THE Terengganu assembly was dissolved today, two days before the mandate expires on June 30.

Speaker Yahaya Ali told Bernama its representative had presented the dissolution notification letter to Terengganu Election Commission deputy director Muhammad Salahuddin Salleh yesterday. 

From today, Terengganu will be administered by a caretaker government until a new government is formed after the state elections.

The dissolution received the consent of the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin after Menteri Besar Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar had an audience to present the date of the assembly dissolution to the ruler at Istana Syarqiyyah in Kuala Terengganu yesterday.

Apart from Terengganu, the assemblies of two other states, Penang and Kedah are also dissolved officially today while the assemblies of Kelantan and Selangor were dissolved on June 22 and 23 respectively.

Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun will also be seeking an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir today to obtain the consent to dissolve the state assembly, the last of the six states facing state elections to do so. 

In the 2018 general election, PAS formed the Terengganu government after managing to win 22 out of 32 state seats, while Barisan Nasional took 10 seats. 

PKR, which also contested in the general election in Terengganu, failed to secure any seats out of all 32 contested.

Unlike other states, Terengganu saw no by-elections throughout the term, either due to assemblymen dying, party jumping or resigning from either the state government bloc or the opposition. – Bernama, June 28, 2023.