2023 Kedah state election

2023 Kedah state election

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All 36 seats in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.86%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor Mahdzir Khalid Mahfuz Omar Party PAS UMNO AMANAH Alliance Perikatan Nasional Parties BERSATU PAS GERAKAN Barisan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Parties PKR DAP AMANAH UMNO Leader's seat Jeneri Mahdzir: Pedu (lost) Mahfuz: Alor Mengkudu (lost) Last election 20 seats, 47.1% [nb 1] 16 seats, 52.79%[nb 2] Seats before 21 12 Seats won 33 3 Seat change 12 9 Popular vote 790,300 345,898 Percentage 68.88% 30.15% Swing 21.78% 22.61%
Menteri Besar of Kedah before election Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor PN (PAS) Menteri Besar of Kedah after election Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor PN (PAS)

The 15th Kedah state election was held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Kedah State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah.

Kedah is one of the states which did not dissolve simultaneously with Dewan Rakyat on 10 October 2022. It was decided by Perikatan Nasional on 13 October 2022.^[1]

The governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition led by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) won 33 of 36 seats in a landslide, achieving a supermajority in the legislature. The Barisan Nasional (BN) – Pakatan Harapan (PH) electoral pact won the remaining 3 seats, with PH capturing all 3 seats. For the first time in the state's history, BN did not have any representation in the state assembly, allowing PH to take BN's place as the state's main opposition.

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