Selangor state election, 2013

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All 56 seats in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Abdul Khalid Ibrahim	Najib Razak (as Selangor BN chairman)
Party	Pakatan Rakyat	Barisan Nasional
Leader's seat	Ijok (ran in Port Klang, won)	not running
Last election	36 seats, 56.0%	20 seats, 43.8%
Seats before	34	21
Seats won	44	12
Seat change	8	8

Menteri Besar before election

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Pakatan Rakyat

Menteri Besar-designate

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Pakatan Rakyat

The 13th Selangor state election was held on 5 May 2013. The Selangor State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution; on or before 22 June 2013, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission of Malaysia,unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State, Sultan of Selangor on the advice of the Head of Government, Menteri Besar of Selangor.

The incumbent unofficial coalition Pakatan Rakyat won a supermajority of 44 seats and was able to formed a government, securing a second term while the opposition Barisan Nasional won 12 seats.

The state election is the 13th state election in Selangor since the independence of Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957. The governing Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will seek to secure their second consecutive term in office since 2008. According to the Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959, the maximum term of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of Selangor, is five years from the date of the first sitting of Assembly following a state election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law. The Assembly would have been automatically dissolved on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of its first sitting on 22 April 2008.

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