Penang state election, 2018

Penang state election, 2018

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40 seats to the Penang State Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Registered	945,627
Turnout	800,158
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lim Guan Eng Teng Chang Yeow Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff Party Pakatan Harapan (DAP) Barisan Nasional (Gerakan) Gagasan Sejahtera (PAS) Leader since 2008 Leader's seat Air Putih Tanjong Bunga (lost) Permatang Pasir (lost) Last election 29 seats, 62.43% (Pakatan Rakyat) 10 seats, 32.09% 1 seat, 5.10% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 29 10 1 Seats won 37 2 1 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 530,008 176,723 77,171 Percentage 67.20% 22.41% 9.78% Swing 4.77% 9.68% 4.68%
Pakatan Harapan seats:   DAP   PKR   PPBM   Amanah Opposition seats:   UMNO   PAS
Chief Minister before election Lim Guan Eng Pakatan Harapan (DAP) Elected Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

Opposition seats:

Lim Guan Eng
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

Chow Kon Yeow
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

The 14th Penang election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Penang State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. The legislature had been dissolved on 9 April by the state's Governor, Abdul Rahman Abbas, on the advice of the then Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who also led the state's ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission and utilised the first-past-the-post system. Electoral candidates were nominated on 28 April. On 9 May, between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Malaysian time (UTC+8), polling was held in all 40 state constituencies throughout Penang; each constituency elects a single State Assemblyman to the state legislature.

The PH coalition retained power with a stronger mandate, as it swept eight additional constituencies to hold 37 seats (out of 40) in the Penang State Legislative Assembly, the PH thus commands a supermajority in the legislature. Following the simultaneous Malaysian general election, which saw the PH forming Malaysia's federal government for the first time in the country's history, Chow Kon Yeow was selected as Penang's fifth Chief Minister, succeeding Lim who was appointed as the federal Minister of Finance.

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