2018 People's Justice Party leadership election

A leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia in 2018 to elect a new leader.[1]

2018 People's Justice Party leadership election
22 September-11 November 2018
 
Candidate Anwar Ibrahim
Party PKR
Popular vote Won Uncontested
Percentage 100%
President of PKR before election

Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

 President of PKR

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim, who had been recently pardoned and released from his prison sentence following that year's general elections, was elected as party president uncontested, replacing his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. The post for the deputy president was contested between Rafizi Ramli and Azmin Ali, and the party's supporters were separated into two camps, the Azmin camp and the Rafizi Camp.[2] Azmin was elected as deputy president in a tightly-contested competition with Rafizi, but elections for the post was not without controversy, as there were instances of violence and alleged sabotages during the party's pollings.

Nominations & Results

President
CandidateMembers' votes
Anwar IbrahimWon Uncontested

Deputy President
CandidateMembers' votes
Mohamed Azmin Ali71,635 (51.03%)
Rafizi Ramli68,730 (48.96%)

Vice president
CandidateMembers' votes
Nurul Izzah Anwar82,343
Zuraida Kamaruddin64,144
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam59,471
Chua Tian Chang53,616
Shamsul Iskandar52,556
Johari Abdul49,247
William Leong Jee Keen46,975
Kesavan Subramaniam45,234
Vasantha Kumar16,406
Azan Ismail10,782
G. Balasubramaniam8,929
Micheal Tamil6,715

Women's Chief
CandidateMembers' votes
Haniza Talha29,540 (52.74%)
Fuziah Salleh26,475 (47.26%)

Women's Deputy Chief
CandidateMembers' votes
Daroyah Alwi28,857 (54.06%)
Rodziah Ismail24,525 (45.94%)

Angkatan Muda KeADILan Chief
CandidateMembers' votes
Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir17,217 (45.55%)
Afif Bahardin17,184 (45.47%)
Najwan Halimi3,393 (8.98%)

Angkatan Muda KeADILan Deputy Chief
CandidateMembers' votes
Muhammad Hilman Idham20,364 (57.45%)
Raymond Ahuar11,778 (33.23%)
Naqiuddin Nazrin3,305 (9.32%)

References
  1. Nominations for PKR party election in July The Sun Daily
  2. Philip Golingai (16 March 2021). "How PKR won, then lost Sarawak: The Star columnist". The Asian Voice. The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 October 2021.


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