2022 Johor state election

2022 Johor state election

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All 56 seats to the Johor State Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,539,606
Turnout	54.92%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Hasni Mohammad Aminolhuda Hassan Party UMNO AMANAH Alliance Barisan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Leader since 30 June 2018 28 February 2020 Leader's seat Benut Parit Yaani (lost seat) Last election 16 seats, 28.6% 28 seats, 50% Seats before 16 27 Seats won 40 12 Seat change 24 15 Popular vote 599,753 367,525 Percentage 43.11% 26.42% Swing 14.51 pp 23.58 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Muhyiddin Yassin Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman Party BERSATU MUDA Alliance Perikatan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Plus [note 1] Leader since 5 January 2021 17 September 2020 Leader's seat Gambir (not seeking re-election) Did not stand [note 2] Last election 12 seats, 21.4% (under PH, GS and BN) New Seats before 12 New Seats won 3 1 Seat change 9 1 Popular vote 334,457 48,072 Percentage 24.04% 3.46% Swing 2.64 pp New
Results by constituency
Menteri Besar before election Hasni Mohammad BN–UMNO Elected Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi BN–UMNO

The 2022 Johor state election, formally the 15th Johor general election, took place on 12 March 2022.^[1][2] The election was to elect 56 members of the 15th Johor State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 22 January 2022.^[3]

The state election was conducted in the midst of the 2020-22 Malaysian political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The state election is notable for being the first elections to have UNDI18 voters, where 18-year-olds were allowed to vote.

The snap election was called prematurely after the government led by Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad had lost a simple majority in the legislature, being left with a minority government of just 28 seats, above one seat against the 27 seats of the opposition following the death of Kempas assemblyman and former Menteri Besar Osman Sapian on 21 December 2021 before the dissolution. The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail consented to the dissolution of the Johor State Legislative Assembly on 22 January 2022.^[4]

The state election is the fourth election after the 2018 general election, resulting in the most non-simultaneous elections between federal and state elections in a single 5-year term of parliament in the nation's history. The state election is also the third election after Ismail Sabri Yaakob took over as Prime Minister in August 2021. The state election would also be the first in which 18-20 year olds are eligible to vote after the gazettement of the constitutional amendment on 15 December 2021.^[5]

Barisan Nasional (BN) continued its landslide winning streak in recent state elections, winning 40 seats and a two-thirds majority. Pakatan Harapan (PH) suffered heavy losses, winning only 12 seats. Perikatan Nasional (PN) won just 3 seats. The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) won 1 seat in its election debut.

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