The next Selangor state election will be held on or before 21 August 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each. The Selangor State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 21 June 2018, the fifth anniversary of the first sitting, and elections must be held within sixty days (two months) of the dissolution (on or before 21 August 2018, with the date to be decided by the Election Commission), unless dissolved prior to that date by the Head of State (Sultan of Selangor) on the advice of the Head of Government (Menteri Besar of Selangor).