2023 Negeri Sembilan state election

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

2023 Negeri Sembilan state election

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All 36 seats in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.35%
Majority party Minority party   PH-BN Leader Aminuddin Harun Jalaluddin Alias Ahmad Faizal Azumu Party PKR UMNO BERSATU Alliance Pakatan Harapan Barisan Nasional Parties PKR DAP AMANAH UMNO Perikatan Nasional Parties BERSATU PAS GERAKAN Leader since 30 August 2017 22 March 2023 31 May 2023 Leader's seat Aminuddin: Sikamat Jalaluddin: Pertang Did not stand Last election 36 seats, 84.76%[na 1] 0 seats, 14.39%[nb 1] Seats before 36 0 Seats won 31 5 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 354,328 219,303 Percentage 60.88% 37.68% Swing 23.88% 23.29%
Results by constituency
Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan before election Aminuddin Harun PH (PKR) Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan after election Aminuddin Harun PH (PKR)

Negeri Sembilan is one of the states which did not dissolve simultaneously with Dewan Rakyat on 10 October 2022. It was decided by Pakatan Harapan on 15 October 2022.^[1]

The Barisan Nasional (BN) – Pakatan Harapan (PH) electoral pact won 31 of 36 seats, with PH winning 17 of those seats and BN winning 14 seats, despite being labelled as a 'hung assembly' by the Election Commission (as PH and BN both used their own logos, thus they're not classified as a single political party or alliance). The Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition won the remaining 5 seats to become the main opposition in the state assembly.

Background

On 6 August 2020, the Chief Minister of Penang, Chow Kon Yeow, reiterated his stance that all states that have a Pakatan Harapan government, including Negeri Sembilan, would not dissolve the state assemblies in order to coincide with a snap general election. This was because at the time, the Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan state governments had a stable majority. The Pakatan Harapan leadership further emphasised that there would not be a dissolution of assembly in 2021 and 2022, citing various factors, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for the state governments to complete a full term, and the possibility of various factors which might inconvenience people should the state elections be called at the wrong time, such as floods, ahead of the 2022 Malaysian general election.^[2]

Constituencies

All 36 constituencies within Negeri Sembilan, which constitute the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly, were contested during the election.

Electoral map of Negeri Sembilan, showing all 36 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			Confidence and supply
PH			BN
20			16
11	6	3	15	1
DAP	PKR	AMANAH	UMNO	MIC

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

Date	Event
15 October 2022	Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council decided against dissolving the 14th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.
1 July 2023	Dissolution of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[3]
5 July 2023	Issue of the Writ of Election
29 July 2023	Nomination Day
29 July–11 August 2023	Campaigning Period
8–11 August 2023	Early Polling Day For Postal, Overseas and Advance Voters
12 August 2023	Polling Day

Retiring incumbent

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly retired.

No.	State Constituency	Departing MLA	Coalition (Party)	Date confirmed	First elected	Reason
N17	Senaling	Adnan Abu Hassan	BN (UMNO)	8 May 2023	2013	Not contesting state election (MP for Kuala Pilah)[4]
N35	Gemencheh	Mohd Isam Mohd Isa				Not contesting state election (MP for Tampin)[4]
N5	Serting	Shamshulkahar Mohd Deli		21 July 2023	2008	Not contesting state election (MP for Jempol).
N2	Pertang	Noor Azmi Yusuf			2018	Dropped by party.
N16	Seri Menanti	Abdul Samad Ibrahim			2008
N28	Kota	Awaludin Said			2004
N31	Bagan Pinang	Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar			2013
N32	Linggi	Abd Rahman Mohd Redza
N7	Jeram Padang	Manickam Letchuman	BN (MIC)	5 July 2023		Incumbent's party not contesting state election.[5]
N18	Pilah	Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu	PH (PKR)	22 July 2023	2018	Dropped by party.
N29	Chuah	Yek Diew Ching
N33	Sri Tanjung	Ravi Munusamy			2013
N22	Rahang	Mary Josephine Pritam Singh	PH (DAP)	23 July 2023	2013	Retired.
N9	Lenggeng	Suhaimi Kassim	PH (AMANAH)	21 July 2023	2018	Swapped seat allocation with BN.
N29	Paroi	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani		23 July 2023	2008	Dropped by party.

Electoral candidates

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

No.	Parliament Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Voters	Incumbent State Assemblymen	Coalition (Party)	Political coalitions and parties
							Barisan Nasional + Pakatan Harapan (perpaduaan {electoral pact})[6][7][8][9]		Perikatan Nasional[10]		MUDA + PSM electoral pact[11]		Other parties/Independents
							Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party
P126	Jelebu	N01	Chennah	14,554	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	PH (DAP)	Anthony Loke Siew Fook[12]	DAP	Rosmadi Arif	BERSATU
		N02	Pertang	12,897	Noor Azmi Yusuf	BN (UMNO)	Jalaluddin Alias	UMNO	Amiruddin Hassan	PAS
		N03	Sungai Lui	20,206	Mohd Razi Mohd Ali	BN (UMNO)	Mohd Razi Mohd Ali	UMNO	Mohammad Nordin Hashim	PAS
		N04	Klawang	13,163	Bakri Sawir	PH (AMANAH)	Bakri Sawir	AMANAH	Danni Rais	BERSATU			Saiful Bahri Jaaman[13]	IND
P127	Jempol	N05	Serting	30,287	Shamshulkahar Mohd Deli	BN (UMNO)	Zamri Omar	UMNO	Mohammad Fairuz Mohammad Isa	PAS
		N06	Palong	23,494	Mustafa Nagoor	BN (UMNO)	Mustafa Nagoor	UMNO	Noor Azman Parmin	BERSATU
		N07	Jeram Padang	16,332	Manickam Letchuman	BN (MIC)	Mohd Zaidy Abdul Kadir	UMNO	S Suresh	BERSATU
		N08	Bahau	25,769	Teo Kok Seong	PH (DAP)	Teo Kok Seong	DAP	Kumar S Paramasivam	PAS
P128	Seremban	N09	Lenggeng	27,386	Suhaimi Kassim	PH (AMANAH)	Mohd Asna Amin	UMNO	Mohammad Fadhli Che Me	PAS			Zul Azki Mat Sulop	IND
		N10	Nilai	42,168	Arul Kumar Jambunathan	PH (DAP)	Arul Kumar Jambunathan	DAP	Gan Chee Biow	BERSATU			Omar Mohd Isa	IND	Yessu Samuel	IND
		N11	Lobak	23,193	Chew Seh Yong	PH (DAP)	Chew Seh Yong	DAP	Ng Soon Lean	GERAKAN
		N12	Temiang	13,085	Ng Chin Tsai	PH (DAP)	Ng Chin Tsai	DAP	Chang Er Chu	GERAKAN	Ahmad Qusyairi Abdul Rahim	MUDA
		N13	Sikamat	32,343	Aminuddin Harun	PH (PKR)	Aminuddin Harun	PKR	Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal	BERSATU			Bujang Abu[14]	IND	Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin[14]	IND
		N14	Ampangan	20,992	Mohamad Rafie Abdul Malek	PH (PKR)	Tengku Zamrah Tengku Sulaiman	PKR	Muhammad Ghazali Zainal Abidin	BERSATU			Mohamad Rafie Abdul Malek[15]	IND
P129	Kuala Pilah	N15	Juasseh	13,408	Ismail Lasim	BN (UMNO)	Bibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid	UMNO	Eddin Syazlee Shith	BERSATU
		N16	Seri Menanti	10,045	Abdul Samad Ibrahim	BN (UMNO)	Muhammad Sufian Maradzi	UMNO	Jamali Salam	BERSATU
		N17	Senaling	9,886	Adnan Abu Hasan	BN (UMNO)	Ismail Lasim	UMNO	Amrina Mohammad Khalid	BERSATU
		N18	Pilah	17,692	Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu	PH (PKR)	Noorzunita Begum Abdullah	PKR	Rafie Mustafa	PAS
		N19	Johol	12,313	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	BN (UMNO)	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	UMNO	Kamaruddin Mat Tahir	PAS
P130	Rasah	N20	Labu	30,478	Ismail Ahmad	PH (PKR)	Ismail Ahmad	PKR	Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker	BERSATU
		N21	Bukit Kepayang	46,229	Nicole Tan Lee Koon	PH (DAP)	Nicole Tan Lee Koon	DAP	Subramaniam Purusothama	BERSATU			Ahmad Zamali Mohamad	IND
		N22	Rahang	20,182	Mary Josephine Pritam Singh	PH (DAP)	Siau Meow Kong	DAP	Lee Boon Shian	GERAKAN
		N23	Mambau	28,952	Yap Yew Weng	PH (DAP)	Yap Yew Weng	DAP	Satesh Kumar Nillamiam	BERSATU			Kumaravel Ramiah	IND
		N24	Seremban Jaya	32,290	Gunasekaren Palasamy	PH (DAP)	Gunasekaran Palasamy	DAP	Gary Lee Ban Fatt	GERAKAN
P131	Rembau	N25	Paroi	60,704	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	PH (AMANAH)	Norwani Ahmad	AMANAH	Kamarol Ridzwan Mohammad Zin	PAS			Syakir Fitri	IND
		N26	Chembong	25,625	Zaifulbahri Idris	BN (UMNO)	Zaifulbahri Idris	UMNO	Bakly Baba	BERSATU
		N27	Rantau	32,890	Mohamad Hasan	BN (UMNO)	Mohamad Hasan	UMNO	Rozmal Malakan	PAS
		N28	Kota	16,510	Awaludin Said	BN (UMNO)	Suhaimi Aini	UMNO	Ahmad Shukri Abdul Shukur	BERSATU
P132	Port Dickson	N29	Chuah	15,095	Yek Diew Ching	PH (PKR)	Yew Boon Lye	PKR	Tang Jay Son	GERAKAN
		N30	Lukut	26,806	Choo Ken Hwa	PH (DAP)	Choo Ken Hwa	DAP	Ragoo Subramaniam	PAS
		N31	Bagan Pinang	27,790	Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar	BN (UMNO)	Mohd Najib Mohd Isa	UMNO	Abdul Fatah Zakaria	PAS
		N32	Linggi	20,696	Abd Rahman Mohd Redza	BN (UMNO)	Mohd Faizal Ramli	UMNO	Zambri Mat Said	PAS
		N33	Sri Tanjung	19,431	Ravi Munusamy	PH (PKR)	Rajasekaran Gunasekaran	PKR	Zabidi Ariffin	BERSATU
P133	Tampin	N34	Gemas	29,648	Abdul Razak Said	BN (UMNO)	Abdul Razak Said	UMNO	Ridzuan Ahmad	BERSATU
		N35	Gemencheh	24,602	Mohd Isam Mohd Isa	BN (UMNO)	Suhaimizan Bizar	UMNO	Tengku Abdullah Tengku Rakhman	PAS
		N36	Repah	27,284	Veerapan Superamaniam	PH (DAP)	Veerapan Superamaniam	DAP	Yong Li Yi	GERAKAN

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Dates conducted	Sample size	PH+BN	PN	Oth	Lead	Ref
Ilham Centre	29 July – 8 August 2023	2,304	57%	24%	19%	PH+BN +33%	[16]
Merdeka Center	3 – 14 July 2023	1,005	59%	18%	22%	PH+BN +37%	[17]

Results

For complete results, see Results of the 2023 Malaysian state elections by constituency § Negeri Sembilan.

Results of the August 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, by party.

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakatan Harapan + Barisan Nasional		Democratic Action Party	150,843	25.90	11	0
			United Malays National Organisation	129,548	22.24	14	–2
			People's Justice Party	51,438	8.83	5	–1
			National Trust Party	22,899	3.93	1	–2
		Total		354,728	60.90	31	–5
	Perikatan Nasional		Malaysian Islamic Party	110,194	18.92	3	+3
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	90,370	15.52	2	+2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	18,739	3.22	0	0
		Total		219,303	37.65	5	+5
	MUDA + PSM		Malaysian United Democratic Alliance	640	0.11	0	New
	Independents			7,784	1.34	0	0
Total				582,455	100.00	36	–

By parliamentary constituency

PH+BN won all 8 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.

No.	Constituency	Pakatan Harapan + Barisan Nasional	Perikatan Nasional	Member of Parliament
P126	Jelebu	57.11%	41.99%	Jalaluddin Alias
P127	Jempol	57.48%	42.72%	Shamshulkahar Mohd. Deli
P128	Seremban	61.32%	33.24%	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
P129	Kuala Pilah	55.05%	44.96%	Adnan Abu Hassan
P130	Rasah	74.02%	24.96%	Cha Kee Chin
P131	Rembau	53.77%	44.32%	Mohamad Hasan
P132	Port Dickson	62.75%	37.25%	Aminuddin Harun
P133	Tampin	55.00%	45.00%	Mohd Isam Mohd Isa

Seats that changed allegiance

No.	Seat	Previous Party (2018)			Current Party (2023)
N05	Serting		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N07	Jeram Padang		Barisan Nasional (MIC)		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
N09	Lenggeng		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
N20	Labu		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)		Perikatan Nasional (BERSATU)
N25	Paroi		Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N31	Bagan Pinang		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
N35	Gemas		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)		Perikatan Nasional (BERSATU)

Aftermath

Aminuddin were sworn in as Menteri Besar for his second term in front of Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on 14 August.^[18] Ten EXCO members were sworn in on 24 August.^[19]

Notes

1. Cooperation between PH and BN with 20 seats and 16 seats

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.