The 2022 Johor state election, formally the 15th Johor general election, took place on 12 March 2022. The election was to elect 56 members of the 15th

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. The previous assembly was dissolved on 22 January 2022. The state election was conducted in the midst of the 2020-22 Malaysian political crisis and the

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. The

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was called prematurely after the government led by

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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

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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

on 22 January 2022. The state election is the fourth election after the 2018 general election, resulting in the most amount of non-simultaneous elections between federal and state elections in a single 5-year term of

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in the nation's history. The state election is also the third election after

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took over as

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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.

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

(BN) continued its landslide winning streak in recent state elections, winning 40 seats and a

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(PH) suffered heavy losses, winning only 12 seats.

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(PN) won just 3 seats. The

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(MUDA) won 1 seat in its election debut.

Election cycles

Johor became the fourth state in Malaysia to not hold its state elections simultaneously with national elections, after

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(since 1979),

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(since

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), and Malacca (since

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(1978–1982) held its state election in March 1978 following a political crisis the previous year, but national elections were held only 4 months later. Since then election cycles in Kelantan have synchronized with national elections.

Electoral system

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, 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

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(

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 56 members, known as

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(MLAs), that are elected for five-year terms. Each MLA is elected from a

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using the

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; 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

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, where no single party obtains the majority of seats, the government may still form through a coalition or a

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agreement with other parties. In practice, coalitions and alliances in Malaysia, and by extension, in Johor, generally persist between elections, and member parties do not normally contest for the same seats.

Constituencies

Composition before dissolution

Timeline

Events from the Dissolution of the Johor State Legislative Assembly to the Issue of the Writ of Election (22 January to 9 February 2022)

Events from the Issue of the Writ of Election to the Nomination Day (10 to 26 February 2022)

Events from the Nomination Day to the Early Polling Day for Postal and Advance Voters & Campaigning Period (27 February to 12 March 2022)

Electoral candidates

Results

Summary

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, , BN, , 56, , 599,753 , , 42.67% , , 40 , , 71.43% , , 24 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...

, , UMNO, , 37 , , 406,997 , , 29.26% , , 33 , , 58.93% , , 19 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;",

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

, , MCA, , 15 , , 154,922 , , 10.69% , , 4 , , 7.14% , , 4 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Malaysian Indian Congress, , MIC, , 4 , , 37,834 , , 2.72% , , 3 , , 5.36% , , 1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PH, , 50 , , 367,525 , , 26.42% , , 12 , , 21.43% , , 15 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the ...

, , DAP, , 14 , , 181,455 , , 13.04% , , 10 , , 17.85% , , 4 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" , National Trust Party, , AMANAH, , 16 , , 103,514 , , 7.44% , , 1 , , 1.79% , , 5 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

, , PKR, , 20 , , 82,556 , , 5.93% , , 1 , , 1.79% , , 6 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2",

''(Pakatan Harapan ally)'', , MUDA, , 7 , , 48,072 , , 3.46% , , 1 , , 1.79% , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PN, , 56 , , 340,615 , , 24.48% , , 3 , , 5.36% , , 9 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , rowspan=3, , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( ms, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia), abbreviated BERSATU or PPBM, is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (). It is a major c ...

, , BERSATU, , 33 , , 196,253 , , 14.11% , , 2 , , 3.57% , , 9 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

, , PAS, , 15 , , 103,535 , , 7.44% , , 1 , , 1.79% , , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian People's Movement Party The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electio ...

, , GERAKAN, , 8 , , 40,827 , , 2.93% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2",

Homeland Fighters' Party The Homeland Fighters' Party ( ms, Parti Pejuang Tanah Air, Jawi: ڤرتي ڤجواڠ تانه اير‎‎, PEJUANG) is a Malay-based political party of Malaysia, formed in August 2020 by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mo ...

, , PEJUANG, , 42 , , 18,692 , , 1.34% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Heritage Party, , WARISAN, , 6 , , 6,532 , , 0.47% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2",

Malaysian Nation Party Parti Bangsa Malaysia (English: ''Malaysian Nation Party'', abbreviated PBM), is a registered centre-right political party in Malaysia. The party was founded as the Sarawak Workers Party before being handed over in November 2021. The party is c ...

, , PBM, , 4 , , 4,880 , , 0.35% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Socialist Party of Malaysia, , PSM, , 1 , , 997 , , 0.07% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , New , - , style="background-color:yellow" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2",

Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia ( Malay for "Malaysia Mighty Bumiputera Party", Jawi: ڤرتي بوميڤوترا ڤركاس مليسيا, Abbr.: PUTRA) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was founded and led by Ibrahim Al ...

, , PUTRA, , 1 , , 247 , , 0.02% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Independents, , IND, , 16 , , 10,007 , , 0.72% , , 0 , , 0.00% , , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 1,391,162 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

Invalid Invalid may refer to: * Patient, a sick person * one who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury (sometimes considered a politically incorrect term) * .invalid, a top-level Internet domain not intended for real use As t ...

/ blank votes, , 35,411 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Total votes (

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: 54.92%), , 1,426,573 , , 100.00 , , 56 , , 100.00 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 1,171,169 , , rowspan="7" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Registered voters, , 2,597,742 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Ordinary voters, , 2,574,835 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Early voters, , 22,531 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Postal voters, , 376 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10" , Source: calculation based on https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/home

By parliamentary constituency

Barisan Nasional won 21 of 26 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.

Seats that changed allegiance

Election pendulum

Departing incumbents

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly will not renew their term.

Controversies and issues

On 27 February 2022, Health Minister

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said he will review a video depicting former prime minister Najib Razak purportedly violating Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) during a campaign visit in Perling. On 10 March 2022, Khairy revealed that his ministry had issued 42 compound notices for the violation of SOPs during the campaign period for the Johor election, including five to Najib.

Notes

References

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