Kelantan State Legislative Assembly

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Dewan Negeri Kelantan ديوان نݢري کلنتن‎
15th Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Sultan	Sultan Muhammad V since 13 September 2010
Speaker	Mohd Amar Abdullah, PN–PAS since 5 September 2023
Deputy Speaker	Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi,PN–BERSATU since 5 September 2023
Menteri Besar	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud,PN–PAS since 15 August 2023
Opposition Leader	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim, BN–UMNO since 5 September 2023
Secretary	Mohd Zaika Yamani Ibrahim
Structure
Seats	45 Quorum: 15 Simple majority: 23 Two-thirds majority: 30
Political groups	(As of 17 August 2024 [update] ) Government (42)   PN (42)   PAS (37)   BERSATU (5) Opposition (3)   BN (2)   UMNO (2)   PH (1)   AMANAH (1) Speaker (1)   PN (MLA for Panchor)
Committees	2 Public Accounts Committee Select Committee
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (45 single-member constituencies)
Last election	12 August 2023
Next election	By 4 November 2028
Meeting place
Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Website
kelantan.gov.my

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (Malay : Dewan Negeri Kelantan) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. It consists of 45 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart.

The State Legislative Assembly convenes at the Kota Darul Naim in the state capital, Kota Bharu.

Out of the 45 seats, 42 are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) ruling coalition after the 2023 state election. Within the coalition, the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) holds 37 seats while the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) holds 5 seats. The PN coalition commands a two-thirds supermajority in the assembly.

Meanwhile, Barisan Nasional (BN) - United Malays National Organization (UMNO) holds 2 seats and Pakatan Harapan (PH) - National Trust Party (AMANAH) holds 1 seat.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition

For a complete list of members, see List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2022–present).

Government		Opposition
PN		BN	PH
42		2	1
37	5	2	1
PAS	BERSATU	UMNO	AMANAH

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
P19	Tumpat	N1	Pengkalan Kubor	Wan Roslan Wan Hamat	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N2	Kelaboran	Mohd Adenan Hassan	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N3	Pasir Pekan	Ahmad Yakob	PN (PAS)	Former Menteri Besar of Kelantan
		N4	Wakaf Bharu	Mohd Rusli Abdullah	PN (PAS)	N/A
P20	Pengkalan Chepa	N5	Kijang	Izani Husin	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N6	Chempaka	Nik Asma' Bahrum Nik Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N7	Panchor	Mohd. Amar Abdullah	PN (PAS)	Speaker
P21	Kota Bharu	N8	Tanjong Mas	Rohani Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N9	Kota Lama	Hafidzah Mustakim	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
		N10	Bunut Payong	Shaari Mat Yaman	PN (PAS)
P22	Pasir Mas	N11	Tendong	Rozi Muhamad	PN (PAS)
		N12	Pengkalan Pasir	Mohd Nasriff Daud	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N13	Meranti	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar
P23	Rantau Panjang	N14	Chetok	Zuraidin Abdullah	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N15	Gual Periok	Kamaruzaman Mohamad	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N16	Apam Putra	Zamakhshari Mohamad	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
P24	Kubang Kerian	N17	Salor	Saizol Ismail	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N18	Pasir Tumboh	Abd Rahman Yunus	PN (PAS)
		N19	Demit	Mohd Asri Mat Daud	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
P25	Bachok	N20	Tawang	Harun Ismail	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N21	Pantai Irama	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin	PN (PAS)
		N22	Jelawat	Zameri Mat Nawang	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
P26	Ketereh	N23	Melor	Wan Rohimi Wan Daud	PN (PAS)
		N24	Kadok	Azami Md. Nor	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N25	Kok Lanas	Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy Speaker
P27	Tanah Merah	N26	Bukit Panau	Abdul Fatah Mahmood	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N27	Gual Ipoh	Bahari Mohamad Nor	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N28	Kemahang	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
P28	Pasir Puteh	N29	Selising	Tuan Mohd Saripuddin Tuan Ismail	PN (PAS)
		N30	Limbongan	Nor Asilah Mohamed Zin	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N31	Semerak	Nor Sham Sulaiman	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N32	Gaal	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar	PN (PAS)
P29	Machang	N33	Pulai Chondong	Azhar Salleh	PN (PAS)
		N34	Temangan	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan	PN (PAS)	Deputy Menteri Besar
		N35	Kemuning	Ahmad Zakhran Mat Noor	PN (PAS)	N/A
P30	Jeli	N36	Bukit Bunga	Mohd Almidi Jaafar	PN (BERSATU)
		N37	Air Lanas	Kamarudin Md Nor	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
		N38	Kuala Balah	Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil	PN (PAS)	N/A
P31	Kuala Krai	N39	Mengkebang	Zubir Abu Bakar	PN (PAS)
		N40	Guchil	Hilmi Abdullah	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N41	Manek Urai	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N42	Dabong	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussien	PN (PAS)
P32	Gua Musang	N43	Nenggiri	Mohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani	BN (UMNO)
		N44	Paloh	Shaari Mat Hussain	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N45	Galas	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim	BN (UMNO)	Leader of the Opposition

Seating arrangement

N38 Kuala Balah

N44 Paloh (Deputy EXCO)

N10 Bunut Payong

N12 Pengkalan Pasir (Deputy EXCO)

N22 Jelawat (Deputy EXCO)

N30 Limbongan (Deputy EXCO)

N27 Gual Ipoh (Deputy EXCO)

N06 Chempaka (Deputy EXCO)

N15 Gual Periok (Deputy EXCO)

N23 Melor (Deputy EXCO)

N39 Mengkebang

N26 Bukit Panau

N24 Kadok

N03 Pasir Pekan

N37 Ayer Lanas (EXCO Member)

N16 Apam Putra (EXCO Member)

N08 Tanjong Mas (EXCO Member)

N40 Guchil (EXCO Member)

N19 Demit (EXCO Member)

N01 Pengkalan Kubor (EXCO Member)

N29 Selising (EXCO Member)

N02 Kelaboran

N17 Salor (Deputy EXCO)

N18 Pasir Tumboh (Deputy EXCO)

B

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N05 Kijang (EXCO Member)

N32 Gaal

N20 Tawang

N41 Manek Urai

N28 Kemahang (EXCO Member)

N04 Wakaf Bharu

N35 Kemuning

N21 Pantai Irama

Sergeant-at-Arm

State Financial Officer

N14 Chetok

N36 Bukit Bunga

N11 Tendong

State Legal Advisor

N42 Dabong

Vacant

N31 Semerak

State Secretary

N33 Pulai Chondong

N43 Nenggiri

Vacant

the Mace

V

N34 Temangan (Deputy Menteri Besar)

N25 Kok Lanas (Deputy Speaker)

N09 Kota Lama

N45 Galas (Opposition Leader)

Secretary

N13 Meranti (Menteri Besar)

N07 Panchor (Speaker)

Speaker

Sultan

Role

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly enacts legislation concerning matters in the State List and Joint List defined in the Federal Constitution. The Speaker presides over debates in the Assembly.

The leader of the majority party or coalition in the Assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Kelantan. The person who assumes the role of Menteri Besar appoints the state's executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.

Committees

The Assembly contains two administrative committees, namely: ^[1]

• Public Accounts Committee
• Select Committee

Election pendulum

The 2023 Kelantan state election witnessed 37 governmental seats and 8 non-governmental seats filled the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 41 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has a fairly safe seat.

2023 Kelantan state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Nenggiri Mohd Azizi Abu Naim BERSATU 53.31 Fairly safe Paloh Shaari Mat Hussain BERSATU 58.74 Safe Apam Putra Zamakhshari Muhammad PAS 61.12 Tendong Rozi Muhamad PAS 61.92 Bunut Payong Shaari Mat Yaman PAS 62.66 Dabong Ku Mohd. Zaki Ku Hussein PAS 63.44 Kuala Balah Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil PAS 63.31 Pengkalan Kubor Wan Roslan Wan Hamat PAS 63.70 Kemuning Ahmad Zakhran Mat Noor PAS 63.77 Gual Periok Kamaruzaman Mohamad PAS 64.19 Bukit Bunga Mohd Almidi Jaafar BERSATU 66.06 Tanjong Mas Rohani Ibrahim PAS 66.23 Semerak Nor Sham Sulaiman PAS 66.91 Pulai Chondong Azhar Salleh PAS 67.51 Wakaf Bharu Mohd. Rusli Abdullah PAS 67.73 Air Lanas Kamarudin Md Nor BERSATU 67.81 Kok Lanas Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi BERSATU 68.07 Jelawat Zameri Mat Nawang PAS 69.09 Selising Tuan Mohd. Sharipudin Tuan Ismail PAS 69.11 Panchor Mohd. Amar Nik Abdullah PAS 70.00 Melor Wan Rohimi Wan Daud PAS 70.13 Gual Ipoh Bahari Mohamad Nor BERSATU 70.26 Guchil Hilmi Abdullah PAS 70.49 Pengkalan Pasir Mohamad Nasriff Daud PAS 70.71 Pantai Irama Mohd. Huzaimy Che Husin PAS 70.81 Kelaboran Mohd. Adanan Hassan PAS 70.91 Salor Saizol Ismail PAS 71.19 Gaal Mohd. Rodzi Ja'afar PAS 72.65 Limbongan Nurul Asilah Mohd Zain PAS 73.04 Temangan Mohamed Fadzli Hassan PAS 73.25 Chetok Zuraidin Abdullah PAS 74.38 Chempaka Nik Asma' Bahrum Nik Abdullah PAS 74.46 Demit Muhamad Asri Mat Daud PAS 75.39 Kijang Dr. Izani Husin PAS 75.81 Pasir Pekan Ahmad Yakob PAS 75.88 Kadok Azami Mohd. Nor PAS 75.95 Meranti Mohd. Nassurruddin Daud PAS 76.36 Pasir Tumboh Abd. Rahman Yunus PAS 76.61 Kemahang Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman PAS 77.20 Manek Urai Mohd. Fauzi Abdullah PAS 78.33 Mengkebang Zubir Abu Bakar PAS 78.64 Bukit Panau Abdul Fattah Mahmood PAS 79.14 Tawang Harun Ismail PAS 79.22 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Kota Lama Hafidzah Mustakim AMANAH 49.98 Fairly safe Galas Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim UMNO 59.19

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959			Ishak Lotfi I	PMIP
2nd	1964			Mohd Asri I	PMIP
3rd	1969			Mohd Asri II (1969–1973) Ishak Lotfi II (1973–1974)	PMIP (1969–1973) Barisan Nasional (1973–1974)
4th	1974			Mohamed Nasir	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978			Mohamed Yaacob I	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982			Mohamed Yaacob II	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986			Mohamed Yaacob III	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990			Nik Abdul Aziz I	Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah
9th	1995			Nik Abdul Aziz II	Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (1995–1996) PAS (1996–1999)
10th	1999			Nik Abdul Aziz III	Barisan Alternatif
11th	2004			Nik Abdul Aziz IV	PAS
12th	2008			Nik Abdul Aziz V	Pakatan Rakyat
13th	2013			Ahmad Yakob I	Pakatan Rakyat (2013–2015) PAS (2015–2018)
14th	2018			Ahmad Yakob II	PAS (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (2020–2023)
15th	2023			Mohd Nassuruddin	Perikatan Nasional

See also

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

References

1. Assembly Committees Kelantan State Government Portal

External links

• Kelantan State Government official website Archived 2021-02-11 at the Wayback Machine