2023 Selangor state election


The 15th Selangor state election were held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members 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.
The Barisan Nasional – Pakatan Harapan electoral pact won the election by capturing 34 of 56 seats, with PH winning a standalone majority of 32 seats and BN winning 2 seats. The Perikatan Nasional coalition won the remaining 22 seats to become the main opposition in the state assembly.

Background

In the 2018 general election, Pakatan Harapan won the state of Selangor, winning 51 out of the 56 state seats. Despite various changes at the beginning of the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis, it 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.

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.
DateEvent
15 October 2022Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council decides not to dissolve the 14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly.
23 June 2023Dissolution of the Selangor 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 have said that they do not intend to seek re-election.
No.State ConstituencyDeparting MLACoalition Date confirmedFirst electedReason
N45Bandar Baru KlangTeng Chang KhimPH 2 December 20201999Retired from politics.
N56Sungai PelekRonnie Liu Tian KhiewPH 16 March 20232008Not seeking re-election.
N50Kota KemuningGanabatirau VeramanPH 31 May 20232013Not contesting state election.
N23Dusun TuaEdry Faizal Eddy YusofPH 21 July 20232018Swapped seat allocation with BN.
N28Seri KembanganEan Yong Hian WahPH 23 July 20232008Not seeking re-election.
N52BantingLau Weng SanPH 24 July 20232008Dropped by party.
N41Batu TigaRodziah IsmailPH 20 June 20232008Not contesting state election.
N02SabakAhmad Mustain OthmanPH 20 June 20232018Not seeking re-election.
N42MeruMohd Fakhrulrazi MokhtarPH 20 June 20232018Not seeking re-election.
N11IjokIdris AhmadPH 21 June 20232013Not seeking re-election.
N9PermatangRozana Zainal AbidinPH 23 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N25KajangHee Loy SianPH 23 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N32Seri SetiaHalimey Abu BakarPH 23 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N33Taman MedanSyamsul Firdaus Mohamed SupriPH 23 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N37Bukit LanjanElizabeth Wong Keat PingPH 23 July 20232008Dropped by party.
N39Kota DamansaraShatiri MansorPH 23 July 20232018Dropped by party.
N15Taman TemplerMohd Sany HamzanPH 21 May 20232018Not contesting state election.
N18Hulu KelangSaari SungibPH 14 June 20232008Not seeking re-election.
N29Seri SerdangSiti Mariah MahmudPH 16 June 20232018Not seeking re-election.
N5Hulu BernamRosni SoharBN 21 July 20232013Swapped seat allocation with PH.
N8Sungai BurongMohd Shamsudin LiasBN 21 July 20232004Dropped by party.
N24SemenyihZakaria HanafiBN 21 July 20232019Dropped by party.
N55DengkilAdhif Syan Abdullah16 June 20232018Dropped by party.
N22TerataiBryan Lai Wai ChongWARISAN17 March 20232018Incumbent's party not contesting election.
N20Lembah JayaHaniza Mohamed Talha18 March 20232008Incumbent's party not contesting election.
N43SementaDaroyah Alwi18 March 20232013Incumbent's party not contesting election.
N7Batang KaliHarumaini Omar16 February 20232018Incumbent's party not contesting election.
N12JeramMohd Shaid Rosli22 July 20232018Incumbent's party not contesting election.
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Electoral candidates

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

Results

By parliamentary constituency

PH+BN won 18 of 22 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.
No.ConstituencyPakatan Harapan + Barisan NasionalPerikatan NasionalMember of Parliament
''45.51%54.49%
P093Sungai Besar50.47%49.53%
P094Hulu Selangor50.22%49.78%
''41.08%58.92%
''45.50%54.49%Dzulkefly Ahmad
P097Selayang58.25%41.75%William Leong Jee Keen
P098Gombak51.22%48.78%Amirudin Shari
P099Ampang62.48%37.41%Rodziah Ismail
P100Pandan71.64%28.36%Rafizi Ramli
P101Hulu Langat50.41%49.59%Mohd Sany Hamzan
P102Bangi68.17%31.83%Syahredzan Johan
P103Puchong71.86%28.14%Yeo Bee Yin
P104Subang83.55%16.45%Wong Chen
P105Petaling Jaya64.00%35.99%Lee Chean Chung
P106Damansara84.70%15.30%Gobind Singh Deo
P107Sungai Buloh51.55%48.45%Ramanan Ramakrishnan
P108Shah Alam55.88%44.19%Azli Yusof
''44.92%55.07%'
P110Klang79.63%20.37%Ganabatirau Veraman
P111Kota Raja69.71%30.29%Mohamad Sabu
P112Kuala Langat53.00%47.00%'
P113Sepang51.41%48.59%Aiman Athirah Sabu

Aftermath

The Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional unity government coalition scored 34 seats, four short of a two-third majority. Pakatan Harapan itself scored 32 seats, losing the two-thirds supermajority it held since 2018.
Amiruddin were sworn in as Menteri Besar for his second term on 21 August. The 10 EXCO members were sworn in on the same day, four from DAP, three from PKR, two from AMANAH and one from UMNO, the first time since 2008 that a BN component party member were included in the Selangor state EXCO.

Controversies

Four seats - Sungai Kandis, Gombak Setia, Taman Medan and Dengkil were picked up by Perikatan Nasional with majorities under 500 votes, with PN winning Taman Medan by a majority of only 30 votes.
Allegedly, nearly 2,000 ballots were reportedly missing in Sungai Kandis, which was decided by a 167-vote majority; the Pakatan Harapan candidate Zawawi Mughni, who was the constituency's assemblyman from 2018 to 2023, has filed a police report. The Pakatan-Barisan unity government alliance considered filing election petitions for the four seats, however eventually decided to file just 1 in Gombak Setia. The petition was dismissed on 11 December by the Election Court.