2023 Selangor state election

The 15th Selangor state election will be held in 2023 to elect the State Assemblymen and Assemblywomen of the 15th Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor.

Selangor 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.

Background

In the 2018 general election, Pakatan Harapan won the state of Selangor, winning 51 out of the 56 state seats. Despite the Sheraton Move occurring in the beginning of 2020, the various changes during the 2020 - 2022 Malaysian political crisis did not affect the politics at the state level, allowing the Pakatan Harapan state government to continue to govern.

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 Selangor, 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 emphasized that there will not be a dissolution 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.

On 10 October 2022, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved Parliament, resulting in a snap general election being held in Malaysia on 19 November 2022. Traditionally, every state in Malaysia except Sarawak would hold their state elections concurrently with the general election for the sake of convenience, but since 2020, several Malaysian states held state elections separately from the general election, with Sabah on 26 September 2020, Melaka on 20 November 2021, Sarawak on 18 December 2021 and Johor on 12 March 2022. With the exception of Perlis, Perak and Pahang holding state elections during the 2022 Malaysian general election, all other states, including Selangor, will hold their state elections in 2023.

Constituencies

All 56 constituencies within Selangor, which constitute the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, were contested during the election.

Constituencies of Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 2018

Composition before dissolution

Government + Confidence and supply							Opposition
PH			BN	PEJUANG	WARISAN	PBM	PN
40			5	3	1	2	5
19	15	6	5				4	1
PKR	DAP	AMANAH	UMNO	PEJUANG	WARISAN	PBM	BERSATU	PAS

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

Date	Event
15 October 2022	Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council decides not to dissolve the 14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly.
26 June 2023	14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly term ends.
25 August 2023	Due date for 2023 Selangor state election.

Retiring incumbent

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

No.	State Constituency	Departing MLA	Coalition (Party)	Date confirmed	First elected	Reason
N45	Bandar Baru Klang	Teng Chang Khim	PH (DAP)	2 December 2020	1999	Retired from politics

Electoral candidates

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Voters	Incumbent State Assemblymen	Coalition (Party)	Political coalitions and parties
							Barisan Nasional		Pakatan Harapan + MUDA		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

Results

Summary of the 2023 Selangor State Legislative Assembly election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Barisan Nasional		BN	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Pakatan Harapan		PH	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Democratic Action Party	DAP	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		National Trust Party	AMANAH	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		People's Justice Party	PKR	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Pakatan Harapan ally)		MUDA	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	New
	Socialist Party of Malaysia (Pakatan Harapan ally)		PSM	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Perikatan Nasional		PN	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Malaysian United Indigenous Party	BERSATU	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Malaysian Islamic Party	PAS	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Malaysian People's Movement Party	GERAKAN	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Gerakan Tanah Air		GTA	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Homeland Fighters' Party	PEJUANG	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	New
		Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	BERJASA	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
		Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia	PUTRA	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	New
	Independents		IND	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
Valid votes					0
Invalid/blank votes					0
Total votes (voter turnout : 0.00%)					0	0.00	42	100.00	0
Did not vote					0
Registered voters					0
	Ordinary voters				0
	Early voters				0
	Postal voters				0
Source: calculation based on https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/home