The 16th Negeri Sembilan State Election

Last updated: August 2, 2026

What You Need to Know

The 16th Negeri Sembilan State Election was held on August 1, 2026, following the dissolution of the 15th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly on June 5.

On June 4, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun announced that the 36-seat assembly would be dissolved the following day after receiving the consent of the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.

A total of 889,490 voters were eligible to cast their ballots in the election. The electoral roll included the Supplementary Electoral Roll for April 2026 and was updated as of June 4.

Of the total, 867,151 were ordinary voters, while 16,884 were military personnel and their spouses and 5,455 were police personnel.

Election Commission (EC) chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun announced on June 12 that 15,344 personnel would be appointed for the election. A total of 439 polling centres will be used, comprising 401 ordinary polling centres and 38 early voting centres.

The polling centres would have 1,738 polling streams: 1,668 for ordinary voting and 70 for early voting.

The EC estimated that the election will cost RM80.6 million.

At the close of nominations on July 18, the EC confirmed that 103 candidates would contest the election.

The 14-day campaign period began following the declaration of candidates on July 18 and ran until 11.59pm on July 31.

On July 20, the EC issued 13,263 postal ballot papers to eligible voters. EC secretary Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus said 12,669 were issued under Form 1A to election officials, EC members and officers, police and armed forces personnel, and media practitioners.

Another 343 postal ballots were issued under Form 1B to Malaysians residing overseas, while 251 were issued under Form 1C to officers from 11 agencies in the security and health sectors.

Completed postal ballots must reach the relevant returning officers before 5pm on polling day.

Early voting took place on July 28, followed by polling day on August 1.

Previously in Johor: The 2022 State Elections

The 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election was held on August 12. The Pakatan Harapan (PH)-Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance formed the state government after jointly winning 31 of the 36 seats. PH won 17 seats, BN 14 and Perikatan Nasional (PN) five.

The PH-BN alliance secured seven seats more than the 24 needed for a two-thirds majority in the state assembly.

Negeri Sembilan PH chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun was sworn in for a second term as menteri besar on August 14, 2023. He retained N.13 Sikamat in the election, securing a fourth consecutive term in the seat, which he has held since 2008. Aminuddin is also the Member of Parliament for Port Dickson.

Negeri Sembilan 2026 Election Voter Statistics

Of the 889,490 registered voters, 867,151 were ordinary voters.

Another 22,339 were eligible for early voting, comprising 16,884 military personnel and their spouses and 5,455 police personnel and their spouses.

The state constituency of N.25 Paroi had the largest electorate, with 64,998 registered voters. It was followed by N.21 Bukit Kepayang (49,568), N.10 Nilai (45,911), N.27 Rantau (34,831) and N.13 Sikamat (34,103).

N.17 Senaling had the smallest electorate, with 9,903 registered voters.

According to the latest electoral roll, Negeri Sembilan had 442,743 eligible male voters, or 49.77 percent, and 446,747 eligible female voters, or 50.23 percent. This represented a difference of 4,004 voters.

N.31 Bagan Pinang had the highest share of male voters within its electorate, at 56.47 percent. Female voters made up the remaining 43.53 percent.

By contrast, N.11 Lobak had the highest share of female voters, at 52.06 percent, while male voters made up 47.94 percent of its electorate.

Female voters outnumbered male voters in 24 of Negeri Sembilan’s 36 constituencies:

N.03 Sungai Lui

N.05 Serting

N.06 Palong

N.07 Jeram Padang

N.08 Bahau

N.09 Lenggeng

N.11 Lobak

N.13 Sikamat

N.14 Ampangan

N.15 Juasseh

N.16 Seri Menanti

N.17 Senaling

N.18 Pilah

N.20 Labu

N.21 Bukit Kepayang

N.23 Mambau

N.24 Seremban Jaya

N.25 Paroi

N.26 Chembong

N.27 Rantau

N.28 Kota

N.30 Lukut

N.33 Sri Tanjung

N.36 Repah

N.03 Pemanis

N.04 Kemelah

N.07 Bukit Kepong

N.08 Bukit Pasir

N.09 Gambir

N.10 Tangkak

N.11 Serom

N.12 Bentayan

N.13 Simpang Jeram

N.15 Maharani

N.16 Sungai Balang

N.17 Semerah

N.18 Sri Medan

N.20 Semarang

N.21 Parit Yaani

N.22 Parit Raja

N.23 Penggaram

N.25 Rengit

N.26 Machap

N.28 Mengkibol

N.31 Kahang

N.32 Endau

N.34 Panti

N.36 Sedili

N.37 Johor Lama

N.38 Penawar

N.44 Larkin

N.47 Kempas

N.50 Bukit Permai

N.53 Benut

N.54 Pulai Sebatang

N.03 Pemanis

N.04 Kemelah

N.07 Bukit Kepong

N.08 Bukit Pasir

N.09 Gambir

N.10 Tangkak

N.11 Serom

N.12 Bentayan

N.13 Simpang Jeram

N.15 Maharani

N.16 Sungai Balang

N.17 Semerah

N.18 Sri Medan

N.20 Semarang

N.21 Parit Yaani

N.22 Parit Raja

N.23 Penggaram

N.25 Rengit

N.26 Machap

N.28 Mengkibol

N.31 Kahang

N.32 Endau

N.34 Panti

N.36 Sedili

N.37 Johor Lama

N.38 Penawar

N.44 Larkin

N.47 Kempas

N.50 Bukit Permai

N.53 Benut

N.54 Pulai Sebatang

In terms of age, voters aged 30 to 39 formed the largest group, with 194,014 people. They were followed by voters aged 21 to 29 (174,184), 40 to 49 (163,721), 50 to 59 (118,337), 60 to 69 (103,961), 70 to 79 (62,278), and 18 to 20 (51,669).

The smallest groups were voters aged 80 to 89 (17,122) and those aged 90 and above (4,204).

Together, the 225,853 voters under the age of 30 accounted for 25.39 percent of the state’s electorate.

The age profile also differed from seat to seat. The percentages below show the share of a constituency’s electorate belonging to each age group.

N.31 Bagan Pinang stood out for its younger age profile. It had the highest shares of voters aged 18 to 20 (11.13 percent) and 21 to 29 (30.16 percent). It also had the lowest shares in the 40 to 49 (14.35 percent), 60 to 69 (7.75 percent) and 70 to 79 (3.75 percent) age groups.

By contrast, N.22 Rahang had the highest shares of voters aged 70 to 79 (12.26 percent), 80 to 89 (4.61 percent) and 90 and above (1.26 percent). It also had the lowest share of voters aged 18 to 20, at 2.91 percent.

N.06 Palong had the highest share of voters aged 40 to 49, at 26.68 percent, but the lowest shares of those aged 50 to 59 (6.42 percent) and 90 and above (0.03 percent).

Among the other constituencies, N.05 Serting had the highest share of voters aged 30 to 39, at 29.63 percent, while N.11 Lobak had the lowest, at 17.23 percent.

N.29 Chuah had the highest share of voters aged 50 to 59, at 17.44 percent. N.12 Temiang had the highest share of those aged 60 to 69, at 15.79 percent, but the lowest share of voters aged 21 to 29, at 11.69 percent. N.25 Paroi had the lowest share of voters aged 80 to 89, at 0.67 percent.

The ethnic make-up of voters also varied from seat to seat. The percentages below show how large each group is within each constituency’s electorate.

N.06 Palong had the highest share of Malay voters, at 92.32 percent, while N.11 Lobak had the highest share of Chinese voters, at 71.51 percent.

N.07 Jeram Padang recorded the highest share of Indian voters, at 33.13 percent.

N.31 Bagan Pinang had the highest shares of both Bumiputera Sabah and Bumiputera Sarawak voters, at 3.04 percent and 3.72 percent, respectively.

N.02 Pertang had the highest share of Orang Asli voters, at 7.18 percent, while N.14 Ampangan recorded the highest share of voters in the “Others” category, at 3.07 percent.

Who Contested in the 16th Negeri Sembilan State Election?

A total of 103 candidates contested for Negeri Sembilan’s 36 state seats in the 2026 election, up from 83 candidates in 2023.

PH fielded the most candidates and was the only coalition that contested for all 36 seats. BN fielded 25 candidates, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) 24 and PN 11.

The remaining candidates comprised one each from Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa), Parti Orang Asli Malaysia (ASLI) and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), as well as four Independents.

The election featured 11 straight fights, 21 three-cornered contests, two four-cornered contests and two five-cornered contests.

Of the 103 candidates, 94 were men and nine were women. In 2023, there were 75 male candidates and eight female candidates.

Although the number of women increased by one, they accounted for 8.74 percent of candidates in 2026, down from 9.64 percent in 2023.

PH fielded the most female candidates, with four, followed by BN with three. Bersatu fielded one female candidate, while ASLI’s sole candidate was a woman.

By age, candidates aged 40 to 49 formed the largest group, with 39 candidates. They are followed by those aged 50 to 59 (33), 60 and above (16), and 30 to 39 (12).

Candidates aged 18 to 29 form the smallest group, with three candidates.

At 23, Bersatu’s Leevineshwaraan Murugan, who contested in N.33 Sri Tanjung, was the youngest candidate. The oldest candidates were PH’s Abd Latif A. Tambi and BN’s Mohamad Hasan, both 70. Abd Latif contested in N.35 Gemencheh, while Mohamad defended his seat in N.27 Rantau.

By comparison, the youngest candidate in the 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election was Muhammad Syakir Fitri Sadri, who contested N.25 Paroi as an Independent at the age of 25. The oldest was Bujang Abu, who contested N.13 Sikamat as an Independent at the age of 72.

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Early Voter Turnout

Early voting for the Negeri Sembilan 2026 state election began at 8am on July 28, 2026.

This year, 22,339 voters were eligible for early voting, comprising 16,884 military personnel and their spouses and 5,455 police personnel and their spouses.

Voting took place at 38 early voting centres across Negeri Sembilan.

In-person early voting on July 28 involved 16,467 voters, comprising 11,293 military personnel and their spouses, and 5,174 police personnel and their spouses. Another 5,872 early voters voted by post, comprising 5,591 military voters and 281 police voters.

The early polling centres closed in stages, with 18 closing at noon, two at 2pm, and the remaining 18 at 5pm.

Final early voter turnout stood at 91.06 percent, with 14,995 out of 16,467 in-person early voters casting their ballots.

Polling Day

As of 4pm, voter turnout stood at 65.38 percent, with 562,133 out of 859,760 voters having cast their ballots across 401 polling centres.

This was higher than the 61.89 percent recorded at the same time during the 2023 state election, when 518,737 out of 838,200 voters had cast their ballots.

BN won 18 of the 25 seats it contested, retaining the 14 seats it won during the 2023 state election. In 2026, BN flipped four seats – three from PH (N.01 Chennah, N.18 Pilah and N.36 Repah) and one seat from PN (N.20 Labu).

Meanwhile, PN won seven of the 11 seats it contested. The coalition retained four seats from the 2023 election (N.05 Serting, N.25 Paroi, N.31 Bagan Pinang and N.34 Gemas), lost N.20 Labu to BN and gained three seats previously under PH (N.04 Klawang, N.13 Sikamat and N.14 Ampangan).

PH won 11 of the 36 seats it contested in. All were seats previously won in the 2023 election. The 2026 election saw the loss of six seats it previously won in the 2023 election (as mentioned above).

Bersatu, Berjasa, ASLI, PSM and all Independent candidates failed to win any of the seats they contested.

The breakdown of the data is courtesy of Tindak Malaysia and the Election Commission.
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Report & Data Visualisation: Shaza Al Muzayen
Web Designer: Ummul Syuhaida Othman
Editor: Sakina Mohamed
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