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2008 Malaysian state elections

State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 8 March 2008 in all states except Sarawak. The elections took place alongside general elections.

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	51,346	54.02	12	0
	Malaysian Chinese Association	7,113	7.48	2	0
Total	58,459	61.50	14	0
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	29,698	31.24	1	0
	People's Justice Party	5,309	5.59	0	0
Total	35,007	36.83	1	0
	Independents	1,585	1.67	0	New
Total	95,051	100.00	15	0

95,051	98.17
1,771	1.83
96,822	100.00
120,081	80.63
Source: The Star

The Sanglang seat won by Abdullah Hassan (BN) during the election was declared vacant by the Perlis Election Court in June 2008 on grounds of error during the ballot counting process. In September, Hashim Jasin (PAS) was declared the rightful winner of the seat.

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	250,028	35.80	16	+11
	People's Justice Party	85,223	12.20	4	+4
	Democratic Action Party	7,510	1.08	1	+1
Total	342,761	49.07	21	+16
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	259,940	37.21	12	–11
	Malaysian Chinese Association	50,050	7.17	1	–3
	Malaysian Indian Congress	18,376	2.63	0	–2
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	12,368	1.77	1	–1
Total	322,358	46.15	14	–17
	Independents	14,990	2.15	1	+1
Total	698,485	100.00	36	0

698,485	97.85
15,322	2.15
713,807	100.00
873,674	81.70
Source: The Star

Party or alliance	Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	38	+14
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	6	–15
	Malaysian Chinese Association	0	0
Total	6	–15
	People's Justice Party	1	+1
	Independents	0	0
Total	45	0

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	232,334	53.23	23	–4
	Malaysian Chinese Association	7,831	1.79	1	0
Total	240,165	55.03	24	–4
	Pakatan Rakyat		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	173,085	39.66	8	+4
	People's Justice Party	23,196	5.31	0	0
Total	196,281	44.97	8	+4
Total	436,446	100.00	32	0

436,446	98.71
5,716	1.29
442,162	100.00
521,597	84.77
Source: The Star

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	175,067	32.25	19	+18
	People's Justice Party	110,872	20.42	9	+9
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	33,818	6.23	1	0
Total	319,757	58.90	29	+27
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	93,923	17.30	11	–3
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	71,255	13.13	0	–13
	Malaysian Chinese Association	50,123	9.23	0	–9
	Malaysian Indian Congress	7,038	1.30	0	–2
Total	222,339	40.96	11	–27
	Independents	760	0.14	0	0
Total	542,856	100.00	40	0

542,856	98.39
8,887	1.61
551,743	100.00
709,323	77.78
Source: The Star

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	188,484	22.34	18	+11
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	135,352	16.04	6	+6
	People's Justice Party	118,824	14.08	7	+7
Total	442,660	52.46	31	+24
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	243,672	28.88	27	–7
	Malaysian Chinese Association	98,341	11.65	1	–9
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	27,595	3.27	0	–4
	Malaysian Indian Congress	24,216	2.87	0	–4
	People's Progressive Party	5,741	0.68	0	0
Total	399,565	47.35	28	–24
	Independents	1,635	0.19	0	0
Total	843,860	100.00	59	0

843,860	97.59
20,844	2.41
864,704	100.00
1,196,160	72.29
Source: The Star

Party or alliance	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	29	–2
	Malaysian Chinese Association	6	–2
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	1	0
	Malaysian Indian Congress	1	0
Total	37	–4
	Democratic Action Party	2	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	2	+2
	People's Justice Party	0	0
	Independents	1	+1
Total	42	0

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Rakyat		People's Justice Party	234,552	20.24	15	+15
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	216,339	18.67	8	+8
	Democratic Action Party	199,054	17.18	13	+11
Total	649,945	56.09	36	+34
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	355,334	30.66	18	–17
	Malaysian Chinese Association	104,756	9.04	2	–10
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	26,886	2.32	0	–4
	Malaysian Indian Congress	21,875	1.89	0	–3
Total	508,851	43.91	20	–34
	Independents		0	0
Total	1,158,796	100.00	56	0

Source: The Star

Party or alliance	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	19	–3
	Malaysian Chinese Association	1	–7
	Malaysian Indian Congress	1	–1
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	0	–2
Total	21	–13
	Democratic Action Party	10	+8
	People's Justice Party	4	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1	+1
Total	36	0

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	103,050	35.77	18	0
	Malaysian Chinese Association	46,197	16.03	4	–2
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	8,720	3.03	0	–1
	Malaysian Indian Congress	5,950	2.07	1	0
Total	163,917	56.89	23	–3
	Pakatan Rakyat		Democratic Action Party	63,235	21.95	5	+3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	40,629	14.10	0	0
	People's Justice Party	20,349	7.06	0	0
Total	124,213	43.11	5	+3
Total	288,130	100.00	28	0

288,130	97.60
7,077	2.40
295,207	100.00
371,594	79.44
Source: The Star

Party or alliance	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	32	–1
	Malaysian Chinese Association	12	–3
	Malaysian Indian Congress	4	0
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	2	–1
Total	50	–5
	Democratic Action Party	4	+4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	2	+1
	People's Justice Party	0	0
Total	56	0

Party or alliance	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	180,170	34.21	32	0
	United Sabah Party	68,221	12.95	12	–1
	United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation	28,191	5.35	6	+1
	Sabah Progressive Party	27,230	5.17	4	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	11,800	2.24	3	0
	Malaysian Chinese Association	6,162	1.17	1	0
	Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah	5,496	1.04	1	0
Total	327,270	62.14	59	0
	Pakatan Rakyat		People's Justice Party	137,576	26.12	0	0
	Democratic Action Party	25,937	4.92	1	+1
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	1,007	0.19	0	0
Total	164,520	31.24	1	1
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	Independents	29,774	5.65	0	–1
Total	526,659	100.00	60	0

526,659	97.41
13,998	2.59
540,657	100.00
807,862	66.92
Source: The Star

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