2022 Perlis state election

The 2022 Perlis state election, formally the 15th Perlis state election, took place on 19 November 2022.^[1] This election was to elect 15 members of the 15th Perlis State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 14 October 2022.^[2]

2022 Perlis state election

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All 15 seats to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority
Registered	195,927
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Mohd Shukri Ramli Noor Amin Ahmad Azlan Man Party PAS PKR UMNO Alliance Perikatan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Barisan Nasional Leader since 30 March 2021 10 May 2021 7 May 2013 Leader's seat Sanglang Did not stand Bintong (defeated) Last election 2 seats, 36.33% 3 seats, 24.54% 10 seats, 39.02% Seats before 2 seats 3 seats 10 seats Seats after 14 1 0 Seat change 12 2 10 Popular vote 77,504 27,856 36,301 Percentage 52.29% 18.79% 24.49% Swing 15.96%[a] 5.75%[b] 14.53%
Menteri Besar before election Azlan Man BN–UMNO Elected Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli PN-PAS

The incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition faced a historic wipeout (first time in Perlis and second time in national level),^[3] winning no seats. The Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition won 14 of 15 seats (achieving supermajority) and formed the first ever non-UMNO/BN government in the state's history. Pakatan Harapan (PH) meanwhile won only one seat, becoming the sole opposition in the state assembly.

Constituencies

Map of constituencies to be contested

Composition before dissolution

BN		PN	PH
10		2	3
9	1	2	3
UMNO	MCA	PAS	PKR

Electoral candidates

The official list of candidates was published on 5 November 2022 by Election Commission (SPR).^[4]

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Incumbent State Assemblymen	Coalition (Party)	Political coalitions and parties
						Barisan Nasional		Pakatan Harapan		Perikatan Nasional		Gerakan Tanah Air (informal coalition)		Other parties/Independents
						Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
P001	Padang Besar	N01	Titi Tinggi	Teh Chai Ann	BN (MCA)	Teh Chai Ann	MCA	Teh Seng Chuan	DAP	Izizam Ibrahim	BERSATU	Mohd Shahril Md Sarif	PEJUANG	Khaw Hock Kong	WARISAN	Zahidi Zainul Abidin	IND
		N02	Beseri	Rozaini Rais	BN (UMNO)	Rozaini Rais	UMNO	Mat Safar Saad	AMANAH	Haziq Asyraf Dun	PAS			Mohd Shamim M Nurdin	WARISAN
		N03	Chuping	Asmaiza Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	Asmaiza Ahmad	UMNO	Natthavuth Seng	PKR	Saad Seman	PAS
		N04	Mata Ayer	Siti Berenee Yahaya	BN (UMNO)	Siti Berenee Yahaya	UMNO	Amran Kamarudin	PKR	Wan Badariah Wan Saad	PAS
		N05	Santan	Azizan Sulaiman	BN (UMNO)	Azizan Sulaiman	UMNO	Che Mazlina Che Yob	AMANAH	Muhammad Azmir Azizan	PAS
P002	Kangar	N06	Bintong	Azlan Man	BN (UMNO)	Azlan Man	UMNO	Azhari Ahmad	AMANAH	Fakhrul Anwar Ismail	PAS	Shazwan Suban	PEJUANG	Mohamad Khair Mohd Noor	WARISAN	Hashim Suboh	IND
		N07	Sena	Asrul Nizan Abd Jalil	PH (PKR)	Saiful Daniel Mohd Yusof	UMNO	Asrul Nizan Abd Jalil	PKR	Marzita Mansor	BERSATU	Mohd Faizal Yunus	PEJUANG
		N08	Indera Kayangan	Gan Ay Ling	PH (PKR)	Lim Weng Khee	MCA	Gan Ay Ling	PKR	Pramoot Puan	BERSATU			Atan Jasin	WARISAN
		N09	Kuala Perlis	Nor Azam Karap	PH (PKR)	Kamarudin Malek	UMNO	Nor Azam Karap	PKR	Abu Bakar Hamzah	BERSATU			Muhamad Hairi Noordin	WARISAN	Azahar Ahmad	IND
		N10	Kayang	Hamizan Hassan	BN (UMNO)	Hamizan Hassan	UMNO	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim	AMANAH	Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil	PAS			Khairuddin Abdullah	WARISAN
P003	Arau	N11	Pauh	Rozieana Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	Syed Atif Syed Abu Bakar	UMNO	Azhar Ameir	PKR	Megat Hashirat Hassan	BERSATU			Mohd Khalid Ahmad	WARISAN
		N12	Tambun Tulang	Ismail Kassim	BN (UMNO)	Ismail Kassim	UMNO	Muhammad Syahmi Suhaimi	PKR	Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak	BERSATU	Maton Din	PEJUANG
		N13	Guar Sanji	Mohd Ridzuan Hashim	PN (PAS)	Rozieana Ahmad	UMNO	Hasparizal Hassan	PKR	Mohd Ridzuan Hashim	PAS	Abdul Malik Abdullah	PEJUANG
		N14	Simpang Empat	Nurulhisham Yaakob	BN (UMNO)	Nurulhisham Yaakob	UMNO	Amran Darus	PKR	Razali Saad	PAS	Izhar Kamarudin Sudin	PEJUANG	Wan Noralhakim Shaghir Saad	WARISAN	Ammar Hassan	IND
		N15	Sanglang	Mohd. Shukri Ramli	PN (PAS)	Sharifudin Ahmad	UMNO	Ahmad Fadzhil Mohamad	AMANAH	Mohd. Shukri Ramli	PAS			Zainudin Yom	WARISAN

Results

For complete results, see Results of the 2022 Malaysian state elections by constituency § Perlis.

Election results map

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Perikatan Nasional		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	49,803	33.60	9	+7
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	27,701	18.69	5	+5
		Total		77,504	52.29	14	+12
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	32,603	22.00	0	–9
			Malaysian Chinese Association	3,698	2.50	0	–1
		Total		36,301	24.49	0	–10
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	19,270	13.00	1	–2
			National Trust Party	7,074	4.77	0	0
			Democratic Action Party	1,512	1.02	0	0
		Total		27,856	18.79	1	–2
	Heritage Party			2,739	1.85	0	New
	Gerakan Tanah Air		Homeland Fighter's Party	905	0.61	0	New
	Independents			2,907	1.96	0	0
Total				148,212	100.00	15	0
Valid votes				148,212	98.55
Invalid/blank votes				2,182	1.45
Total votes				150,394	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				195,927	76.76
Source: SPR SPR

By parliamentary constituency

Perikatan Nasional won all of 3 parliamentary constituency.

No.	Constituency	Barisan Nasional	Pakatan Harapan	Perikatan Nasional	Member of Parliament
P001	Padang Besar	29.33%	14.60%	54.41%	Zahidi Zainul Abidin (14th Parliament)
					Rushdan Rusmi (15th Parliament)
P002	Kangar	22.37%	26.13%	44.92%	Noor Amin Ahmad (14th Parliament)
					Zakri Hassan (15th Parliament)
P003	Arau	22.35%	14.06%	59.09%	Shahidan Kassim

Seats that changed allegiance

No.	Seat	Previous Party (2018)			Current Party (2022)
N01	Titi Tinggi		Barisan Nasional (MCA)		Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu)
N02	Beseri		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N03	Chuping		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N04	Mata Ayer		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N05	Santan		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N06	Bintong		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N07	Sena		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu)
N09	Kuala Perlis		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu)
N10	Kayang		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N11	Pauh		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu)
N12	Tambun Tulang		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu)
N14	Simpang Empat		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

Aftermath

Mohd Shukri Ramli from PAS was sworn in as the new Menteri Besar on 22 November 2022, while the 6 state EXCO members were sworn in on 25 November 2022.^[5] Gan Ay Ling, the sole opposition member of the Assembly, was made the Opposition Leader.^[6]

See also

• 2022 Malaysian general election
• Politics of Malaysia
• List of political parties in Malaysia

Notes

1. Swing from the combined percentage of votes between PAS and BERSATU in 2018, which was part of the Pakatan Harapan that year
2. Swing from the percentage of votes for Pakatan Harapan in 2018, but excluding BERSATU which has since joined Perikatan Nasional