Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin Pakatan Rakyat (PAS) The 12th Perak state election was held on 8 March 2008.

[2] The crisis seemingly was averted when Nizar was named the Sultan's choice of the new Menteri Besar of Perak on 12 March 2008, and were planned to be sworn in on the next day.

[4][5] Although Lim later apologized to Sultan of Perak and the Regent of Perak for his statement and DAP retracted their boycott threat,[6][7][8] PKR through its deputy president Syed Husin Ali voiced their disagreement about the state EXCO member composition which are not favourable to PKR, and threatened to pull out of the state government.

[23] The Pakatan Rakyat government led by Nizar only lasts for 11 months until February 2009, when after two PKR MLA (Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu) and one DAP MLA (Hee Yit Foong) disappears from public and subsequently their announcement to become an independent who supports BN, Nizar and the PR government were forced to resign by the Sultan of Perak as they could not command the majority of the Perak Assembly.

A new BN government, led by Zambry Abdul Kadir as Menteri Besar, were sworn in on the same day Nizar resigned.