Fakhrul Anwar Ismail

In the 2022 Perlis state election, the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered from huge defeat and wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever transition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds supermajority of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and Sanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replaced Azlan Man as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Fakhrul Anwar was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Housing, Local Government, Small Hawkers and Businessmen, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumerism, Entrepreneur Development, Small and Medium Industries by Menteri Besar, Mohd Shukri.[2]

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Fakhrul Anwar made his electoral debut after being nominated by Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) to contest for the Sena state seat. He was not elected as the Sena MLA after losing to Asrul Nizan Abdul Jalil of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of 2,288 votes.

In the 2022 state election, Fakhrul Anwar was nominated by PN to contest for the Bintong seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Bintong MLA after defeating Menteri Besar and defending MLA Azlan of BN, Azhari Ahmad of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Shazwan Suban of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG), independent candidate Hashim Suboh and Mohamad Khair Mohd Noor of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 4,329 votes.[3]