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.
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 CoalitionIncumbentOppositionBarisan Nasional (BN)Pakatan Harapan (PH)Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) People's Justice Party (PKR) Democratic Action Party (DAP) National Trust Party (Amanah) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)People's Alternative Party
The contested seats
No.State constituencyIncumbent State AssemblymanPolitical parties Barisan NasionalAgihan Kerusi BN Negeri Sembilan Masih Sama - MBIsa Samad digugur calon BN Negeri Sembilan Pakatan HarapanAmanah NS umum sembilan calon, empat muka baru Gagasan SejahteraPas bertanding 26 kerusi DUN, lapan Parlimen di Negeri SembilanOther parties/IndCandidate NamePartyCandidate NamePartyCandidate NamePartyCandidate NamePartyN01ChennahAnthony Loke Siew Fook (PH)Seet Tee YinMCAAnthony Loke Siew FookDAPJamalus Mansor PAS N02PertangJalaluddin Alias (BN)Noor Azmi YusufUMNOOsman Mohd DusaBersatu Hamran Abu HassanN03Sungai LuiMohd Razi Mohd Ali (BN)Mohd Razi Mohd AliZainal Fikri Abd KadirPKR Abdul Karim Shahimi Abdul RazakN04KlawangYunus 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 MusaN07Jeram PadangManickam Letchuman (BN)Manickam LetchumanMICS. Musliadi SabtuPKR Mohd Fairuz Mohd. Isa Surash SreenivasanINDN08BahauChew 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 RahmanN11LobakSiow Kim Leong (PH)Lim Kok KeanChew Seh Yong Balamurugan Sanmugam PAPN12TemiangNg Chin Tsai (PH)Siow Koi VoonNg Chin TsaiYaw Con Seng PASN13SikamatAminuddin Harun (PH)Samsul Amri IsmailUMNOAminuddin HarunPKR Rahim Yusof Bujang AbuINDN14AmpanganAbu 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 SamahN18PilahNorhayati Omar (BN)Norhayati Omar1Mohamad Nazaruddin SabtuPKRAhmad Fadzil OthmanN19JoholAbu Samah Mahat (BN)Saiful YazanZulkefly MohamadAmanahKamaruddin Md. Tahir N20LabuHasim Rusdi (BN)Hasim RusdiIsmail AhmadPKRMohd. Khairil Anuar Mohd. WafaDavid Dass AseerpathamPAPN21Bukit KepayangCha Kee Chin (PH)Mah Kah YongGerakanTan Lee Koon DAP N22RahangMary Josephine Pritam Singh (PH)Yap Sui MoiMCA Mary Josephine Pritam Singh Saraswathy ParagazumPAPN23MambauYap Yew Weng (PH)Hoi Choi SinYap Yew Weng T. Parimala DeviPAPN24Seremban Jaya (previously known as Senawang)Gunasekaren Palasamy (PH)Choong Vee HingGerakanGunasekaren Palasamy Sagaya Rajan XavierPAPN25ParoiMohd Ghazali Wahid (BN)Mohd Ghazali WahidUMNO Mohamad Taufek Abd Ghani AmanahMasita Mohamed AliPASN26ChembongZaifulbahri Idris (BN)Zaifulbahri IdrisAzizan Marzuki BersatuRosmin AdamN27RantauMohamad Hasan (BN)Mohamad Hasan N28KotaAwaludin Said (BN)Awaludin SaidShahrizal Masrudin AmanahIshak Omar PASN29ChuahChai Tong Chai (PH)Lim Chin SuiMCA Yek Diew Ching PKR N30LukutEan Yong Tin Sin (PH)Yeong Con YuChoo Ken HwaDAP N31Bagan PinangTun Hairuddin Abu Bakar (BN)Tun Hairuddin Abu BakarUMNO Rashid LatiffBersatu N32LinggiAbd Rahman Mohd Redza (BN)Abd Rahman Mohd RedzaRusli Abdullah PKRNoor Mohamad Rizal IshakPASN33Sri Tanjung (previously known as Port Dickson)Ravi Munusamy (PH)Thinalan RojagapaluMICRavi MunusamyKamarol Ridzuan Mohd. ZainN34GemasAbdul Razak Said (BN)Abdul Razak SaidUMNO Baharuddin Arif SiriPKR Abdul Halim Abu BakarN35GemenchehMohd Isam Mohd Isa (BN)Mohd Isam Mohd IsaSaiful Adly Abdul WahabBersatuIshak Maasin N36RepahVeerapan Superamaniam (PH)Pui Kim SweeMCA Veerapan SuperamaniamDAPAbdul Razakek Abdul Rahim
Results
Seats that changed allegiance No. Seat Previous Party (2013) Current Party (2018) N04 Klawang Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) N09 Lenggeng Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) N14 Ampangan Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (PKR) N18 Pilah Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (PKR) N20 Labu Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Pakatan Harapan (PKR) N25 Paroi Barisan 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 was 1 seat that was won uncontested in non-governmental seats; namely Rantau (won by incumbent assemblyman, Mohamad Hasan). GOVERNMENT SEATSMarginal 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 55.87Fairly safe Repah Veerapan Superamaniam DAP 58.57Safe 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 SEATSMarginal 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 55.48Fairly safe Gemas Abdul Razak Said UMNO 56.16 Kota Awaludin Said UMNO 57.39 Bagan Pinang Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar UMNO 57.83Safe 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. 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. 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 emerged victorious and retained his seat again.
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