2023 Penang state election

The 15th Penang state election will be held in 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Penang State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang.

2023 Penang state election
By 1 October 2023
All 40 seats in the Penang State Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Chow Kon Yeow Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
Party Pakatan Harapan (DAP) Perikatan Nasional (GERAKAN)
Leader since 21 May 2019 12 June 2022
Leader's seat Padang Kota TBA
Last election 37 seats, 82.00%
(Pakatan Harapan)[na 1]		 3 seats, 17.34%[nb 1]
Current seats 35 1
Seats needed Steady Increase 20
Incumbent Chief Minister of Penang

Chow Kon Yeow
PH (DAP)


Penang 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.[1]

Background

In the 2018 general election, Pakatan Harapan won the state of Penang, winning 37 out of the 40 state seats. Despite the Sheraton Move occurring in the beginning of 2020, the various changes during the 2020 - 2022 Malaysian political crisis 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 Penang, 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.[2]

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 Penang, will hold their state elections in 2023.

Constituencies

All 40 constituencies within Penang, which constitute the Penang State Legislative Assembly, were contested during the election.

Constituencies of Penang State Legislative Assembly since 2018

Composition before dissolution
Government Confidence and supply Opposition
PH BN PN
33 2 1
19 12 2 2 1
DAP PKR AMANAH UMNO PAS

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

Date Event
15 October 2022 Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council decided against dissolving the 14th Penang State Legislative Assembly.
2 August 2023 14th Penang State Legislative Assembly term ends.
1 October 2023 Due date for 2023 Penang state election.

Retiring incumbent

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly do not contest this election.

No. State Constituency Departing MLA Coalition (Party) Date confirmed First elected Reason
N32 Seri Delima Syerleena Abdul Rashid PH (DAP) 2018 Not contesting state election (MP for Bukit Bendera).

Electoral candidates
No. Parliamentary Constituency No. State Constituency Voters Incumbent State Assemblymen Coalition (Party) Political coalitions and parties
Barisan Nasional +Pakatan Harapan + MUDA

Perikatan Nasional

 Gerakan Tanah Air (informal coalition) Other parties/Independents
Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party Candidate Name Party
P41 Kepala Batas N1 Penaga Mohd Yusni Mat Piah PN (PAS) PAS
N2 Bertam Vacant[nc 1][3] BERSATU
N3 Pinang Tunggal Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman PH (PKR) PKR BERSATU
P42 Tasek Gelugor N4 Permatang Berangan Nor Hafizah Othman BN (UMNO) UMNO PAS
N5 Sungai Dua Muhamad Yusoff Mohd. Noor BN (UMNO) UMNO BERSATU
N6 Telok Ayer Tawar Mustafa Kamal Ahmad PH (PKR) PKR PAS
P43 Bagan N7 Sungai Puyu Phee Boon Poh PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N8 Bagan Jermal Soon Lip Chee PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N9 Bagan Dalam Satees Muniandy PH (DAP) DAP BERSATU
P44 Permatang Pauh N10 Seberang Jaya Vacant[nc 2][3] PKR BERSATU
N11 Permatang Pasir Muhammad Faiz Fadzil PH (AMANAH) AMANAH PAS
N12 Penanti Norlela Ariffin PH (PKR) PKR PAS
P45 Bukit Mertajam N13 Berapit Heng Lee Lee PH (DAP) DAP BERSATU
N14 Machang Bubok Lee Khai Loon PH (PKR) PKR PAS
N15 Padang Lalang Chong Eng PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
P46 Batu Kawan N16 Perai Ramasamy Palanisamy PH (DAP) DAP BERSATU
N17 Bukit Tengah Gooi Hsiao Leung PH (PKR) PKR GERAKAN
N18 Bukit Tambun Goh Choon Aik PH (PKR) PKR GERAKAN
P47 Nibong Tebal N19 Jawi H’ng Mooi Lye PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N20 Sungai Bakap Amar Pritpal Abdullah PH (PKR) PKR PAS
N21 Sungai Acheh Vacant[nc 3][3] PKR BERSATU
P48 Bukit Bendera N22 Tanjong Bunga Zairil Khir Johari PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N23 Air Putih Lim Guan Eng PH (DAP) Lim Guan Eng DAP GERAKAN
N24 Kebun Bunga Jason Ong Khan Lee PH (PKR) PKR BERSATU
N25 Pulau Tikus Chris Lee Chun Kit PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
P49 Tanjong N26 Padang Kota Chow Kon Yeow PH (DAP) Chow Kon Yeow DAP BERSATU
N27 Pengkalan Kota Gooi Zi Sen PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N28 Komtar Teh Lai Heng PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
P50 Jelutong N29 Datok Keramat Jagdeep Singh Deo PH (DAP) DAP BERSATU
N30 Sungai Pinang Lim Siew Khim PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N31 Batu Lancang Ong Ah Teong PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
P51 Bukit Gelugor N32 Seri Delima Syerleena Abdul Rashid PH (DAP) DAP BERSATU
N33 Air Itam Joseph Ng Soon Seong PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
N34 Paya Terubong Yeoh Soon Hin PH (DAP) DAP GERAKAN
P52 Bayan Baru N35 Batu Uban Kumaresan Aramugam PH (PKR) PKR BERSATU
N36 Pantai Jerejak Saifuddin Nasution Ismail PH (PKR) PKR GERAKAN
N37 Batu Maung Abdul Halim Hussain PH (PKR) PKR PAS
P53 Balik Pulau N38 Bayan Lepas Azrul Mahathir Aziz PH (AMANAH) AMANAH PAS
N39 Pulau Betong Mohd. Tuah Ismail PH (PKR) PKR BERSATU
N40 Telok Bahang Vacant[nc 4][3] BERSATU

Notes
    1. Corporation between PH and BN with 35 seats and 2 seats
    1. New coalition formed in 2020. These numbers are the total seats and vote share of BERSATU, PAS and GERAKAN in the last election. The parties were previously part of Pakatan Harapan, Gagasan Sejahtera and Barisan Nasional.
    1. The seat was won by Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq in the 2018 Penang state election as a candidate of Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU). BERSATU exits PH in March 2020, and created a new coalition Perikatan Nasional (PN). Khaliq was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang state assembly on 6 March 2023.
    2. The seat was won by Afif Bahardin in the 2018 Penang state election as a candidate of Pakatan Harapan (PKR). He later exits PH and PKR in March 2020, and joined BERSATU and Perikatan Nasional (PN). Afif was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang state assembly on 6 March 2023.
    3. The seat was won by Zulkifli Ibrahim in the 2018 Penang state election as a candidate of Pakatan Harapan (PKR). He later exits PH and PKR in March 2020, and joined BERSATU and Perikatan Nasional (PN). Zulkifli was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang state assembly on 6 March 2023.
    4. The seat was won by Zolkifly Mohd Lazim in the 2018 Penang state election as a candidate of Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU). BERSATU exits PH in March 2020, and created a new coalition Perikatan Nasional (PN). Zolkifly was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang state assembly on 6 March 2023.

    References
    1. "Tiga negeri di bawah PH kekal tidak bubar DUN - Anwar". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
    2. MOK, OPALYN (August 6, 2020). "Chow: Penang may not dissolve state assembly if a snap election is called". Malay Mail.
    3. N. TRISHA; R. SEKARAN (6 March 2023). "Penang assembly votes to vacate four seats, former reps told to leave chamber". The Star. Star Media Group Berhad. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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