| Election Name: | 2013 Selangor state election |
| Country: | Selangor |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Selangor state election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Previous Mps: | Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2008-2013)#Selangor |
| Next Election: | 2018 Selangor state election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Next Mps: | List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2018-)#Selangor |
| Elected Mps: | List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2013–2018)#Selangor |
| Seats For Election: | All 56 seats in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Leader1: | Abdul Khalid Ibrahim |
| Party1: | Pakatan Rakyat |
| Leaders Seat1: | Ijok (ran in Port Klang, won) |
| Last Election1: | 36 seats, 56.0% |
| Seats Before1: | 34 |
| Seats1: | 44 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Leader2: | Najib Razak (as Selangor BN chairman) |
| Party2: | Barisan Nasional |
| Leaders Seat2: | not running |
| Last Election2: | 20 seats, 43.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 21 |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Menteri Besar | |
| Posttitle: | Menteri Besar-designate |
| Before Election: | Abdul Khalid Ibrahim |
| Before Party: | Pakatan Rakyat |
| After Election: | Abdul Khalid Ibrahim |
| After Party: | Pakatan Rakyat |
The 13th Selangor state election was held on 5 May 2013.The Selangor State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution; on or before 22 June 2013, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission of Malaysia, unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State, Sultan of Selangor on the advice of the Head of Government, Menteri Besar of Selangor.[1]
The incumbent party's unofficial coalition Pakatan Rakyat won a supermajority of 44 seats and was able to form a government, securing a second term while the opposition Barisan Nasional won 12 seats.[2]
The state election is the 13th state election in Selangor since the independence of Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957. The governing Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will seek to secure their second consecutive term in office since 2008.According to the Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959, the maximum term of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of Selangor, is five years from the date of the first sitting of Assembly following a state election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law.[3] The Assembly would have been automatically dissolved on 22 April 2013, the fifth anniversary of its first sitting on 22 April 2008.
Each state constituencies of Selangor will elect one member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly using the first-past-the-post voting system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the State Government, with its leader as Menteri Besar. If the election results in no single party having a majority, there is a hung assembly, of which will be dissolved under the royal prerogative of the Sultan.
To vote in the state election, one had to be:[4]