Selangor dissolves state assembly

 

The 14th Selangor State Assembly has been officially dissolved today, paving the way for the state polls to be held.

The dissolution was in line with the announcement made by the Selangor ruler’s private secretary Mohamad Munir Bani last Monday upon the consent of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, who also signed the proclamation on the dissolution of the state assembly.

With the dissolution of the 56-seat legislature, Selangor will be governed by a caretaker government until the new state government is formed after the polls.

Selangor is one of the six states to hold their state elections after the 15th general election was held in November last year. The other five states are Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu.

Kelantan was the first of the six to dissolve its state assembly yesterday.

In the 14th general election, Pakatan Harapan dominated the Selangor State Assembly after winning 51 seats, followed by BN and PAS with four and one seats, respectively.

However, the composition of the state assembly before the dissolution sees Harapan holding 40 seats (PKR-19, DAP-15, Amanah-six), BN (five), Bersatu (four), Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) (two), while PAS, Pejuang, and Warisan have one each, along with one independent representative.

The Batang Kali seat, however, was declared vacant after the elected representative failed to attend the assembly sitting for over six months.

- Bernama