Next Malacca state election

The Next Malacca state election is expected to be held on or before 25 February 2027 to elect members of the 16th Malacca Legislative Assembly. All 28 seats will be contested assuming no constituencies are added or removed in a redistribution from the previous election.

Notable changes from the last election included the accession of Barisan Nasional's Ab Rauf Yusoh as Chief Minister from Sulaiman Md Ali on 31 March 2023, following the latter's resignation. Pakatan Harapan joined BN as a junior coalition partner in the government in December 2022 upon the establishment of the Unity Government at the federal level, leaving Perikatan Nasional as the state's official opposition.

Electoral system

Elections in Malaysia are conducted at the federal and state levels. Federal elections elect members of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of Parliament, while state elections in each of the 13 states elect members of their respective state legislative assembly. As Malaysia follows the Westminster system of government, the head of government (Prime Minister at the federal level and the Menteri Besar/Chief Ministers at the state level) is the person who commands the confidence of the majority of members in the respective legislature – this is normally the leader of the party or coalition with the majority of seats in the legislature.

The Legislative Assembly consists of 28 members, known as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), that are elected for five-year terms. Each MLA is elected from a single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post voting system; each constituency contains approximately an equal number of voters. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the government, with its leader becoming the Chief Minister. In the event of a hung parliament, where no single party obtains the majority of seats, the government may still form through a coalition or a confidence and supply agreement with other parties. In practice, coalitions and alliances in Malaysia, and by extension, in Malacca, generally persist between elections, and member parties do not normally contest for the same seats.

Timeline

See also

• Politics of Malaysia
• List of political parties in Malaysia