2023 Penang state election

The Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition won the remaining 11 seats to become the main opposition in the state assembly.

On 6 August 2020, the Chief Minister of Penang, Chow Kon Yeow, reiterated his stance that all states that have a Pakatan Harapan government, including Penang, would not dissolve the state assemblies in order to coincide with a snap general election.

The Pakatan Harapan leadership further emphasised that there would not be a dissolution of assembly in 2021 and 2022, citing various factors, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for the state governments to complete a full term, and the possibility of various factors which might inconvenience people should the state elections be called at the wrong time, such as floods, ahead of the 2022 Malaysian general election.

[2] On 10 October 2022, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved Parliament, resulting in a snap general election being held in Malaysia on 19 November 2022.

Perikatan Nasional[11] MUDA + PSM electoral pact[12][13] PH+BN won 9 of 13 parliamentary constituency by average percentages.

Perikatan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan + Barisan Nasional is the main coalition in this state election, photo taken at Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth
Tun Lim Chong Eu highway Sungai Pinang intersection during campaign period
Results of the August 2023 Penang state election, by party.