How does Johor’s 2022 turnout compare with other state elections?

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Johor’s 2022 turnout was lower than every other recent state election listed, and it was also below the 2022 general election.

Johor recorded a turnout of 54.92 per cent in March 2022, which was described as a historic low for modern Malaysian elections. That figure sat well below turnout in Sarawak in 2021, Sabah in 2025, Melaka in 2021, and every state election held in 2023, making Johor the lowest among the elections cited.
Johor’s 54.92 per cent was the weakest turnout in the comparison set

The Johor figure was below Sarawak’s 60.67 per cent, Sabah’s 64.35 per cent, and Melaka’s 65.85 per cent. It was also lower than Negeri Sembilan’s 68.35 per cent, Selangor’s 71.98 per cent, Penang’s 72.67 per cent, Kedah’s 73.86 per cent, and Terengganu’s 74.79 per cent.
It also trailed the 15th General Election by a wide margin

The 15th General Election in 2022 recorded 74.70 per cent turnout, almost 20 percentage points higher than Johor’s 54.92 per cent. That gap shows Johor’s state election turnout was not just low by state-election standards, but also far below the national polling level in the same year.
The drop was sharp even against Johor’s own 2018 result

In 2018, Johor turnout stood at 84.51 per cent, with more than 1.5 million votes cast. By 2022, despite having more registered voters through Undi18 and automatic registration, Johor had 109,000 fewer ballots in the boxes.
The 2022 result stood out as an outlier in recent Malaysian voting patterns

The 54.92 per cent turnout placed Johor at the bottom of the participation ladder among the state elections mentioned. Even the lower-turnout state polls in Sarawak, Sabah, and Melaka all remained above 60 per cent, while several others were above 70 per cent.

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