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 (BN) – Pakatan Harapan (PH) 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 (PN) 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.
Composition before dissolution Government + Confidence and supplyOppositionPHBNWARISANPBMPNPEJUANG405125319156541PKRDAPAMANAHUMNOWARISANPBMBERSATUPASPEJUANG
Timeline The key dates are listed below. DateEvent15 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 Election29 July 2023Nomination Day29 July–11 August 2023Campaigning Period8–11 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 (Party)Date confirmedFirst electedReasonN45Bandar Baru KlangTeng Chang KhimPH (DAP)2 December 20201999 Retired from politics.N56Sungai PelekRonnie Liu Tian Khiew16 March 20232008Not seeking re-election.N50Kota KemuningGanabatirau Veraman31 May 20232013 Not contesting state election (MP for Klang).N23Dusun TuaEdry Faizal Eddy Yusof 21 July 20232018Swapped seat allocation with BN.N28Seri KembanganEan Yong Hian Wah23 July 20232008Not seeking re-election.N52BantingLau Weng San 24 July 20232008 Dropped by party.N41Batu TigaRodziah IsmailPH (PKR)20 June 20232008 Not contesting state election (MP for Ampang).N02SabakAhmad Mustain Othman2018 Not seeking re-election.N42MeruMohd Fakhrulrazi MokhtarN11IjokIdris Ahmad21 June 20232013N9PermatangRozana Zainal Abidin23 July 20232018Dropped by party.N25KajangHee Loy SianN32Seri SetiaHalimey Abu BakarN33Taman MedanSyamsul Firdaus Mohamed SupriN37Bukit LanjanElizabeth Wong Keat Ping2008N39Kota DamansaraShatiri Mansor2018N15Taman TemplerMohd Sany HamzanPH (AMANAH)21 May 20232018 Not contesting state election (MP for Hulu Langat).N18Hulu KelangSaari Sungib14 June 20232008 Not seeking re-election.N29Seri SerdangSiti Mariah Mahmud16 June 20232018N5Hulu BernamRosni SoharBN (UMNO)21 July 2023 2013Swapped seat allocation with PH.N8Sungai BurongMohd Shamsudin Lias2004Dropped by party. N24SemenyihZakaria Hanafi2019N55DengkilAdhif Syan Abdullah16 June 20232018 Dropped by party.N22TerataiBryan Lai Wai Chong WARISAN 17 March 20232018Incumbent's party not contesting election.N20Lembah JayaHaniza Mohamed Talha18 March 20232008N43SementaDaroyah Alwi2013N7Batang KaliHarumaini Omar16 February 20232018Incumbent's party not contesting election.N12JeramMohd Shaid Rosli22 July 2023
Electoral candidates Names in bold are the confirmed winners in the 2023 state election. No.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.State ConstituencyVotersIncumbent State AssemblymenCoalition (Party)Political coalitions and partiesBarisan Nasional + Pakatan Harapan (Perpaduan electoral pact) Perikatan Nasional