2021 Malacca state election

2021 Malacca state election

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All 28 seats to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
Registered	495,195
Turnout	65.85%
Majority party Minority party Third party   BN Leader Sulaiman Md Ali Adly Zahari Mas Ermieyati Samsudin Party United Malays National Organisation National Trust Party (Malaysia) Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia Alliance Barisan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Perikatan Nasional Leader since 9 March 2020 30 August 2017 18 November 2021 Leader's seat Lendu Bukit Katil Tanjung Bidara (Contested and lost) Last election 13 seats, 36.2% 13 seats, 42.5% 2 seats, 21.0% (under PH, GS and BN) Seats before 12 11 1 Seats won 21 5 2 Seat change 9 6 1 Popular vote 122,741 114,457 77,731 Percentage 38.39% 35.80% 24.31% Swing 2.19 pp 6.7 percentage point New
Results by constituency
Chief Minister before election Sulaiman Md Ali Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Elected Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali Barisan Nasional (UMNO)

The 2021 Malacca state election, formally the 15th Malacca state election, took place on 20 November 2021. This election was to elect 28 members of the 15th Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 2021.^[1]

The snap election of the state was called prematurely following a political crisis. It came after four members of the assembly (MLA) who had previously supported incumbent Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali announced the loss of confidence and withdrawal of their support for him on 4 October 2021.^[2] They are former Chief Minister, Member of the State Executive Council (EXCO), Sungai Udang MLA Idris Haron and Pantai Kundor MLA Nor Azman Hassan from BN, independent (IND) EXCO member, Pengkalan Batu MLA Norhizam Hassan Baktee as well as EXCO member, Telok Mas MLA Noor Effandi Ahmad from PN.

Malacca became the fourth state in Malaysia (since 2021) that did not hold a state election simultaneously with the general election after Sabah (1967–1999 and since 2020), Sarawak (since 1979), and Kelantan (March 1978). This is also the first election following Ismail Sabri Yaakob's appointment as Prime Minister on 21 August 2021 and also the first state election held in the Malay Peninsula since the fall of the Pakatan Harapan state and federal governments in 2020.

This election was unique because it featured two major coalition parties in the government, namely Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional, competing against each other. BN, through UMNO, had announced that it would not cooperate with Perikatan Nasional, led by Parti Peribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU). Such competition between former coalition partners had previously only occurred in East Malaysia.^[3]

Barisan Nasional (BN) won a landslide victory in the state election, winning 21 seats in the legislature and a two-thirds majority. Pakatan Harapan (PH) suffered a major defeat, winning just 5 seats, with the People's Justice Party (PKR) losing all its contested seats. Perikatan Nasional (PN) won 2 seats.