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.
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.
The Barisan Nasional – Pakatan Harapan 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. The Perikatan Nasional 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.

Constituencies

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

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.
DateEvent
15 October 2022Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council decided against dissolving the 14th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.
1 July 2023Dissolution of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.
5 July 2023Issue of the Writ of Election
29 July 2023Nomination Day
29 July–11 August 2023Campaigning Period
8–11 August 2023Early Polling Day For Postal, Overseas and Advance Voters
12 August 2023Polling Day

Retiring incumbent

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly retired.
No.State ConstituencyDeparting MLACoalition Date confirmedFirst electedReason
N17SenalingAdnan Abu HassanBN 8 May 20232013Not contesting state election
N35GemenchehMohd Isam Mohd IsaBN 8 May 20232013Not contesting state election
N5SertingShamshulkahar Mohd DeliBN 21 July 20232008Not contesting state election.
N2PertangNoor Azmi YusufBN 21 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N16Seri MenantiAbdul Samad IbrahimBN 21 July 20232008Dropped by party.
N28KotaAwaludin SaidBN 21 July 20232004Dropped by party.
N31Bagan PinangTun Hairuddin Abu BakarBN 21 July 20232013Dropped by party.
N32LinggiAbd Rahman Mohd RedzaBN 21 July 20232013Dropped by party.
N7Jeram PadangManickam LetchumanBN 5 July 20232013Incumbent's party not contesting state election.
N18PilahMohamad Nazaruddin SabtuPH 22 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N29ChuahYek Diew ChingPH 22 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N33Sri TanjungRavi MunusamyPH 22 July 20232013Dropped by party.
N22RahangMary Josephine Pritam SinghPH 23 July 20232013Retired.
N9LenggengSuhaimi KassimPH 21 July 20232018Swapped seat allocation with BN.
N29ParoiMohamad Taufek Abd. GhaniPH 23 July 20232008Dropped by party.

Electoral candidates

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

Results

By parliamentary constituency

PH+BN won all 8 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.
No.ConstituencyPakatan Harapan + Barisan NasionalPerikatan NasionalMember of Parliament
P126Jelebu57.11%41.99%Jalaluddin Alias
P127Jempol57.48%42.72%Shamshulkahar Mohd. Deli
P128Seremban61.32%33.24%Anthony Loke Siew Fook
P129Kuala Pilah55.05%44.96%Adnan Abu Hassan
P130Rasah74.02%24.96%Cha Kee Chin
P131Rembau53.77%44.32%Mohamad Hasan
P132Port Dickson62.75%37.25%Aminuddin Harun
P133Tampin55.00%45.00%Mohd Isam Mohd Isa

Aftermath

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