2018 Perlis state election

Each state constituencies of Perlis will elect one member to the Perlis 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 Raja.

The redistricting of electoral boundaries for the entire country had been presented to and passed by the Dewan Rakyat, and subsequently gazetted on 29 March 2018 after obtaining the royal consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ahead of the 14th general election.[2] Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of Malaysia (EC), which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Department.

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Constitution of Malaysia#Article 119:Qualification of electors

To vote in the state election, one had to be:[3]

• registered in the electoral roll as an elector in the constituency in which he resides on;
• aged 21 or over on the registration date;
• a resident of the constituency, or if not so, an absentee voter;
• not disqualified under any law relating to offences committed in connection with elections.

Barisan Nasional won 2 of 3 parliamentary constituency.

Azlan Man from BN was sworn in for his second term as the Menteri Besar on 24 May 2018, but the ceremony was boycotted by other BN MLAs, who named Ismail Kassim as their Menteri Besar choice.[12] The BN state chief, Shahidan Kassim, later that day announced that Azlan was sacked as UMNO and BN member, and become an independent;[13] however Azlan disputes the announcement, saying he had not received official sacking letter from UMNO and he is still with UMNO and BN.[14] The King of Perlis expressed his sadness over the whole situation, and explained his rationale behind decision in accepting Azlan as the Menteri Besar.[15][16]

The 9 MLAs later retracted their boycott of Azlan and announced their support for him and seeking forgiveness from the King of Perlis, on 5 June 2018.[17] The state EXCO members were sworn in on 13 June 2018, making Perlis the last state in Malaysia to appoint EXCO members after the 2018 election. All BN MLAs were appointed as EXCO members except Ismail, who did not attend the ceremony.[18]

On 20 June 2018, Ismail resigned from UMNO and BN, and became an independent. However he rejoined UMNO on May 2020.[19][20][21]