The 2021 Malacca state election, formally the 15th Malacca state election, took place on 20 November 2021. This election was to elect 28 members of the 15th

Malacca State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Ele ...

. The previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 2021. The

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of the state was called prematurely following a

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. It came after four members of the assembly (MLA) who had previously supported incumbent Chief Minister

Sulaiman Md Ali Datuk Seri Utama Haji Sulaiman bin Md Ali ( ms, سليمان بن مد علي, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 20 December 1965) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 12th Chief Minister of Malacca since March 2020 and M ...

announced the loss of confidence and withdrawal of their support for him on 4 October 2021. They are former Chief Minister, Member of the

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(EXCO),

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MLA

Idris Haron Idris bin Haron (born 13 May 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Melaka from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2020 to resignation in October 2021, Memb ...

and Pantai Kundor MLA Nor Azman Hassan from BN, independent (IND) EXCO member, Pengkalan Batu MLA

Norhizam Hassan Baktee Norhizam bin Hassan Baktee is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from March 2020 to his resignation i ...

as well as EXCO member,

Telok Mas Telok Mas is a small town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia. Economy * Telok Mas Industrial Estate Schools *Henry Gurney Prisoners School *SK Telok Mas *SMK Telok Mas *SMK(A) Sharifah Rodziah *SJK(C) Kuang Yah 光亚华小 *SRA Tel ...

MLA

Noor Effandi Ahmad Noor Effandi bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Telok Mas from May 2018 to November 2021 and Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) from May 2018 to March 2 ...

from PN. Malacca became the fourth state in Malaysia (since 2021) that did not hold a state election simultaneously with the general election after Sabah (1967–1999 and since 2020), Sarawak (since 1979), and Kelantan (March 1978). This is also the first election following

Ismail Sabri Yaakob Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob ( ms, اسماعيل صبري بن يعقوب, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 18 January 1960) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia from August 2 ...

's appointment as Prime Minister on 21 August 2021 and also the first state election held in the Malay Peninsula since the fall of the Pakatan Harapan state and federal governments in 2020. This election was unique because it featured two major coalition parties in the government, namely

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and

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, competing against each other. BN, through

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, had announced that it would not cooperate with Perikatan Nasional, led by Parti Peribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU). Such competition between former coalition partners had previously only occurred in East Malaysia.

(BN) won a landslide victory in the state election, winning 21 seats in the legislature and a

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(PH) suffered a major defeat, winning just 5 seats, with the

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(PKR) losing all its contested seats.

(PN) won 2 seats.

Constituencies

Composition before dissolution

Electoral system

Elections in Malaysia are conducted at the federal and state levels. Federal elections elect members of the

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, the lower house of

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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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(

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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 28 members, known as

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

single-member constituencies A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a Multiwinner voting, multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes call ...

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

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or a

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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.

Political parties

Retiring incumbent

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly retired.

Timeline

Pre-nomination events

Electoral candidates

Note: ¹Independent candidates form 'Gagasan Bebas' informal Independent bloc and contested using the various symbols.

Results

Summary

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, , BN, , 28 , , 122,741 , , 38.39, , 21, , 75.00, , 8 , -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 in ...

, , UMNO, , 20 , , 95,382 , , 29.84, , 18, , 64.29, , 6 , -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, , 7 , , 24,337 , , 7.61, , 2, , 7.14, , 2 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Malaysian Indian Congress The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ், Malēciya Intiya Kāṅkiras; formerly known as Malayan Indian Congress) is a Malaysian political party. It is one of the founding membe ...

, , MIC, , 1 , , 3,022 , , 0.94, , 1, , 3.57, , 1 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PH, , 28 , , 114,457 , , 35.80, , 5, , 17.86, , 6 , -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 politics, centre-left social democracy, social democratic political party in Malaysia. ...

, , DAP, , 8 , , 61,577 , , 19.26, , 4, , 14.29 , , 4 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" , National Trust Party, , AMANAH, , 9 , , 24,059 , , 7.53, , 1, , 3.57, , 1 , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , PKR, , 11 , , 28,821 , , 9.01, , 0, , 0.00, , 3 , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" ,

, , PN, , 28 , , 77,731 , , 24.31, , 2, , 7.14, , New , -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, , 15 , , 46,688 , , 14.60, , 2, , 7.14, , , -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, , 8 , , 22,252 , , 6.96, , 0, , 0.00, , , -style="background:#EFEFEF;" , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 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, , 5 , , 8,791 , , 2.75, , 0, , 0.00, , , - , 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, , 5 , , 367 , , 0.11, , 0 , , 0.00, , New , - , style="background-color:red" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2",

National Indian Muslim Alliance Party The National Indian Muslim Alliance Party ( ms, Parti Perikatan India Muslim Nasional; Jawi: ڤرتي ڤريكتن اينديا مسلم ناسيونل; ta, இந்திய முஸ்லிம் கூட்டணி கட்சி, Des ...

, , IMAN, , 1 , , 167 , , 0.05, , 0 , , 0.00, , New , - , style="background-color: ;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Independents, , IND, , 22 , , 4,226 , , 1.32, , 0 , , 0.00, , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Valid votes, , 319,689 , , rowspan=2 colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

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s, , 6,379 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Total votes (

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: 65.85%), , 326,068, , 100.00, , 28, , 100.00, , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" , Did not vote, , 169,128 , , rowspan="7" colspan="4" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" ,

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, , 495,196 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Ordinary voters, , 482,550 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Early voters, , 12,540 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" , Postal voters, , 106 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10" , Source: calculation based on

By parliamentary constituency

Barisan Nasional won 4 of 6 parliamentary constituency, including Masjid Tanah and Alor Gajah, which is held by Perikatan Nasional and Tangga Batu, which is held by Pakatan Harapan.

Seats that changed allegiance

Election pendulum

References

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