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2023 Kelantan state election
Malaysian state election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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]
The governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition led by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) won 43 of 45 seats in a landslide, achieving a supermajority in the legislature, 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.
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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)
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The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly did not contest this election.
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Electoral candidates
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Names in bold are the confirmed winners in the 2023 state election.
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Opinion polls
Results
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By parliamentary constituency
PN won 13 out of 14 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.
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 August, 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]
On 7 November 2023, MLA for Nenggiri Mohd Azizi Abu Naim declared his support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government.[19] Due to Azizi's action violating the party's constitution, BERSATU revoked the memberships of his and 5 other politicians who also declared support for Anwar, and seeks to vacate the seats of the 6 politicians.[20] The seat of Nenggiri was declared vacant by the Speaker of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, Mohd Amar Abdullah, on 19 June 2024, paving way for by-election of the seat.[21] The by-election were won by UMNO, turning back the seat into BN's hands a year after the state election.
Notes
- 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.
- All 8 seats won by BN; vote tally is total won by PH and BN excluding BERSATU, which left PH in 2020.
References
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