2023_Kelantan_state_election

2023 Kelantan state election

2023 Kelantan state election

Malaysian state election

The 15th Kelantan state election were held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan.

Quick Facts All 45 seats in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

Kelantan is one of the states which did not dissolve simultaneously with Dewan Rakyat on 10 October 2022. It was decided by Perikatan Nasional on 13 October 2022.[2]

In the state election, the governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition led by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) won 43 of 45 seats (achieving a supermajority), and continuing PAS' dominance in the state since 1990. The Barisan Nasional (BN)-Pakatan Harapan (PH) electoral pact won the remaining 2 seats, with BN and PH each winning 1 seat, and becoming the main opposition in the state assembly.

This was the first Kelantan state election not held concurrently with the national general election since 1978, when Kelantan held its election in March that year as opposed to the general election date in July.

Background

For the state elections, Perikatan Nasional has decided to use the PAS logo and name for all its candidate in Kelantan and Terengganu, regardless of the candidate party.[3]

Constituencies

All 45 constituencies within Kelantan, which constitute the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, were contested during the election.

Electoral map of Kelantan, showing all 45 constituencies
Breakdown of 2022 Malaysian general election result by state constituency in 2022, where PH in   Red, PN in   Blue-green and BN in   blue

Composition before dissolution

Government Opposition
PN BN
37 7
36 1 7
PAS BERSATU UMNO

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

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Retiring incumbent(s)

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly did not contest this election.

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Electoral candidates

Names in bold are the confirmed winners in the 2023 state election.

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Opinion polls

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Results

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Seats that changed allegiance

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Aftermath

Prior to the state elections, reports suggesting Ahmad Yakob, two-term Menteri Besar, will not continue in the role if PN won the election.[16] The reports were confirmed by Ahmad, who is the PAS state commissioner and MLA for Pasir Pekan, on 12 August.[17]

Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud, elected MLA for Meranti, were sworn in as the new Menteri Besar of Kelantan on 15 March, replacing Ahmad.[18] Along with Nassuruddin, MLA for Temangan Mohamed Fadzli Hassan were sworn in as Deputy Menteri Besar, with 9 other EXCO members also sworn in on the same date.[18]

Notes

    1. [N 1]
      New coalition formed in 2020. These numbers are the total seats and vote share of BERSATU, PAS and GERAKAN in the last election. The parties were previously part of Pakatan Harapan, Gagasan Sejahtera and Barisan Nasional.
    2. [N 2]
      All 8 seats won by BN; vote tally is total won by PH and BN excluding BERSATU, which left PH in 2020.

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