He was not elected to the Perak Assembly as the Tualang Sekah MLA after losing to Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 1,009 votes.

[2] In the 2022 Perak state election, Mohd Azlan was renominated by BN to contest for the Tualang Sekah seat again.

[3] He won the seat and was elected to the Perak Assembly as the Tualang Sekah MLA for the first term after narrowly defeating Pazli Abdullah Sani of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Abd Rahman Md Som of BN by a majority of only 253 votes.

Mohd Azlan of PH was appointed as the Perak EXCO Member by Menteri Besar Saarani on the same day.

[5] The following day on 23 November 2022, he was assigned the portfolios of Communication, Multimedia and Non-governmental Organisations (NGO).