2018 People's Justice Party leadership election explained

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

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

Deputy President

Candidate	Members' votes
Mohamed Azmin Ali	71,635 (51.03%)
	68,730 (48.96%)

Vice president

Candidate	Members' votes
Nurul Izzah Anwar	82,343
Zuraida Kamaruddin	64,144
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	59,471
Chua Tian Chang	53,616
	52,556
	49,247
	46,975
	45,234
	16,406
	10,782
	8,929
	6,715

Women's Chief

Candidate	Members' votes
Haniza Talha	29,540 (52.74%)
	26,475 (47.26%)

Women's Deputy Chief

Candidate	Members' votes
Daroyah Alwi	28,857 (54.06%)
	24,525 (45.94%)

Angkatan Muda KeADILan Chief

Candidate	Members' votes
Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir	17,217 (45.55%)
	17,184 (45.47%)
	3,393 (8.98%)

Angkatan Muda KeADILan Deputy Chief

Candidate	Members' votes
Muhammad Hilman Idham	20,364 (57.45%)
	11,778 (33.23%)
	3,305 (9.32%)

References

• Malaysiakini page

Notes and References

1. http://m.thesundaily.my/node/555033 Nominations for PKR party election in July
2. Web site: How PKR won, then lost Sarawak: The Star columnist. Philip Golingai. The Asian Voice. The Straits Times. 16 March 2021. 1 October 2021.