2022 Perak state election


The [Taiping (federal constituency)|]2022 Perak state election, formally the 15th Perak state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 59 members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022.
The results of the election resulted in a hung assembly, Perikatan Nasional won 26 seats, Pakatan Harapan won 24 while the incumbent Barisan Nasional which led the administration before election, only won 9. However, two days after the election, caretaker Menteri Besar Saarani Mohammad was reappointed to the position and the state government was formed on 21 November 2022 after the agreement of BN and PH to form the coalition government, it exceeded the simple majority support of 30 members of the assembly required to form the state government. They achieved the support of 33 MLAs, 24 from PH and 9 from BN. Saarani of BN was reappointed to the position of the head of government although BN is a minor coalition in the government. This saw the historic first political cooperation between BN and PH, which were bitter political rivals before this. A day after this, the other members of the state government, namely the members of the Perak State Executive Council, were also appointed. The EXCO line-up consists of 3 MLAs of BN and 7 MLAs of PH. The reason why the higher number of PH EXCO members was appointed is PH is the major while BN is the minor coalitions in the government according to the number of their MLAs respectively.

Outgoing members of the assembly

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly did not participate in this election.
No.State ConstituencyDeparting MLAPartyDate confirmedFirst electedReason
N33TronohYong Choo Kiong27 July 20222013Taking a break from politics to appeal prison sentence by High Court
N08Titi SerongHasnul Zulkarnain Abdul MunaimIND11 October 20222018Retired from politics
N29KepayangKo Chung SenPH 18 October 20222018Retired from politics
N38AstakaTeoh Yee ChernPH 27 October 20222018Retired from politics
N59BehrangAminuddin ZulkipliPH 28 October 20222018Not selected by party
N55Pasir BedamarTerence NaiduPH 28 October 20222013Not selected by party
N27Pasir PinjiLee Chuan HowPH 28 October 20222013Transferred to Ipoh Timor
N42KeranjiChong ZheminPH 28 October 20222018Transferred to Kampar
N45Simpang PulaiTan Kar HingPH 3 November 20222018Transferred to Gopeng
N47ChenderiangAhmad Faizal Azumu23 October 20222018Not contesting state seat
N03KeneringMohd Tarmizi IdrisBN 2 November 20222004Dropped by party
N07Batu KurauMuhammad Amin ZakariaBN 2 November 20222013Dropped by party
N19ChenderohZainun Mat NoorBN 2 November 20222013Dropped by party
N20Lubok MerbauJurij JalaluddinBN 2 November 20222018Dropped by party
N34Bukit ChandanMaslin Sham RazmanBN 2 November 20222013Transferred to Kuala Kangsar
N35ManongMohamad Zuraimi RazaliBN 2 November 20222018Dropped by party
N36Pengkalan BaharuAbdul Manaf HashimBN 2 November 20222013Dropped by party
N48Ayer KuningSamsudin Abu HassanBN 2 November 20222004Dropped by party
N52PangkorZambry Abdul KadirBN 2 November 20222004Transferred to Lumut

Results

By parliamentary constituency

Combination of Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional ; results both coalitions to won 13 of 24 parliamentary constituency.
No.ConstituencyBarisan NasionalPakatan HarapanPerikatan NasionalMember of Parliament
41.23%16.74%42.03%Vacant
41.23%16.74%42.03%
P055Lenggong44.74%12.23%43.03%Shamsul Anuar Nasarah
31.13%11.96%56.02%
22.28%32.60%45.12%Mujahid Yusof Rawa
22.28%32.60%45.12%
27.78%20.85%51.37%
27.78%20.85%51.37%
31.28%26.04%41.99%
P060 Taiping15.37%55.16%27.06%Teh Kok Lim
P060 Taiping15.37%55.16%27.06%Wong Kah Woh
33.54%22.34%43.67%Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
33.54%22.34%43.67%
P062Sungai Siput37.17%42.47%18.81%Kesavan Subramaniam
24.82%36.37%38.46%
24.82%36.37%38.46%Anwar Ibrahim
P064Ipoh Timor11.30%72.01%16.45%Wong Kah Woh
P064Ipoh Timor11.30%72.01%16.45%Howard Lee Chuan How
P065Ipoh Barat9.91%80.33%9.28%Kulasegaran Murugeson
P066Batu Gajah8.64%80.10%9.32%Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu
29.95%28.69%41.36%Mastura Mohd Yazid
29.95%28.69%41.36%
P068Beruas19.87%63.64%16.32%Ngeh Koo Ham
41.83%13.39%43.81%Mohd Nizar Zakaria
41.83%13.39%43.81%
P070Kampar24.57%52.32%21.78%Su Keong Siong
P070Kampar24.57%52.32%21.78%Chong Zhemin
P071Gopeng20.64%54.62%23.92%Lee Boon Chye
P071Gopeng20.64%54.62%23.92%Tan Kar Hing
P072Tapah39.26%29.25%26.20%Saravanan Murugan
33.35%18.37%47.75%Tajuddin Abdul Rahman
33.35%18.37%47.75%
29.22%29.11%40.31%Mohd Hatta Ramli
29.22%29.11%40.31%
P075Bagan Datuk42.56%37.11%20.33%Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
P076Teluk Intan22.83%51.71%24.97%Nga Kor Ming
P077Tanjong Malim33.52%36.03%28.86%Chang Lih Kang