2022 People's Justice Party leadership election

A leadership election is being held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia in April and May 2022 to elect new leadership on the central level. [1] [2]

2022 People's Justice Party leadership election

11 April–21 May 2022

Candidate Anwar Ibrahim Party PKR Popular vote Won Uncontested Percentage 100%

President of PKR before election Anwar Ibrahim President of PKR after election Anwar Ibrahim

For the party presidency, it was highly unlikely for incumbent president Anwar Ibrahim to face any potential opponents and being defeated and he would hence remain as the party president given to his prominent and dominant position in the party and politics following the departure of former deputy president Azmin Ali, his followers and a number of founding members aligned to Azmin whom they were embroiled in splits and fallouts with Anwar and eventually resulted in the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis which overthrew the democratically elected Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration. 2018 PKR election was repeated with Anwar remaining as the party president after he was elected by walkover as he was the sole candidate for the party presidency in the election. [3]

For the party deputy presidency, it is expected to see a heated contest and fight between Rafizi Ramli, former candidate and loser to Azmin in 2018 and the incumbent vice-president, who announced his return to active politics on 15 March 2022, and Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, also a former candidate and loser to Azmin in 2014, the loyalist to Anwar and the incumbent secretary-general.