ALOR STAR – The 14th Kedah assembly is officially dissolved today after obtaining the consent of the Sultan of Kedah Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah last Sunday.
The dissolution marks the end of Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) administration of the state after taking over from Pakatan Harapan (PH) on May 17, 2020.
Following the dissolution, a caretaker government will attend to the state administration until a new state government is formed after the election.
The 14th Kedah assembly sat for the first time on July 3, 2018 after PH formed the state government after winning 18 of the 36 state seats in the 14th general election on May 9, 2018.
With the dissolution of the state assembly, the five-year mandate has ended six days earlier than the deadline on July 4.
Kedah is among the six states that will hold state elections this year, apart from Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Kelantan and Terengganu.
The state has 36 seats and currently PN holds 20 seats (PAS 14, Bersatu 6); PH 10 seats (PKR five, Amanah three, DAP two ); BN two seats (Umno 2); and Pejuang (two).
Two other seats were left vacant after Gurun assemblyman Datuk Johari Abdul of PKR vacated his seat on December 18 last year when he was appointed Dewan Rakyat speaker, and following the death of Belantek assemblyman Datuk Mohd Isa Shafie on June 14. – Bernama, June 28, 2023
