awang Tera		Hanafiah Mat		Husain Safri Muhammad	PKR
N32	Air Putih	Wan Abdul Hakim Wan Mokhtar (BN)	Wan Abdul Hakim Wan Mokhtar		Ab. Razak Ibrahim		Mohd Zukri Aksah

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 22 governmental seats and 10 non-governmental seats filled the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 3 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has just a safe and fairly safe seat each one.

2018 Terengganu state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Ladang Tengku Hassan Tengku Omar PAS 43.45 Bandar Ahmad Shah Muhamed PAS 44.11 Air Putih Ab. Razak Ibrahim PAS 47.36 Ajil Maliaman Kassim PAS 48.01 Jabi Dr. Azman Ibrahim PAS 48.11 Pengkalan Berangan Sulaiman Sulong PAS 48.66 Kota Putera Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman PAS 49.18 Cukai Hanafiah Mat PAS 49.56 Kuala Berang Dr. Mamad Puteh PAS 50.33 Kemasik Saiful Azmi Suhaili PAS 51.62 Paka Satiful Bahari Hj. Mamat PAS 53.47 Tepuh Hishamuddin Abd. Karim PAS 54.32 Batu Buruk Muhammad Khalil Abd. Hadi PAS 54.91 Bukit Tunggal Dr. Alias Razak PAS 55.41 Alur Limbat Ariffin Deraman PAS 55.64 Fairly safe Manir Hilmi Harun PAS 58.07 Rantau Abang Alias Harun PAS 58.34 Bukit Payung Mohd. Nor Hamzah PAS 58.77 Buluh Gading Ridzuan Hashim PAS 59.42 Safe Sura Wan Hapandi Wan Nik PAS 61.81 Ru Rendang Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar PAS 61.83 Wakaf Mempelam Wan Shukairi Wan Abdullah PAS 62.16 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Kuala Besut Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd. Rahman UMNO 47.23 Bukit Besi Roslee Daud UMNO 48.16 Batu Rakit Bazlan Abd. Rahman UMNO 48.78 Jertih Muhammad Pehimi Yusof UMNO 49.42 Kijal Ahmad Said UMNO 49.46 Hulu Besut Nawi Mohamad UMNO 51.97 Seberang Takir Ahmad Razif Abd. Rahman UMNO 52.66 Permaisuri Abd. Halim Jusoh UMNO 52.84 Fairly safe Langkap Sabri Mohd. Noor UMNO 59.45 Safe Telemung Rozi Mamat UMNO 62.26

Results

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

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gagasan Sejahtera		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	313,503	50.52	22	+8
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	256,611	41.35	10	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	5,042	0.81	0	0
		Total		261,653	42.16	10	–7
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	19,167	3.09	0	–1
			National Trust Party	15,303	2.47	0	0
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	10,959	1.77	0	0
		Total		45,429	7.32	0	–1
Total				620,585	100.00	32	0
Valid votes				620,585	98.80
Invalid/blank votes				7,520	1.20
Total votes				628,105	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				736,632	85.27
Source: SPR[10][11]

Seats that changed allegiance

No.	Seat	Previous Party (2013)			Current Party (2018)
N02	Kota Putera		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N05	Jabi		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N14	Bandar		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N20	Pengkalan Berangan		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N23	Kuala Berang		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N24	Ajil		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N29	Kemasik		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
N32	Air Putih		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)

Aftermath

Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman, the former Menteri Besar from UMNO, were appointed as the Opposition Leader in July 2018. However he resigned from the position in February 2019 and was replaced by the newly appointed UMNO/BN State liaison chief, Ahmad Said.^[12][13]