The state election is the 14th state election in Selangor since the independence of Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957. The governing Pakatan Harapan (PH) will seek to secure their third consecutive term in office since 2008. According to the Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959, the maximum term of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of Selangor, is five years from the date of the first sitting of Assembly following a state election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law.[9] The Assembly would have been automatically dissolved on 21 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of its first sitting on 21 June 2013.