2023 Kelantan state election

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All 45 seats in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	60.96%
Majority party Minority party   PH-BN Leader Ahmad Yakob Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub Muhammad Husin Party PAS UMNO AMANAH Alliance Perikatan Nasional Parties PAS BERSATU Barisan Nasional Pakatan Harapan Parties UMNO PKR AMANAH Leader since 2 July 2022[1] 16 July 2018 9 March 2021 Leader's seat Pasir Pekan Ahmad Jazlan: Did not contest Muhammad: Did not contest Last election 37 seats, 54.44%[nb 1] 8 seats, 45.18%[nb 2] Seats before 37 7 Seats won 43 2 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 589,696 198,028 Percentage 74.67% 25.07% Swing 20.23% 20.11%
Menteri Besar Kelantan before election Ahmad Yakob Perikatan Nasional (PAS) Menteri Besar Kelantan after election Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

The 15th Kelantan state election were held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan.

Kelantan is one of the states which did not dissolve simultaneously with Dewan Rakyat on 10 October 2022. It was decided by Perikatan Nasional on 13 October 2022.^[2]

The governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition led by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) won 43 of 45 seats in a landslide, achieving a supermajority in the legislature, and continuing PAS' dominance in the state since 1990. The Barisan Nasional (BN) – Pakatan Harapan (PH) electoral pact won the remaining 2 seats, with BN and PH each winning 1 seat, and becoming the main opposition in the state assembly.

This was the first Kelantan state election not held concurrently with the national general election since 1978, when Kelantan held its election in March that year as opposed to the general election date in July.

For the state elections, Perikatan Nasional has decided to use the PAS logo and name for all its candidate in Kelantan and Terengganu, regardless of the candidate party.^[3]

All 45 constituencies within Kelantan, which constitute the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, were contested during the election.

Electoral map of Kelantan, showing all 45 constituencies

Breakdown of 2022 Malaysian general election result by state constituency in 2022, where PH in   Red, PN in   Blue-green and BN in   blue

The key dates are listed below.

The following members of the 14th State Legislative Assembly did not contest this election.

Names in bold are the confirmed winners in the 2023 state election.

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Voters	Incumbent State Assemblymen	Coalition (Party)	Political coalitions and parties
							Barisan Nasional + Pakatan Harapan[9][10][11]		Perikatan Nasional[12]		Other parties/Independents
							Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidate Name	Party	Candidiate Name	Party
P019	Tumpat	N01	Pengkalan Kubor	36,492	Wan Roslan Wan Hamat	PN (PAS)	Zulkifli Abdullah	UMNO	Wan Roslan Wan Hamat	PAS
		N02	Kelaboran	38,198	Mohd Adanan Hassan	PN (PAS)	Mohd Rosdi Razali	UMNO	Mohd Adanan Hassan	PAS
		N03	Pasir Pekan	39,119	Ahmad Yakob	PN (PAS)	Zamakhsari Ibrahim	PKR	Ahmad Yakob	PAS
		N04	Wakaf Bharu	36,439	Mohd Rusli Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Abdul Mannan Md Said	UMNO	Mohd Rusli Abdullah	PAS
P020	Pengkalan Chepa	N05	Kijang	30,405	Izani Husin	PN (PAS)	Haris Hussin	UMNO	Izani Husin	PAS
		N06	Chempaka	34,641	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood	PN (PAS)	Nik Normi Nik Ayub	UMNO	Nik Asma' Bahrum Nik Abdullah	PAS	Ibrahim Sulong	IND
		N07	Panchor	42,768	Mohd Amar Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Syed Mohd Alidustur Syed Mohd Zain	PKR	Mohd Amar Abdullah	PAS
P021	Kota Bharu	N08	Tanjong Mas	45,579	Rohani Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	Zinda Khalil Sastro Hassan	PKR	Rohani Ibrahim	PAS
		N09	Kota Lama	33,043	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Hafidzah Mustakim	AMANAH	Zamri Ismail	PAS	Andy Tan Boon Kian[13]	PRM	Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	IND
		N10	Bunut Payong	36,844	Ramli Mamat	PN (PAS)	Mohamed Hasnan Che Hussin	UMNO	Shaari Mat Yaman	PAS
P022	Pasir Mas	N11	Tendong	31,768	Rozi Muhammad	PN (PAS)	Noor Hariri Mohamed Noor	UMNO	Rozi Muhammad	PAS	Suzainal Adnan Sukri[14]	IND
		N12	Pengkalan Pasir	33,007	Hanifa Ahmad	PN (PAS)	Rushdan Mustafa	AMANAH	Mohamad Nasriff Daud	PAS
		N13	Meranti	29,980	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	PN (PAS)	Zahari Omar	UMNO	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	PAS
P023	Rantau Panjang	N14	Chetok	29,111	Zuraidin Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Ezzat Zahrim Hanuzi	PKR	Zuraidin Abdullah	PAS
		N15	Gual Periok	36,081	Mohamad Awang	PN (PAS)	Anuar Mohamad	UMNO	Kamaruzaman Mohamad	PAS
		N16	Apam Putra	28,834	Abdul Rasul Mohamed	PN (PAS)	Akbar Salim	UMNO	Zamakhshari Mohamad	PAS
P024	Kubang Kerian	N17	Salor	36,294	Saiful Adli Abu Bakar	PN (PAS)	Mohamad Husain	UMNO	Saizol Ismail	PAS
		N18	Pasir Tumboh	37,498	Abd Rahman Yunus	PN (PAS)	Naziratul Aini Mohd Sayuty	PKR	Abd Rahman Yunus	PAS
		N19	Demit	40,561	Mumtaz Md. Nawi	PN (PAS)	Ismail Ghani	AMANAH	Mohd Asri Mat Daud	PAS
P025	Bachok	N20	Tawang	43,441	Hassan Mohamood	PN (PAS)	Mat Isa Che DIr	AMANAH	Harun Ismail	PAS
		N21	Pantai Irama	40,512	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin	PN (PAS)	Zakiah Md Noor	UMNO	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin	PAS
		N22	Jelawat	40,012	Abdul Azziz Kadir	PN (PAS)	Yusri Che Noh	UMNO	Zameri Mat Nawang	PAS	Zulkarnain Haron	IND
P026	Ketereh	N23	Melor	28,387	Vacant[5]		Azmi Ishak	UMNO	Wan Rohimi Wan Daud	PAS
		N24	Kadok	21,833	Azami Md. Nor	PN (PAS)	Mohd Azizan Razak	AMANAH	Azami Md. Nor	PAS
		N25	Kok Lanas	35,679	Md Alwi Che Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	Ahmad Deraman	UMNO	Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi	BERSATU
P027	Tanah Merah	N26	Bukit Panau	50,237	Abdul Fattah Mahmood	PN (PAS)	Samsu Adabi	AMANAH	Abdul Fattah Mahmood	PAS
		N27	Gual Ipoh	25,718	Bakri Mustapha	BN (UMNO)	Zuhairi Zakaria	UMNO	Bahari Mohamad Nor	BERSATU
		N28	Kemahang	23,258	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	PN (PAS)	Mazli Mustafa	UMNO	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	PAS
P028	Pasir Puteh	N29	Selising	28,725	Tuan Mohd Saripuddin Tuan Ismail	PN (PAS)	Hashim Ismail	UMNO	Tuan Mohd Saripuddin Tuan Ismail	PAS
		N30	Limbongan	35,393	Mohd Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah	PN (PAS)	Samsudin Ghani	PKR	Nor Asilah Mohamed Zin	PAS
		N31	Semerak	26,781	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	Marshella Ali	UMNO	Nor Sham Sulaiman	PAS
		N32	Gaal	22,671	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar	PN (PAS)	Mohd Aliff Nasir Mt Nasin	UMNO	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar	PAS
P029	Machang	N33	Pulai Chondong	28,169	Azhar Salleh	PN (PAS)	Muhammad Fakhran Che Jusoh	UMNO	Azhar Salleh	PAS
		N34	Temangan	26,012	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan	PN (PAS)	Abdul Kadir Othman	AMANAH	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan	PAS	Fauzi Seman	IND
		N35	Kemuning	35,015	Mohd Roseli Ismail	PN (PAS)	Mohd Fakaarudin Ismail	UMNO	Ahmad Zakhran Mat Noor	PAS
P030	Jeli	N36	Bukit Bunga	21,722	Mohd Adhan Kechik	BN (UMNO)	Mohd Adhan Kechik	UMNO	Mohd Almidi Jaafar	BERSATU
		N37	Ayer Lanas	22,468	Mustapa Mohamed	PN (BERSATU)	Nasrul Hadi Kamarulzaman	UMNO	Kamarudin Md Nor	BERSATU
		N38	Kuala Balah	15,704	Abd Aziz Derashid	BN (UMNO)	Mohd Yamiin Anuar Mat Zain	UMNO	Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil	PAS
P031	Kuala Krai	N39	Mengkebang	26,843	Muhammad Mat Sulaiman	PN (PAS)	Mohd Shukri Ishak	PKR	Zubir Abu Bakar	PAS
		N40	Guchil	27,785	Hilmi Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Zuber Hasan	UMNO	Hilmi Abdullah	PAS
		N41	Manek Urai	22,611	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Suzali Adlina Sukri	UMNO	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	PAS
		N42	Dabong	15,255	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussien	PN (PAS)	Ahmad Firdaus Mohamad	UMNO	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussin	PAS
P032	Gua Musang	N43	Nenggiri	20,219	Ab Aziz Yusoff	BN (UMNO)	Ab Aziz Yusoff	UMNO	Mohd Azizi Abu Naim	BERSATU
		N44	Paloh	21,162	Amran Arifin	BN (UMNO)	Amran Arifin	UMNO	Shaari Mat Hussain	BERSATU
		N45	Galas	29,638	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim	BN (UMNO)	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim	UMNO	Mohd Tarmizi Abd Rahman	PAS

PN won 13 out of 14 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.

Prior to the state elections, reports suggesting Ahmad Yakob, two-term Menteri Besar, will not continue in the role if PN won the election.^[16] The reports were confirmed by Ahmad, who is the PAS state commissioner and MLA for Pasir Pekan, on 12 August.^[17]

Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud, elected MLA for Meranti, were sworn in as the new Menteri Besar of Kelantan on 15 March, replacing Ahmad.^[18] Along with Nassuruddin, MLA for Temangan Mohamed Fadzli Hassan were sworn in as Deputy Menteri Besar, with 9 other EXCO members also sworn in on the same date.^[18]

On 7 November 2023, MLA for Nenggiri Mohd Azizi Abu Naim declared his support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government.^[19] Due to Azizi's action violating the party's constitution, BERSATU revoked the memberships of his and 5 other politicians who also declared support for Anwar, and seeks to vacate the seats of the 6 politicians.^[20] The seat of Nenggiri was declared vacant by the Speaker of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, Mohd Amar Abdullah, on 19 June 2024, paving way for by-election of the seat.^[21] The by-election were won by UMNO, turning back the seat into BN's hands a year after the state election.