2023 Kelantan state election

2023 Kelantan state election
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All 45 seats in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.96%
  Majority party Minority party
  PH-BN
Leader Ahmad Yakob Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub
Muhammad Husin
Party PAS UMNO
AMANAH
Alliance Perikatan Nasional
Parties
 Barisan Nasional
Pakatan Harapan
Parties
Leader since 2 July 2022[1] 16 July 2018
9 March 2021
Leader's seat Pasir Pekan Ahmad Jazlan: Did not contest
Muhammad: Did not contest
Last election 37 seats, 54.44%[nb 1] 8 seats, 45.18%[nb 2]
Seats before 37 7
Seats won 43 2
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 6
Popular vote 589,696 198,028
Percentage 74.67% 25.07%
Swing Increase 20.23% Decrease 20.11%
Menteri Besar Kelantan before election

Ahmad Yakob
Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

Menteri Besar Kelantan after election

Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud
Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

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

Kelantan is one of the states which did not dissolve simultaneously with Dewan Rakyat on 10 October 2022. It was decided by Perikatan Nasional on 13 October 2022.[2]

The governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition led by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) won 43 of 45 seats in a landslide, achieving a supermajority in the legislature, and continuing PAS' dominance in the state since 1990. The Barisan Nasional (BN) – Pakatan Harapan (PH) electoral pact won the remaining 2 seats, with BN and PH each winning 1 seat, and becoming the main opposition in the state assembly.

This was the first Kelantan state election not held concurrently with the national general election since 1978, when Kelantan held its election in March that year as opposed to the general election date in July.

  1. ^ "Takiyuddin, Radzi, Tok Pa antara 13 ketua bahagian PN Kelantan". www.freemalaysiatoday.com (in Malay). Free Malaysia Today. Bernama. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ Daud, Ridauddin. "PRU15: Pas pilih PN, tidak bubar DUN Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah". Astro Awani. Retrieved 29 April 2023.


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