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2022 Johor state election

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2022 Johor state election
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The 2022 Johor state election, formally the 15th Johor general election, took place on 12 March 2022.[1][2] The election was to elect 56 members of the 15th Johor State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 22 January 2022.[3]

Quick Facts All 56 seats to the Johor State Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
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Village in Batu Pahat District during the election.

The state election was conducted in the midst of the 2020-22 Malaysian political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The state election is notable for being the first elections to have UNDI18 voters, where 18-year-olds were allowed to vote.

The snap election was called prematurely after the government led by Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad had lost a simple majority in the legislature, being left with a minority government of just 28 seats, above one seat against the 27 seats of the opposition following the death of Kempas assemblyman and former Menteri Besar Osman Sapian on 21 December 2021 before the dissolution. The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail consented to the dissolution of the Johor State Legislative Assembly on 22 January 2022.[4]

The state election is the fourth election after the 2018 general election, resulting in the most non-simultaneous elections between federal and state elections in a single 5-year term of parliament in the nation's history. The state election is also the third election after Ismail Sabri Yaakob took over as Prime Minister in August 2021. The state election would also be the first in which 18-20 year olds are eligible to vote after the gazettement of the constitutional amendment on 15 December 2021.[5]

Barisan Nasional (BN) continued its landslide winning streak in recent state elections, winning 40 seats and a two-thirds majority. Pakatan Harapan (PH) suffered heavy losses, winning only 12 seats. Perikatan Nasional (PN) won just 3 seats. The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) won 1 seat in its election debut.

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Election cycles

Johor became the fourth state in Malaysia to not hold its state elections simultaneously with national elections, after Sarawak (since 1979), Sabah (since 2020), and Malacca (since 2021).

Kelantan (1978–1982) held its state election in March 1978 following a political crisis the previous year, but national elections were held only 4 months later. Since then election cycles in Kelantan have synchronized with national elections.

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Electoral system

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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 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 consists of 56 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 Chief Minister. 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 Johor, generally persist between elections, and member parties do not normally contest for the same seats.

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Constituencies

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Map of constituencies to be contested

Composition before dissolution

Government Confidence and supply
BN PN PH
16 12 27
14 2 11 1 14 7 6
UMNO MIC BERSATU PAS DAP PKR AMANAH
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Timeline

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Events from the Dissolution of the Johor State Legislative Assembly to the Issue of the Writ of Election (22 January to 9 February 2022)

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Events from the Issue of the Writ of Election to the Nomination Day (10 to 26 February 2022)

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Events from the Nomination Day to the Early Polling Day for Postal and Advance Voters & Campaigning Period (27 February to 12 March 2022)

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Electoral candidates

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Results

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Barisan Nasional government (40) Pakatan Harapan-led opposition (16)*
40 13 3
Barisan Nasional Pakatan Harapan+ Perikatan Nasional
33 4 3 10 1 1 1 2 1
UMNO MCA MIC DAP AMANAH PKR MUDA BERSATU PAS
Johor State Legislative Assembly, 12 March 2022 (56 seats)

By parliamentary constituency

Barisan Nasional won 20 of 26 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.

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Seats that changed allegiance

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Election pendulum

2022 Johor state election
GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Bukit PasirMohamad Fadzli Mohamed SallehUMNO32.11
Bukit NaningMohd. Fuad TukirinUMNO37.37
SeromKhairin-Nisa Ismail @ Md. OnUMNO37.56
Parit YaaniMohamad Najib SamuriUMNO38.56
KempasRamlee BohaniUMNO38.92
TiramAzizul BachokUMNO39.59
PermasBaharudin Mohamed TaibUMNO40.74
Kota IskandarPandak AhmadUMNO40.79
KemelahSaraswati NallathambyMIC41.13
LarkinMohd. Hairi Mad ShahUMNO41.77
TenangHaslinda SallehUMNO44.91
SemerahMohd. Fared Mohamed KhalidUMNO44.93
SenggarangMohd. Yusla IsmailUMNO45.11
GambirSahrihan JaniUMNO45.48
Sungai BalangSelamat TakimUMNO45.57
MahkotaSharifah Azizah Syed ZainUMNO46.57
Bukit PermaiMohd. Jafni Md. ShukorUMNO48.36
RengitDr. Mohd. Puad ZarkashiUMNO48.91
TenggarohRaven Kumar S. KrishnasamyMIC49.10
Parit RajaNor Rashidah RamliUMNO49.57
PemanisAnuar Abd. ManapUMNO49.81
Pekan NanasTan Eng MengMCA50.49
Pulai SebatangHasrunizah HassanUMNO50.56
BekokTan ChongMCA51.31
Yong PengLing Tian SoonMCA51.90
Layang-LayangAbd. Mutalip Abd. RahimUMNO55.00
PalohLee Ting HanMCA55.05
Fairly safe
MachapOnn Hafiz GhaziUMNO56.64
Buloh KasapZahari SaripUMNO56.96
PantiHahasrin HashimUMNO57.29
Pasir RajaRashidah IsmailUMNO58.21
Safe
KukupJefridin AtanUMNO60.37
Sri MedanZulkurnain KamisanUMNO60.52
Johor LamaNorlizah NohUMNO60.56
SediliMuszaide MakmorUMNO62.25
KahangVidyanathan RamanadhanMIC62.69
BenutIr. Hasni MohammadUMNO63.08
SemarangSamsol Bari JamaliUMNO63.21
Tanjung SuratAznan TaminUMNO66.97
PenawarFauziah MisriUMNO66.98
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
MaharaniAbdul Aziz TalibPAS35.97
Bukit BatuArthur Chiong Sen SernPKR39.20
TangkakEric Ee Chin LiDAP40.03
JementahNg Kor SimDAP40.92
Simpang JeramSalahuddin AyubAMANAH40.94
Johor JayaLiow Cai TungDAP41.74
PerlingLiew Chin TongDAP42.50
Puteri WangsaAmira Aisya Abd. AzizMUDA43.22
Bukit KepongDr. Sahruddin JamalBERSATU44.27
StulangAndrew Chen Kah EngDAP44.84
SenaiWong Bor YangDAP51.75
PenggaramGan Peck ChengDAP53.67
EndauAlwiyah TalibBERSATU55.48
Fairly safe
MengkibolChew Chong SinDAP57.50
SkudaiMarina IbrahimDAP58.53
Safe
BentayanNg Yak HoweDAP64.53
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Departing incumbents

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The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly will not renew their term.

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Controversies and issues

On 27 February 2022, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said he will review a video depicting former prime minister Najib Razak purportedly violating Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) during a campaign visit in Perling.[104]

On 10 March 2022, Khairy revealed that his ministry had issued 42 compound notices for the violation of SOPs during the campaign period for the Johor election, including five to Najib.[105][106][107]

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Aftermath

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Onn Hafiz Ghazi, elected MLA for Machap, were sworn in as the new Menteri Besar of Johor on 15 March, replacing Hasni.[108] The EXCO members were sworn in on 26 March.[109]

Even though the results of the Malaysian general election in November 2022 saw the historic formation of federal government consisting of the alliance between Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional, the status quo is not changed for the government in Johor.[110] As of January 2023, PH is still an opposition party in the state assembly, although according to Johor PH chairman, the relationship between PH and BN is 'good'.[111]

The elected MLA for Simpang Jeram, Salahuddin Ayub (who is also the MP for Pulai, Johor PH chairman, and then Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living) died on 23 July 2023, necessitating the 2023 Simpang Jeram by-election for the state seat (and the 2023 Pulai by-election for the federal seat).[112] The by-election saw the first collaboration between BN and PH at Johor state level, as BN acceded to PH to put its candidate there, as well as campaigning together.[113] Both seats were retained by PH in the by-election.

After MUDA's president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman announced his party's support withdrawal of the unity government at federal level on 10 September 2023 in protest of UMNO and BN president Zahid Hamidi recent discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) of his 47 court cases, the sole MUDA representative at Johor assembly, Puteri Wangsa's MLA Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz announced the day after that she also withdraws from the state government coalition and will be in the opposition bloc (now known as Balancer Bloc in the Johor assembly), though not in coalition with PN.[114][115]

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Notes

  1. Participated in an electoral pact with DAP and AMANAH without joining PH
  2. Syed Saddiq is the leader of MUDA in the election despite not contesting as a candidate. He is also the incumbent MP for Muar.
  3. Participated in an electoral pact with DAP and AMANAH without joining PH
  4. Signed electoral pact with MUDA, a non-PH party
  5. Signed electoral pact with MUDA, a non-PH party
  6. Alwiyah Talib contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 25 November 2018 with other two assemblyman.
  7. Rasman Ithnain contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 19 November 2018.
  8. Rosleli Jahari contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 19 November 2018.
  9. Previously, Muhyiddin was also the MLA for Bukit Serampang constituency from 1986 to 1995.

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