| Election Name: | 2021 Malacca state election |
| Country: | Malacca |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Malacca state election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Mps: | Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2018-)#Malacca |
| Next Election: | Malacca state election |
| Next Year: | 2024/5/6 |
| Next Mps: | - |
| Seats For Election: | All 28 seats to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly |
| Elected Mps: | Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2018-)#Malacca ##2021-present |
| Majority Seats: | 15 |
| Registered: | 495,195 |
| Turnout: | 65.85% |
| Election Date: | 20 November 2021 |
| Image1: | BN |
| Image1 Size: | - |
| Leader1: | Sulaiman Md Ali |
| Leader Since1: | 9 March 2020 |
| Party1: | United Malays National Organisation |
| Alliance1: | Barisan Nasional |
| Color1: | 000080 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Lendu |
| Last Election1: | 13 seats, 36.2% |
| Seats Needed1: | 3 |
| Seats Before1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Popular Vote1: | 122,741 |
| Percentage1: | 38.39% |
| Swing1: | 2.19 pp |
| Image2 Size: | 150px |
| Leader2: | Adly Zahari |
| Leader Since2: | 30 August 2017 |
| Party2: | National Trust Party (Malaysia) |
| Alliance2: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Colour2: | E21118 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Bukit Katil |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats, 42.5% |
| Seats Needed2: | 4 |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 114,457 |
| Percentage2: | 35.80% |
| Swing2: | 6.7 percentage point |
| Image3: | MasEmy2021.jpg |
| Image3 Size: | 150px |
| Leader3: | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin |
| Leader Since3: | 18 November 2021 |
| Party3: | Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia |
| Alliance3: | Perikatan Nasional |
| Color3: | 031e61 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Tanjung Bidara (Contested and lost) |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 21.0% (under PH, GS and BN) |
| Seats Needed3: | 14 |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 77,731 |
| Percentage3: | 24.31% |
| Swing3: | New |
| Chief Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Chief Minister |
| Before Election: | Sulaiman Md Ali |
| Before Party: | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) |
| After Election: | Sulaiman Md Ali |
| After Party: | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) |
| Map Size: | 500px |
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 previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 2021.[1]
The snap election of the state was called prematurely following a political crisis. It came after four members of the assembly (MLA) who had previously supported incumbent Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali announced the loss of confidence and withdrawal of their support for him on 4 October 2021.[2] They are former Chief Minister, Member of the State Executive Council (EXCO), Sungai Udang MLA Idris Haron and Pantai Kundor MLA Nor Azman Hassan from BN, independent (IND) EXCO member, Pengkalan Batu MLA Norhizam Hassan Baktee as well as EXCO member, Telok Mas MLA Noor Effandi Ahmad 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'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 Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional, competing against each other. BN, through UMNO, 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.[3]
Barisan Nasional (BN) won a landslide victory in the state election, winning 21 seats in the legislature and a two-thirds majority. Pakatan Harapan (PH) suffered a major defeat, winning just 5 seats, with the People's Justice Party (PKR) losing all its contested seats. Perikatan Nasional (PN) won 2 seats.
| Government | Opposition | |||||
| BN | PN | PH | IND | |||
| 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| UMNO | BERSATU | DAP | AMANAH | PKR | IND | |
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.
The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly retired.
| No. | Federal Constituency | Departing MLA | Party | Date confirmed | First elected | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N02 | Tanjung Bidara | Md Rawi Mahmud | BN (UMNO) | 10 October 2021[6] | 2013 | Not seeking re-election |
| N01 | Kuala Linggi | Ismail Othman | BN (UMNO) | 4 November 2021[7] | 2008 | No nomination by the party |
| N03 | Ayer Limau | Amiruddin Yusop | BN (UMNO) | |||
| N05 | Taboh Naning | Latipah Omar | BN (UMNO) | |||
| N10 | Asahan | Abdul Ghafar Atan | BN (UMNO) | 2004 | ||
| N25 | Rim | Ghazale Muhamad | BN (UMNO) | 2008 | ||
| N27 | Merlimau | Roslan Ahmad | BN (UMNO) | 2011 | ||
| N28 | Sungai Rambai | Hasan Abd Rahman | BN (UMNO) | 2008 | ||
| N24 | Bemban | Wong Fort Pin | PH (DAP) | 5 November 2021 | 2018 | |
| N08 | Machap Jaya | Ginie Lim Siew Lin | PH (PKR) | 6 November 2021 | ||
| N23 | Telok Mas | Noor Effandi Ahmad | IND | 8 November 2021 | Not seeking re-election | |
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 October 2021 | Dissolution of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly | |
| 17 October 2021 | Issue of the Writ of Election | |
| 8 November 2021 | Nomination day | |
| 8–20 November 2021 | Campaigning period | |
| 16–19 November 2021 | Early voting for postal, overseas and advance voters | |
| 20 November 2021 | Polling day |
| No. | Parliamentary Constituency | No. | State constituency | Incumbent State Assemblyman | Political parties[19] [20] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barisan Nasional | Pakatan Harapan | Perikatan Nasional | Other parties/Independent | |||||||||||||
| Candidate Name | Party | Candidate Name | Party | Candidate Name | Party | Candidate Name | Party | |||||||||
| P134 | Masjid Tanah | N01 | Kuala Linggi | Ismail Othman (BN) | Rosli Abdullah | UMNO | Julasapiah Kasim | AMANAH | Aziah Mohd Sa'ad | PAS | Kamisan Palil¹ | IND | ||||
| N02 | Tanjung Bidara | Md Rawi Mahmud (BN) | Ab Rauf Yusoh | UMNO | Zainal Hassan | PKR | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin | BERSATU | ||||||||
| N03 | Ayer Limau | Amiruddin Yusop (BN) | UMNO | Mazenah Baharuddin | AMANAH | Noordina Abd Latif | BERSATU | |||||||||
| N04 | Lendu | Sulaiman Md Ali (BN) | Sulaiman Md Ali | UMNO | Mohamad Asri Ibrahim | PKR | Abdullah Mahadi | BERSATU | ||||||||
| N05 | Taboh Naning | Latipah Omar (BN) | Zulkiflee Mohd Zin | UMNO | Zairi Subuh | AMANAH | Abu Hashim Abdul Samad | PAS | ||||||||
| P135 | Alor Gajah | N06 | Rembia | Muhammad Jailani Khamis (BN) | Muhammad Jailani Khamis | UMNO | Zamri Pakiri | PKR | Zamzuri Arifin | BERSATU | Murali Krishnan | IND | ||||
| Sabarudin Kudus¹ | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N07 | Gadek | Saminathan Ganesan (PH) | Shanmugam Ptcyhay | MIC | Saminathan Ganesan | DAP | Mohd. Amir Fitri Muharram | BERSATU | Laila Norinda Maon | bgcolor=yellow | PUTRA | |||||
| Mohan Singh Booda Singh | IND | |||||||||||||||
| Azafen Amin¹ | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N08 | Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PH) | Ngwe Hee Sem | MCA | Law Bing Haw | PKR | Tai Siong Jiul | BERSATU | Abdul Aziz Osani Kasim | bgcolor=red | IMAN | ||||||
| Azlan Daud¹ | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N09 | Durian Tunggal | Mohd Sofi Abdul Wahab (PH) | Zahari Abdul Khalil | UMNO | Mohd Sofi Abdul Wahab | AMANAH | Ja'afar Othman | PAS | Mohd Erfan Mahrilar¹ | IND | ||||||
| N10 | Asahan | Abdul Ghafar Atan (BN) | UMNO | Idris Haron | PKR | Dhanesh Basil | GERAKAN | Mohd Noor Saleh | IND | |||||||
| Azmar Ab Hamid | IND | |||||||||||||||
| Mohd Akhir Ayob¹ | IND | |||||||||||||||
| P136 | Tangga Batu | N11 | Sungai Udang | Idris Haron (IND) | Mohamad Ali Mohamad | UMNO | Hasmorni Tamby | PKR | Mohd Aleef Yusof | BERSATU | Mohd Zahar Hashim¹ | IND | ||||
| N12 | Pantai Kundor | Nor Azman Hassan (IND) | Tuminah Kadi @ Mohd Hasim | UMNO | Nor Azman Hassan | AMANAH | Mohamad Ridzwan Mustafa | BERSATU | ||||||||
| N13 | Paya Rumput | Md Rafiq Naizamohideen (PN) | Rais Yasin | UMNO | Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin | PKR | Muhammad Faris Izwan Mazlan | BERSATU | Muhammad Hashidi Mohd Zin | bgcolor=yellow | PUTRA | |||||
| Mohd Jaini Dimon¹ | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N14 | Kelebang | Gue Teck (PH) | Lim Ban Hong | MCA | Gue Teck | PKR | Bakri Jamaluddin | PAS | ||||||||
| P137 | Hang Tuah Jaya | N15 | Norhizam Hassan Baktee (IND) | Kalsom Noordin | UMNO | Muhamad Danish Zainudin | DAP | Mohd Azrudin Md Idris | BERSATU | Mohd Aluwi Sari | bgcolor=yellow | PUTRA | ||||
| Norhizam Hassan Baktee | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N16 | Ayer Keroh | Kerk Chee Yee (PH) | Yong Fun Juan | MCA | Kerk Chee Yee | DAP | Micheal Gan Peng Lam | GERAKAN | ||||||||
| N17 | Adly Zahari (PH) | Hasnoor Sidang Husin | UMNO | AMANAH | Muhammad Al Afiz Yahya | PAS | Abdul Hamid Mustapah¹ | IND | ||||||||
| N18 | Ayer Molek | Rahmad Mariman (BN) | Rahmad Mariman | UMNO | Mohd Rafee Ibrahim | PKR | Mohd Fadly Samin | BERSATU | Ahmad Muaz Idris¹ | IND | ||||||
| P138 | Kota Melaka | N19 | Kesidang | Allex Seah Shoo Chin (PH) | Leong Hui Ying | MCA | DAP | Patrick Ng Chin Kae | GERAKAN | |||||||
| N20 | Kota Laksamana | Low Chee Leong (PH) | Benjamin Low Chin Hong | MCA | Low Chee Leong | DAP | Fong Khai Ling | GERAKAN | ||||||||
| N21 | Duyong | Damian Yeo Shen Li (PH) | Mohd Norhelmy Abdul Halem | UMNO | Damian Yeo Shen Li | DAP | Kamarudin Sedik | PAS | Mohd Faizal Hamzah | bgcolor=yellow | PUTRA | |||||
| Muhamad Hafiz Ishak¹ | IND | |||||||||||||||
| Gan Tian Soh | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N22 | Bandar Hilir | Tey Kok Kiew (PH) | Lee Kah Sean | MCA | DAP | Clarice Chan Ming Wang | GERAKAN | Mak Chee Kin | IND | |||||||
| N23 | Telok Mas | Noor Effandi Ahmad (IND) | Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman | UMNO | Asyraf Mukhlis Minghat | AMANAH | Md Rafiq Naizamohideen | BERSATU | Muhammad Ariff Adly Mohammad¹ | IND | ||||||
| P139 | Jasin | N24 | Bemban | Wong Fort Pin (PH) | Koh Chin Han | MCA | Tey Kok Kiew | DAP | Mohd Yadzil Yaakub | BERSATU | Ng Choon Koon | IND | ||||
| Azmi Kamis | IND | |||||||||||||||
| N25 | Rim | Ghazale Muhamad (BN) | Khaidiriah Abu Zahar | UMNO | Prasanth Kumar Brakasam | PKR | Azalina Abdul Rahman | BERSATU | ||||||||
| N26 | Serkam | Zaidi Attan (BN) | Zaidi Attan | UMNO | Mohd Khomeini Kamal | AMANAH | Ahmad Bilal Rahaudin | PAS | Norazlanshah Hazali¹ | IND | ||||||
| N27 | Merlimau | Roslan Ahmad (BN) | Muhammad Akmal Saleh | UMNO | Azrin Ab Majid | AMANAH | Abd Alim Shapie | PAS | ||||||||
| N28 | Sungai Rambai | Hasan Abd Rahman (BN) | Siti Faizah Abdul Aziz | UMNO | Farzana Hayani Mohd Nasir | PKR | Muhammad Jefri Safry | BERSATU | Nazatul Asyraf Md Dom | bgcolor=yellow | PUTRA | |||||
Note: 1Independent candidates form 'Gagasan Bebas' informal Independent bloc and contested using the various symbols.[21]
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.
| No. | Constituency | Barisan Nasional | Pakatan Harapan | Perikatan Nasional | Member of Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P134 | Masjid Tanah | 54.65% | 15.43% | 29.79% | |||
| P135 | Alor Gajah | 45.29% | 32.10% | 20.63% | |||
| P136 | Tangga Batu | 39.62% | 27.26% | 31.91% | Rusnah Aluai | ||
| P137 | Hang Tuah Jaya | 36.56% | 39.00% | 21.42% | Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin | ||
| P138 | Kota Melaka | 25.10% | 58.48% | 15.40% | Khoo Poay Tiong | ||
| P139 | Jasin | 45.40% | 20.96% | 32.17% | Ahmad Hamzah |
| No. | Seat | Previous Party (2018) | Current Party (2021) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6 | Rembia | Pakatan Harapan (PKR) | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | ||||
| N7 | Gadek | Pakatan Harapan (DAP) | Barisan Nasional (MIC) | ||||
| N8 | Machap Jaya | Pakatan Harapan (PKR) | Barisan Nasional (MCA) | ||||
| N9 | Durian Tunggal | Pakatan Harapan (Amanah) | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | ||||
| N11 | Sungai Udang | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu) | ||||
| N13 | Paya Rumput | Pakatan Harapan (Bersatu) | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | ||||
| N14 | Kelebang | Pakatan Harapan (PKR) | Barisan Nasional (MCA) | ||||
| N15 | Pengkalan Batu | Pakatan Harapan (DAP) | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | ||||
| N21 | Duyong | Pakatan Harapan (DAP) | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | ||||
| N23 | Telok Mas | Pakatan Harapan (Bersatu) | Barisan Nasional (UMNO) | ||||
| N24 | Bemban | Pakatan Harapan (DAP) | Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu) | ||||
| GOVERNMENT SEATS | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Pengkalan Batu | Kalsom Noordin | UMNO | 35.77 |
| Kelebang | Lim Ban Hong | MCA | 38.29 |
| Duyong | Mohd. Noor Helmy Abdul Halem | UMNO | 38.55 |
| Gadek | Shanmugam V. Pitchay | MIC | 39.26 |
| Paya Rumput | Rais Yasin | UMNO | 39.68 |
| Pantai Kundor | Tuminah Kadi @ Mohd Hashim | UMNO | 40.03 |
| Rembia | Muhammad Jailani Khamis | UMNO | 41.61 |
| Telok Mas | Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman | UMNO | 43.01 |
| Serkam | Zaidi Attan | UMNO | 43.32 |
| Rim | Khaidirah Abu Zahar | UMNO | 45.31 |
| Machap Jaya | Ngwe Hee Sem | MCA | 46.67 |
| Sungai Rambai | Siti Faizah Abd. Azis | UMNO | 48.08 |
| Tanjung Bidara | Ab. Rauf Yusoh | UMNO | 49.14 |
| Kuala Linggi | Rusli Abdullah | UMNO | 51.07 |
| Ayer Molek | Rahmad Mariman | UMNO | 51.07 |
| Ayer Limau | Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer | UMNO | 51.94 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Taboh Naning | Zulkiflee Mohd. Zin | UMNO | 57.23 |
| Merlimau | Dr. Muhamad Akmal Salleh | UMNO | 58.43 |
| Safe | |||
| Lendu | Sulaiman Md. Ali | UMNO | 63.87 |
| Asahan | Fairul Nizam Roslan | UMNO | 65.77 |
| NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Bemban | Dr. Mohd Yadzil Yaakub | BERSATU | 34.60 |
| Bukit Katil | Adly Zahari | AMANAH | 41.55 |
| Sungai Udang | Dr. Mohd. Aleef Yusof | BERSATU | 43.65 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Ayer Keroh | Kerk Chee Yee | DAP | 59.97 |
| Safe | |||
| Kesidang | Allex Seah Shoo Chin | DAP | 65.86 |
| Kota Laksamana | Dr. Low Chee Leong | DAP | 80.83 |
| Bandar Hilir | Leng Chau Yen | DAP | 81.19 |
Sulaiman were sworn in as Chief Minister of Malacca for the second time, on the morning of 21 November, a day after the election.[22] He holds the role until 30 March 2023, when he tendered his resignation letter to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca. He was replaced by Ab Rauf Yusoh, MLA for Tanjung Bidara and the UMNO state leader of Malacca, who was sworn in on 31 March 2023.[23] Six days after Ab Rauf's appointment, a minor EXCO reshuffle took place on 5 April, where 2 EXCO members were dropped and 3 EXCO members were added, including one Pakatan Harapan MLA, in a swearing in ceremony.[24] The new EXCO lineup is to reflect the government pact between PH and BN after the general election in November 2022.[25] In response to Rauf's appointment, Muhammad Jailani Khamis, one of the EXCO members dropped in the reshuffle announced his withdrawal of support to the Rauf-led state government, although he is not resigning from UMNO and requested to the party's disciplinary board to decide on his status.[26] He later were suspended of his UMNO membership by the party's disciplinary board for 6 years after spotted attending PN's by-election campaign in Simpang Jeram and Pulai. This made Jailani quit the party and joined PAS on June 2023, but were only announced by PAS secretary general one year later on July 2024.[27]