Padang Kota MLA, State Chairman of PH and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) of Penang Chow Kon Yeow was reappointed the Chief Minister on 13 August 2023.

Azrul Mahathir was nominated the Deputy Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister Chow and elected with a walkover on 29 August 2023.

He won the seat and was elected into the Penang State Legislative Assembly as the Bayan Lepas MLA for the first term after defeating Rusli Hashim of BN and Zarina Shinta Madar of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of 5,245 votes.

He defended the seat and was reelected into the Penang State Legislative Assembly as the Bayan Lepas MLA for the second term after defeating the President of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN) Dominic Lau Hoe Chai of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a majority of 1,889 votes.

In response to the incident, Azrul Mahathir was not concerned about the alleged theft by the girl but he could not condone the attack on his wife.