The 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 Perak State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Perak) is the unicameral Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. ...

. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022. The results of the election resulted in a hung assembly,

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbreviation, abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coa ...

(PN) won 26 seats,

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) won 24 while the incumbent

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) which led the administration before election, only won 9. However, two days after the election, caretaker Menteri Besar

Saarani Mohammad Saarani bin Mohamad (born 13 March 1961) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 14th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Tampan since March 2004. He serv ...

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 (MLAs) 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 The Perak State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perak, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perak State Legislati ...

, (EXCO) 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.

Constituencies

Outgoing members of the assembly

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly retired.

Electoral candidates

Results

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, , PN, , 59 , , 455,734 , , 30.73 , , 26 , , 44.07 , , 22 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( ms, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia), abbreviated BERSATU or PPBM, is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (). It is a major c ...

, , BERSATU, , 27 , , 198,954 , , 13.49 , , 10 , , 16.95 , , 9 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

, , PAS, , 23 , , 230,477 , , 15.63 , , 16 , , 27.12 , , 13 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian People's Movement Party The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electi ...

, , GERAKAN, , 9 , , 26,603 , , 1.80 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PH, , 59 , , 632,885 , , 42.68 , , 24 , , 40.68 , , 4 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The p ...

, , PKR, , 21 , , 162,988 , , 11.05 , , 5 , , 8.47 , , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party ( abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of th ...

, , DAP, , 19 , , 341,337 , , 23.14 , , 18 , , 30.51 , , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" , National Trust Party, , AMANAH, , 19 , , 120,269 , , 8.15 , , 1 , , 1.69 , , 5 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , BN, , 59 , , 380,816 , , 20.38 , , 9 , , 15.25 , , 18 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=4, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...

, , UMNO, , 38 , , 300,539 , , 20.38 , , 8 , , 13.56 , , 19 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;",

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial List of political parties in Malaysia, pol ...

, , MCA, , 17 , , 68,510 , , 4.64 , , 1 , , 1.69 , , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian Indian Congress The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ், Malēciya Intiya Kāṅkiras; formerly known as Malayan Indian Congress) is a Malaysian political party. It is one of the founding membe ...

, , MIC, , 3 , , 10,324 , , 0.01 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: #EF8611;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party The Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party ( ms, Parti Makkal Sakti Malaysia; ta, மலேசியா மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி, Malēciyā Makkaḷ Cakti Kaṭci; abbrev: MMSP) is a political party in Malaysia that seeks to ch ...

''(associate party of BN)'' , , MMSP, , 1 , , 1,443 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Socialist Party of Malaysia , , PSM, , 1 , , 586 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , style="background-color: black;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

Gerakan Tanah Air Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA, ''Homeland Movement'' or ''Homeland Party'') is a newly-formed alliance of Malay political parties, founded in August 2022 by former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir had announced during the coali ...

, , GTA, , 20 , , 4,277 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=2, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;", Homeland Fighters' Party, , PEJUANG, , 19 , , 3,960 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color:yellow" , , style="text-align:left;",

Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia ( Malay for "Malaysia Mighty Bumiputera Party", Jawi: ڤرتي بوميڤوترا ڤركاس مليسيا, Abbr.: PUTRA) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was founded and led by Ibrahim Al ...

, , PUTRA, , 1 , , 317 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Heritage Party, , WARISAN, , 8 , , 1,970 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Parti Bangsa Malaysia, , PBM, , 1 , , 710 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Independents, , IND, , 13 , , 5,978 , , 0.00 , , 0 , , 0.00 , , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 1,474,965 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Invalid/ blank votes, , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Total votes (

voter turnout In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Univ ...

: 0.00%), , 0 , , 0.00 , , 59 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 0 , , rowspan="7" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

Registered voters In electoral systems, voter registration (or enrollment) is the requirement that a person otherwise eligible to vote must register (or enroll) on an electoral roll, which is usually a prerequisite for being entitled or permitted to vote. The ...

, , 2,036,872 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Ordinary voters, , 2,005,362 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Early voters, , 31,291 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Postal voters, , 219 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10" , Source: calculation based on https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/home and https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753274/PUB%20622%20(2022)%20-%20DUN%20PERAK.pdf

By parliamentary constituency

Combination of Pakatan Harapan (won 10 of 24) and Barisan Nasional (won 3 of 24); results both coalitions to won 13 of 24 parliamentary constituency.

Seats that changed allegiance

Notes

References

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