2018 Negeri Sembilan state election explained

Election Name:2018 Negeri Sembilan state election
Country:Negeri Sembilan
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2013 Negeri Sembilan state election
Previous Year:2013
Previous Mps:Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2013-)#Negeri Sembilan
Next Election:2023 Negeri Sembilan state election
Next Year:2023
Seats For Election:All 36 seats of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:19
Election Date:9 May 2018
Image1: PH
Image1 Size:150px
Leader1:Aminuddin Harun
Leader Since1:30 August 2017
Party1:Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
Colour1:E21118
Leaders Seat1:Sikamat
Last Election1:14 seats, 35.36%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats Needed1: 5
Seats Before1:14
Seats1:20
Seat Change1:6
Popular Vote1:258,737
Percentage1:53.9%
Swing1:18.5%
Leader2:Mohamad Hasan
Leader Since2:2004
Party2:Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
Colour2:000080
Leaders Seat2:Rantau
Last Election2:22 seats, 50.95%
Seats Needed2:
Seats Before2:21
Seats2:16
Seat Change2:5
Popular Vote2:182,294
Percentage2:38.0%
Swing2:13.0%
Image3: GS
Image3 Size:150px
Leader3:Mustaffa Daharun
Leader Since3:Unknown
Party3:Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS)
Colour3:009000
Leaders Seat3:Ampangan
Last Election3:No seat, 12.05%
(Pakatan Rakyat)
Seats Needed3: 19
Seats3:0
Popular Vote3:35,913
Percentage3:7.5%
Swing3: 4.6%
Menteri Besar
Before Election:Mohamad Hasan
Before Party:Barisan Nasional
After Election:Aminuddin Harun
After Party:Pakatan Harapan

The 14th Negeri Sembilan State election was held on 9 May 2018, to elect the State Assemblymen of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each.

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 7 April 2018 by the Head of State (Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan).

The election was held concurrently with the 2018 Malaysian general election.

In a historic result, Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition was ousted from power by Pakatan Harapan (PH). Since the first Negeri Sembilan state election in 1955, BN or its predecessor Alliance had never lost the state election. PH won 20 seats in the election, gaining a simple majority, while BN won 16. Aminuddin Harun from PH's component party PKR was sworn in as new Menteri Besar on 12 May 2018.[1]

Contenders

Barisan Nasional (BN) contested in all 36 seats in Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) contested in 22 seats, Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) contested in 10 seats, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) contested in 2 seats each.

Pakatan Harapan (PH) contested in 35 seats in Negeri Sembilan. People's Justice Party (PKR) contested in 11 seats, Democratic Action Party (DAP) contested in 11 seats, Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) contested in 6 seats and National Trust Party (Amanah) contested in 7 seats.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) contested in 27 seats in Negeri Sembilan and lost in all of them.

Political parties

Coalition
IncumbentOpposition
Barisan Nasional (BN)Pakatan Harapan (PH)Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
People's Alternative Party

The contested seats

No.State constituencyIncumbent State AssemblymanPolitical parties
Barisan Nasional[2] [3] Pakatan Harapan[4] Gagasan Sejahtera[5] Other parties/Ind
Candidate NamePartyCandidate NamePartyCandidate NamePartyCandidate NameParty
N01ChennahAnthony Loke Siew Fook (PH)Seet Tee YinMCAAnthony Loke Siew FookDAPJamalus Mansor PAS
N02PertangJalaluddin Alias (BN)Noor Azmi YusufUMNOOsman Mohd DusaHamran Abu Hassan
N03Sungai LuiMohd Razi Mohd Ali (BN)Mohd Razi Mohd AliZainal Fikri Abd KadirAbdul Karim Shahimi Abdul Razak
N04KlawangYunus Rahmat (BN)Baharuddin JaliBakri SawirAmanahMazly Yasin
N05SertingShamsulkahar Mohd Deli (BN)Shamsulkahar Mohd DeliAbd Rahman Ramli Muhammad Alzukri Muhammad Yasin
N06PalongLilah Yasin (BN)Mustafa NagoorNor Arzemi Nordin BersatuMasdi Musa
N07Jeram PadangManickam Letchuman (BN)Manickam LetchumanMICS. Musliadi SabtuMohd Fairuz Mohd. Isa Surash SreenivasanIND
N08BahauChew Seh Yong (PH)Choong Wan YouMCATeo Kok SeongDAPMustafar Bakri Abdul Aziz
N09LenggengVacantMazlan MaaropUMNOSuhaimi KassimAmanahMuhammad Ghazali Abu Bakar
N10NilaiArul Kumar Jambunathan (PH)Leaw Kok ChanMCAArul Kumar JambunathanDAPMohd. Abu Zahrim Abdul Rahman
N11LobakSiow Kim Leong (PH)Lim Kok KeanChew Seh Yong Balamurugan Sanmugam PAP
N12TemiangNg Chin Tsai (PH)Siow Koi VoonNg Chin TsaiYaw Con Seng PAS
N13SikamatAminuddin Harun (PH)Samsul Amri IsmailUMNOAminuddin HarunRahim Yusof Bujang AbuIND
N14AmpanganAbu Ubaidah Redza (BN)Abu Ubaidah RedzaMohamad Rafie Ab. MalikMustaffa Daharun
N15JuassehMohammad Razi Kail (BN)Ismail LasimRosli OmarHassan Mohamed
N16Seri MenantiAbd Samad Ibrahim (BN)Abd Samad IbrahimJamali SalamBersatuRafiei Mustapha
N17SenalingIsmail Lasim (BN)Adnan Abu HasanMd Rais Mohamad @ BasironAmanahFazilah Abu Samah
N18PilahNorhayati Omar (BN)Norhayati Omar1Mohamad Nazaruddin SabtuPKRAhmad Fadzil Othman
N19JoholAbu Samah Mahat (BN)Saiful YazanZulkefly MohamadAmanahKamaruddin Md. Tahir
N20LabuHasim Rusdi (BN)Hasim RusdiIsmail AhmadPKRMohd. Khairil Anuar Mohd. WafaDavid Dass AseerpathamPAP
N21Bukit KepayangCha Kee Chin (PH)Mah Kah YongGerakanTan Lee Koon DAP
N22RahangMary Josephine Pritam Singh (PH)Yap Sui MoiMary Josephine Pritam SinghSaraswathy ParagazumPAP
N23MambauYap Yew Weng (PH)Hoi Choi SinYap Yew WengT. Parimala DeviPAP
N24Seremban Jaya (previously known as Senawang)Gunasekaren Palasamy (PH)Choong Vee HingGerakanGunasekaren PalasamySagaya Rajan XavierPAP
N25ParoiMohd Ghazali Wahid (BN)Mohd Ghazali WahidMohamad Taufek Abd Ghani AmanahMasita Mohamed AliPAS
N26ChembongZaifulbahri Idris (BN)Zaifulbahri IdrisAzizan Marzuki BersatuRosmin Adam
N27RantauMohamad Hasan (BN)Mohamad Hasan
N28KotaAwaludin Said (BN)Awaludin SaidShahrizal Masrudin AmanahIshak Omar PAS
N29ChuahChai Tong Chai (PH)Lim Chin SuiYek Diew Ching PKR
N30LukutEan Yong Tin Sin (PH)Yeong Con YuChoo Ken HwaDAP
N31Bagan PinangTun Hairuddin Abu Bakar (BN)Tun Hairuddin Abu BakarRashid LatiffBersatu
N32LinggiAbd Rahman Mohd Redza (BN)Abd Rahman Mohd RedzaRusli Abdullah PKRNoor Mohamad Rizal IshakPAS
N33Sri Tanjung (previously known as Port Dickson)Ravi Munusamy (PH)Thinalan RojagapaluMICRavi MunusamyKamarol Ridzuan Mohd. Zain
N34GemasAbdul Razak Said (BN)Abdul Razak SaidBaharuddin Arif SiriAbdul Halim Abu Bakar
N35GemenchehMohd Isam Mohd Isa (BN)Mohd Isam Mohd IsaSaiful Adly Abdul WahabBersatuIshak Maasin
N36RepahVeerapan Superamaniam (PH)Pui Kim SweeVeerapan SuperamaniamDAPAbdul Razakek Abdul Rahim

Results

Seats that changed allegiance

No.SeatPrevious Party (2013)Current Party (2018)
N04 KlawangBarisan Nasional (UMNO)Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N09 LenggengBarisan Nasional (UMNO)Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N14 AmpanganBarisan Nasional (UMNO)Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N18 PilahBarisan Nasional (UMNO)Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N20 LabuBarisan Nasional (UMNO)Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
N25 ParoiBarisan Nasional (UMNO)Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 20 governmental seats and 16 non-governmental seats filled the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 11 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has 3 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats. In addition, there were 1 seat that win uncontested in non-governmental seats; namely Rantau (won by incumbent assemblyman, Mohamad Hasan).

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Labu Ismail Ahmad PKR 45.72
Lenggeng Suhaimi Kassim AMANAH 47.99
Chennah Anthony Loke Siew Fook DAP 50.91
Kelawang Bakri Sawir AMANAH 51.39
Ampangan Mohamad Rafie Ab. Malik PKR 51.43
Pilah Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu PKR 51.80
Paroi Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani AMANAH 52.18
Sikamat Aminuddin Harun PKR 55.87
Fairly safe
Repah Veerapan Superamaniam DAP 58.57
Safe
Sri Tanjung Ravi Munusamy PKR 62.62
Bahau Teo Kok Seong DAP 64.74
Temiang Ng Chin Tsai DAP 64.81
Chuah Michael Yek Diew Ching PKR 65.81
Nilai Arul Kumar Jambunathan DAP 68.48
Rahang Mary Josephine Pritam Singh DAP 73.98
Lukut Choo Ken Hwa DAP 79.00
Seremban Jaya Gunasekaren Palasamy DAP 80.41
Bukit Kepayang Nicole Tan Lee Koon DAP 83.29
Mambau Yap Yew Weng DAP 85.04
Lobak Chew Seh Yong DAP 87.46
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Jeram Padang Manickam Letchuman MIC 39.26
Gemencheh Mohd. Isam Mohd. Isa UMNO 47.38
Linggi Abdul Rahman Mohd. Redza UMNO 48.53
Pertang Noor Azmi Yusuf UMNO 49.00
Johol Saiful Yazan Sulaiman UMNO 49.34
Juasseh Ismail Lasim UMNO 50.41
Seri Menanti Abdul Samad Ibrahim UMNO 50.45
Senaling Adnan Abu Hassan UMNO 52.86
Serting Shamsulkahar Mohd. Deli UMNO 55.48
Fairly safe
Gemas Abdul Razak Said UMNO 56.16
Kota Awaludin Said UMNO 57.39
Bagan Pinang Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar UMNO 57.83
Safe
Chembong Zaifulbahri Idris UMNO 60.45
Sungai Lui Mohd. Razi Mohd. Ali UMNO 62.56
Palong Mustafa Nagoor UMNO 66.15
  • Win uncontested
Rantau Mohamad Hasan UMNO n/a

Aftermath

Rantau seat nomination dispute

Rantau constituency incumbent assemblyman and Barisan Nasional candidate Mohamad Hasan won his seat uncontested after People's Justice Party (PKR)’s candidate Dr Streram Sinnansamy was not allowed to enter the Nomination Centre to file his papers by the Election Commission (EC), supposedly because he did not have in his possession a pass issued by the Election Commission.[6] [7] However, the Election Court has on the 16 November 2018, allowed the petition by Dr S. Streram and passed a ruling that Mohamad Hasan had not been duly elected, subsequently nullified Hasan's result.[8] A by-election was then held on 13 April 2019 after Mohamad Hasan's appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court on 18 February 2019. Mohamad Hasan somehow emerged victorious and managed to retain his seat again.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PKR's Aminuddin Harun sworn in as Negeri Sembilan Mentri Besar . The Straits Times . 30 December 2022 . 12 May 2018.
  2. http://www.bernama.com/bm/politik/news.php?id=1438042 Agihan Kerusi BN Negeri Sembilan Masih Sama - MB
  3. https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/421231 Isa Samad digugur calon BN Negeri Sembilan
  4. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/projekmmo/berita/article/amanah-ns-umum-sembilan-calon-empat-muka-baru Amanah NS umum sembilan calon, empat muka baru
  5. http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/politik/pas-bertanding-26-kerusi-dun-lapan-parlimen-di-negeri-sembilan-1.653699 Pas bertanding 26 kerusi DUN, lapan Parlimen di Negeri Sembilan
  6. Web site: Mohamad Hasan returned unopposed. 2018-04-19. . thestar.com.my. 2019-02-18.
  7. Web site: Dr M: Despite debt dispute, Streram eligible to contest Rantau seat. New Straits Times. Syed Umar Ariff. 12 March 2019.
  8. News: Rantau by-election on after court invalidates BN win - Nation. 16 November 2018. The Star Online. www.thestar.com.my. 18 February 2019.
  9. News: Tok Mat wins Rantau by-election with a 4,510 vote majority. 13 April 2019. The Star Online. 13 April 2019.