Next Perak state election

Next Perak state election
← 2022 On or before 17 February 2028
← outgoing members elected members →
All 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 29 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Menteri Besar; Saarani Mohamad; BN–PH coalition	; ;

The next Perak state election, will elect members of the 16th Perak State Legislative Assembly. It must be held on or before 17 February 2028, pursuant to clause 36(4) of the Constitution of Perak or unless dissolved earlier by the Sultan of Perak on the advice of the Menteri Besar of Perak.

All 59 seats in the Perak State Legislative Assembly will be contested. The election will determine whether the incumbent Barisan Nasional government under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad retains power, or whether opposition coalitions such as Pakatan Harapan or Perikatan Nasional can secure a majority.

Constituencies

Composition before dissolution

BN		PH			PN		IND
9		24			25		1
8	1	18	5	1	17	8
UMNO	MCA	DAP	PKR	AMANAH	PAS	BERSATU	IND

Background

Previous election

The results of the election resulted in a hung assembly, Perikatan Nasional (PN) won 26 seats, Pakatan Harapan (PH) won 24 while the incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) which led the administration before election, only won 9. However, two days after the election, caretaker Menteri Besar Saarani Mohammad was reappointed to the position and the state government was formed on 21 November 2022 after the agreement of BN and PH to form the coalition government, it exceeded the simple majority support of 30 members of the assembly (MLAs) required to form the state government. They achieved the support of 33 MLAs, 24 from PH and 9 from BN. Saarani of BN was reappointed to the position of the head of government although BN is a minor coalition in the government. This saw the historic first political cooperation between BN and PH, which were bitter political rivals before this. A day after this, the other members of the state government, namely the members of the Perak State Executive Council, (EXCO) were also appointed. The EXCO line-up consists of 3 MLAs of BN and 7 MLAs of PH. The reason why the higher number of PH EXCO members was appointed is PH is the major while BN is the minor coalitions in the government according to the number of their MLAs respectively.

Electoral system

Elections in Malaysia are conducted at the federal and state levels. Federal elections elect members of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of Parliament, while state elections in each of the 13 states elect members of their respective state legislative assembly. As Malaysia follows the Westminster system of government, the head of government (Prime Minister at the federal level and the Menteri Besar/Chief Ministers/Premier at the state level) is the person who commands the confidence of the majority of members in the respective legislature – this is normally the leader of the party or coalition with the majority of seats in the legislature.

The Legislative Assembly currently consists of 59 members, known as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), that are elected for five-year terms. Each MLA is elected from a single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post voting system; each constituency contains approximately an equal number of voters. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the government, with its leader becoming the Premier. In the event of a hung parliament, where no single party obtains the majority of seats, the government may still form through a coalition or a confidence and supply agreement with other parties. In practice, coalitions and alliances in Malaysia, and by extension, in Sarawak, generally persist between elections, and member parties do not normally contest for the same seats.

The voting age is currently 18.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of Malaysia, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Department. Malaysia practices automatic voter registration but does not practice compulsory voting.

Preparations

Political parties

Barisan Nasional is expected to defend its governing mandate, while Pakatan Harapan aims to expend influence after the election. Perikatan Nasional may also expand its challenge in Malay-majority constituencies.

Seat negotiations among opposition parties are expected to play a major role in determining electoral competitiveness.

Departing incumbents

The following members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly did not seek re-election.

No.	State Constituency	Departing MLA	Coalition (Party)	Date confirmed	First elected	Reason

Candidates

Candidate announcements are expected closer to nomination day.

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Incumbent Member	Incumbent Coalition (Party)	Political coalitions and respective candidates and coalitions
						Barisan Nasional (BN)		Pakatan Harapan (PH)		Perikatan Nasional (PN)		Others
						Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party
P54	Gerik	N01	Pengkalan Hulu	Mohamad Amin Roslan	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P54	Gerik	N02	Temengor	Salbiah Mohamed	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		PKR		PAS
P55	Lenggong	N03	Kenering	Husairi Ariffin	PN (PAS)		UMNO		PKR		PAS
P55	Lenggong	N04	Kota Tampan	Saarani Mohamad	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P56	Larut	N05	Selama	Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
		N06	Kubu Gajah	Khalil Yahaya	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
		N07	Batu Kurau	Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P57	Parit Buntar	N08	Titi Serong	Hakimi Hamzi Hayat	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P57	Parit Buntar	N09	Kuala Kurau	Abdul Yunus Jamahri	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P58	Bagan Serai	N10	Alor Pongsu	Noor Azman Ghazali	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
		N11	Gunong Semanggol	Razman Zakaria	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
		N12	Selinsing	Sallehuddin Abdullah	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P59	Bukit Gantang	N13	Kuala Sepetang	Ahmad Man	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
		N14	Changkat Jering	Rahim Ismail	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
		N15	Trong	Faisal Abdul Rahman	PN (PAS)		UMNO		PKR		PAS
P60	Taiping	N16	Kamunting	Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Aziz	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
		N17	Pokok Assam	Ong Seng Guan	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		BERSATU
		N18	Aulong	Teh Kok Lim	PH (DAP)		MIC		DAP		GERAKAN
P61	Padang Rengas	N19	Chenderoh	Syed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd Zin	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P61	Padang Rengas	N20	Lubok Merbau	Azizi Mohamed Ridzuan	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P62	Sungai Siput	N21	Lintang	Mohd Zolkafly Harun	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P62	Sungai Siput	N22	Jalong	Loh Sze Yee	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
P63	Tambun	N23	Manjoi	Mohd Hafez Sabri	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P63	Tambun	N24	Hulu Kinta	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	PH (PKR)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P64	Ipoh Timor	N25	Canning	Jenny Choy Tsi Jen	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
		N26	Tebing Tinggi	Abdul Aziz Bari	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		BERSATU
		N27	Pasir Pinji	Goh See Hua	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
P65	Ipoh Barat	N28	Bercham	Ong Boon Piow	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
		N29	Kepayang	Nga Kor Ming	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		BERSATU
		N30	Buntong	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran	PH (DAP)		MIC		DAP		BERSATU
P66	Batu Gajah	N31	Jelapang	Cheah Pou Hian	PH (DAP)		MIC		DAP		PAS
		N32	Menglembu	Steven Chaw Kam Foon	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		BERSATU
		N33	Tronoh	Steven Tiw Tee Siang	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
P67	Kuala Kangsar	N34	Bukit Chandan	Hashim Bujang	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P67	Kuala Kangsar	N35	Manong	Burhanuddin Ahmad	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P68	Beruas	N36	Pengkalan Baharu	Azman Noh	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
		N37	Pantai Remis	Wong May Ing	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
		N38	Astaka	Jason Ng Thien Yeong	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
P69	Parit	N39	Belanja	Khairudin Abu Hanipah	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		AMANAH		BERSATU
P69	Parit	N40	Bota	Najihatussalehah Ahmad	PN (PAS)		UMNO		PKR		PAS
P70	Kampar	N41	Malim Nawar	Bavani Veraiah	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		BERSATU
		N42	Keranji	Angeline Koo Haai Yen	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		GERAKAN
		N43	Tualang Sekah	Mohd Azlan Helmi	PH (PKR)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P71	Gopeng	N44	Sungai Rapat	Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin	PH (AMANAH)		UMNO		AMANAH		BERSATU
		N45	Simpang Pulai	Wong Chai Yi	PH (PKR)		MCA		PKR		BERSATU
		N46	Teja	Sandrea Ng Shy Ching	PH (PKR)		MCA		PKR		BERSATU
P72	Tapah	N47	Chenderiang	Choong Shin Heng	BN (MCA)		MCA		PKR		BERSATU
P72	Tapah	N48	Ayer Kuning	Mohamad Yusri Bakir	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P73	Pasir Salak	N49	Sungai Manik	Zainol Fadzi Paharudin	PN (WAWASAN)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P73	Pasir Salak	N50	Kampong Gajah	Zafarulazlan Zan	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P74	Lumut	N51	Pasir Panjang	Rosli Abd Rahman	PN (PAS)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P74	Lumut	N52	Pangkor	Norhaslinda Zakaria	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P75	Bagan Datuk	N53	Rungkup	Shahrul Zaman Yahya	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		AMANAH		PAS
P75	Bagan Datuk	N54	Hutan Melintang	Wasanthee Sinnasamy	PH (PKR)		UMNO		PKR		BERSATU
P76	Teluk Intan	N55	Pasir Bedamar	Woo Kah Leong	PH (DAP)		MCA		DAP		PAS
P76	Teluk Intan	N56	Changkat Jong	Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi	PN (BERSATU)		UMNO		DAP		BERSATU
P77	Tanjong Malim	N57	Sungkai	Sivanesan Achalingam	PH (DAP)		MIC		DAP		PAS
		N58	Slim	Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal	PN (PAS)		UMNO		PKR		PAS
		N59	Behrang	Salina Samsudin	BN (UMNO)		UMNO		AMANAH		BERSATU

Opinion polls

Opinion polling has yet to intensify significantly ahead of the election.

Notes

References

↑ Nandini Balakrishnan (28 September 2016). "Here's The Fastest Way To Register As A Voter Before The Next Elections". Says.com. Retrieved 9 May 2018. Qualifications needed to register as a voter in Malaysia:
a) A Malaysian citizen above the age of 21.
b) A resident of an election constituency.
c) Is not disqualified by any laws.
↑ "A Young Malaysian's Guide to the Election". Juice. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018. You are not eligible to register if you are:
a) on the qualifying date, you are serving jail term or detained as a person of unsound mind.
b) before the qualifying date, you have been convicted or sentenced to death or serving a jail term of more than 12 months and you're still liable on the qualifying date.
c) found guilty under the Election Offences Act, 1954.
d) have a foreign citizenship (Malaysian citizenship law does not permit a Malaysian to carry dual citizenship).
↑ "Federal Gazette: Undi18, automatic voter registration to come into effect Dec 15 before Sarawak polls". Borneo Post Online. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
↑ "Undi18 to come into force Dec 15, but might still be too late for S'wak". Malaysiakini. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[1] Nandini Balakrishnan (28 September 2016). "Here's The Fastest Way To Register As A Voter Before The Next Elections". Says.com. Retrieved 9 May 2018. Qualifications needed to register as a voter in Malaysia:
a) A Malaysian citizen above the age of 21.
b) A resident of an election constituency.
c) Is not disqualified by any laws.

[2] "A Young Malaysian's Guide to the Election". Juice. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018. You are not eligible to register if you are:
a) on the qualifying date, you are serving jail term or detained as a person of unsound mind.
b) before the qualifying date, you have been convicted or sentenced to death or serving a jail term of more than 12 months and you're still liable on the qualifying date.
c) found guilty under the Election Offences Act, 1954.
d) have a foreign citizenship (Malaysian citizenship law does not permit a Malaysian to carry dual citizenship).

[3] "Federal Gazette: Undi18, automatic voter registration to come into effect Dec 15 before Sarawak polls". Borneo Post Online. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[4] "Undi18 to come into force Dec 15, but might still be too late for S'wak". Malaysiakini. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

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