He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Pauh MLA after defeating Idris Yaacob of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) by a majority of 1,382 votes.
He won the seat and was elected as the Bintong MLA for the first term after defeating Mokhtar Che Kassim of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Abd Jamil Kamis of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of 847 votes.
His swearing-in ceremony was boycotted by other BN MLAs, who favoured Tambun Tulang MLA Ismail Kassim as the Menteri Besar.
He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Bintong MLA for the second term after losing to Fakhrul Anwar Ismail of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 4,329 votes.
It is the biggest electoral upset in the history of Perlis as BN has been dominant in the politics of the state since early days of the independence of Federation of Malaya in 1959.
Many political analysts and scholars attributed the results to the "green wave", a new phrase describing the spread of political influence of PAS which is represented by a green flag from the east coast areas of Peninsular Malaysia to other areas like Perlis located at the northwest coast of the peninsular.
[11] It was also reported that Azlan would face charges under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Illegal Activities Act (AMLATFPUAA) at the Sessions Court of Kuala Lumpur on 12 April 2023.
Azlan was also accused of committing the offences at Maybank Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, CIMB Bank Putrajaya and Sheraton Imperial Hotel from February 2014 to December 2017.