The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; Malay: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. PAS's electoral base is in Peninsular Malaysia's rural and conservative north and east coast.
The party is a component party of the governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which came to power as a result of the 2020-21 Malaysian political crisis. The party governs either solely or as coalition partners in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Johor, and Perak. In the past, it was a coalition partner in the state governments of Penang and Selangor as part of the federal opposition between 2008 to 2018. The party currently holds 18 of the 222 seats in the federal Dewan Rakyat and has elected parliamentarians or state assembly members in eight of the country's 13 states.
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