Penang State Legislative Assembly

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Penang State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
槟城州议会
பினாங்கு மாநில சட்டமன்றம்
ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ڤولاو ڤينڠ
15th State Legislative Assembly
Coat of arms of Penang.svg
Type
Type
History
Founded11 July 1959;64 years ago (1959-07-11)
Leadership
Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
since 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)
Speaker
Law Choo Kiang, PH-PKR
since 28 June 2013 (2013-06-28)
Deputy Speaker
Azrul Mahathir Aziz, PH-AMANAH
since 29 August 2023 (2023-08-29)
Chow Kon Yeow,
PHDAP
since 14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)
Leader of the Opposition
Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff, PN-PAS
since 17 November 2023 (2023-11-17)
Secretary
Maheswari Malayandy
Structure
Seats40
Quorum: 13
Simple majority: 21
Two-thirds majority: 27
DUN Penang 2023.svg
Political groups
(As of 13 August 2023)

Government (29)
  PH (27)

Contents

  BN (2)

Opposition (11)
  PN (11)

Speaker (1)

  PH (non-MLA)
Committees
5
  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Rights and Privileges Committee
  • Assembly Committee
  • Rules of Proceedings Committee
  • Constitutional Committee
Elections
Plurality First-past-the-post
Last election
12 August 2023
Next election
By 28 October 2028
Meeting place
Dewan Undangan Negeri Penang Dec 2006 003.jpg
Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
dun.penang.gov.my

The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legislature, whose members are called State Assemblymen, convenes at the Penang State Assembly Building in Penang's capital city of George Town. The Penang State Executive Council, the executive branch of the Penang state government, is drawn from among the State Assemblymen.

After the 2023 Penang state election and out of the 40 seats, 29 are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) ruling coalitions. Within the PH coalition, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) retains its 19 seats since 2008, the People's Justice Party (PKR) holds 7 seats and the National Trust Party (Amanah) retain just a single seat, while the BN coalition holds 2 seats. The PH and BN coalitions thus command a supermajority in the legislature. Meanwhile, 11 seats are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) opposition coalition.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018) DUN P Pinang 2020.svg
Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition

GovernmentOpposition
PHBNPN
27211
1971274
DAPPKRAMANAHUMNOPASBERSATU
No.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.State ConstituencyPortraitMemberCoalition (Party)Post
---Non-MLA Coat of arms of Penang.svg Law Choo Kiang PH (PKR)Speaker
P041 Kepala Batas N01 Penaga Coat of arms of Penang.svg Mohd Yusni Mat Piah PN (PAS)N/A
N02 Bertam Coat of arms of Penang.svg Reezal Merican Naina Merican BN (UMNO)
N03 Pinang Tunggal Coat of arms of Penang.svg Bukhori Ghazali PN (PAS)
P042 Tasek Gelugor N4 Permatang Berangan Coat of arms of Penang.svg Mohd Sobri Salleh PN (PAS)
N05 Sungai Dua Coat of arms of Penang.svg Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff PN (PAS)Opposition Leader
N06 Telok Ayer Tawar Coat of arms of Penang.svg Azmi Alang PN (BERSATU)N/A
P043 Bagan N07 Sungai Puyu Coat of arms of Penang.svg Phee Syn Tze PH (DAP)
N08 Bagan Jermal Coat of arms of Penang.svg Chee Yeeh Keen PH (DAP)
N09 Bagan Dalam Coat of arms of Penang.svg Kumaran Krishnan PH (DAP)
P044 Permatang Pauh N10 Seberang Jaya Coat of arms of Penang.svg Izhar Shah Arif Shah PN (BERSATU)
N11 Permatang Pasir Coat of arms of Penang.svg Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim PN (PAS)
N12 Penanti Coat of arms of Penang.svg Zulkefli Bakar PN (BERSATU)
P045 Bukit Mertajam N13 Berapit Coat of arms of Penang.svg Heng Lee Lee PH (DAP)
N14 Machang Bubok Coat of arms of Penang.svg Lee Khai Loon PH (PKR)
N15 Padang Lalang Gooi Zi Sen.jpg Daniel Gooi Zi Sen PH (DAP)EXCO Member
P46 Batu Kawan N16 Perai Coat of arms of Penang.svg Sundarajoo Somu PH (DAP)
N17 Bukit Tengah Coat of arms of Penang.svg Gooi Hsiao Leung PH (PKR)N/A
N18 Bukit Tambun Coat of arms of Penang.svg Goh Choon Aik PH (PKR)
P047 Nibong Tebal N19 Jawi Coat of arms of Penang.svg Jason H'ng Mooi Lye PH (DAP)EXCO Member
N20 Sungai Bakap Coat of arms of Penang.svg Nor Zamri Latiff PN (PAS)N/A
N21 Sungai Acheh Coat of arms of Penang.svg Rashidi Zinol BN (UMNO)EXCO Member
P048 Bukit Bendera N22 Tanjong Bunga ZKJ.jpg Zairil Khir Johari PH (DAP)
N23 Air Putih Lim Guan Eng.jpg Lim Guan Eng PH (DAP)
  • Former Chief Minister of Penang
  • MP for Bagan
N24 Kebun Bunga Coat of arms of Penang.svg Lee Boon Heng PH (PKR)N/A
N25 Pulau Tikus Coat of arms of Penang.svg Joshua Woo Sze Zeng PH (DAP)
P049 Tanjong N26 Padang Kota Chow Kon Yeow 2019.jpg Chow Kon Yeow PH (DAP)
N27 Pengkalan Kota KOK 8770.jpg Wong Yuee Harng PH (DAP)N/A
N28 Komtar Coat of arms of Penang.svg Teh Lai Heng PH (DAP)
P050 Jelutong N29 Datok Keramat Portrait of Jagdeep Singh Deo.jpg Jagdeep Singh Deo PH (DAP)Deputy Chief Minister II
N30 Sungai Pinang Coat of arms of Penang.svg Lim Siew Khim PH (DAP)EXCO Member
N31 Batu Lancang Coat of arms of Penang.svg Ong Ah Teong PH (DAP)N/A
P051 Bukit Gelugor N32 Seri Delima Coat of arms of Penang.svg Connie Tan Hooi Peng PH (DAP)
N33 Air Itam Coat of arms of Penang.svg Joseph Ng Soon Siang PH (DAP)
N34 Paya Terubong Wong Hon Wai.jpg Wong Hon Wai PH (DAP)EXCO Member
P052 Bayan Baru N35 Batu Uban YB KUMARESAN.jpg Kumaresan Aramugam PH (PKR)N/A
N36 Pantai Jerejak Coat of arms of Penang.svg Fahmi Zainol PH (PKR)EXCO Member
N37 Batu Maung Coat of arms of Penang.svg Mohamad Abdul Hamid PH (PKR)Deputy Chief Minister I
P053 Balik Pulau N38 Bayan Lepas Coat of arms of Penang.svg Azrul Mahathir Aziz PH (AMANAH)Deputy Speaker
N39 Pulau Betong Coat of arms of Penang.svg Mohamad Shukor Zakariah PN (PAS)N/A
N40 Telok Bahang Coat of arms of Penang.svg Muhamad Kasim PN (BERSATU)

Seating arrangement

The seating arrangement of the Penang State Legislative Assembly is as follows. [1]

N08 Bagan Jermal N27 Pengkalan Kota N33 Air Itam N31 Batu Lanchang N17 Bukit Tengah N13 Berapit N14 Machang Bubok N35 Batu Uban
N18 Bukit Tambun N28 Komtar N02 Bertam N23 Air Putih
N32 Seri Delima BVacant
N25 Pulau Tikus N38 Bayan Lepas (Deputy Speaker)
N24 Kebun Bunga N10 Seberang Jaya CA N34 Paya Terubong (EXCO Member) N36 Pantai Jerejak (EXCO Member)
N09 Bagan Dalam N11 Permatang Pasir N22 Tanjong Bunga (EXCO Member) N16 Perai (EXCO Member)
N07 Sungai Puyu N06 Telok Ayer Tawar N21 Sungai Acheh (EXCO Member) N15 Padang Lalang (EXCO Member)
N39 Pulau Betong N03 Pinang Tunggal N29 Datok Keramat (Deputy Chief Minister II) N19 Jawi (EXCO Member)
N20 Sungai Bakap N01 Penaga N37 Batu Maung (Deputy Chief Minister I) N30 Sungai Pinang (EXCO Member)
N40 Telok Bahang N12 Penanti State Legal AdvisorState Financial Officer
N04 Permatang Berangan N05 Sungai Dua (Opposition Leader) Secretary N26 Padang Kota (Chief Minister) State Secretary
Speaker
Yang Di-Pertua Negeri

Role

The Penang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact legislation and policies relating to the State List and Joint List as defined in the Federal Constitution. Its members also provide oversight on the state's executive branch of government, ensuring the state departments and agencies enforce the aforementioned legislation. [2] Debates in the Assembly are presided over by the Speaker.

The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Assembly is appointed as the Chief Minister by the Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang. The Chief Minister heads the state's executive, known as the State Executive Council, whose members are also drawn from the Assembly.

Committees

The State Assembly also consists of committees to handle administrative matters. The committees include: [3]

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959: [4]

No.SpeakerTerm startTerm endPartyConstituency
1 Sulaiman Ahmad 6 January 19591 April 1964 Alliance ( UMNO ) Alma
25 April 196419 March 1969
2 Harun Sirat 10 May 196931 July 1974 Gerakan Alma
24 August 197416 June 1978 BN ( Gerakan ) Bukit Tengah
3 Hassan Md. Noh 8 July 197829 March 1982BN ( UMNO ) Penaga
4 Teh Ewe Lim 22 April 198219 July 1986 BN ( Gerakan ) Datok Keramat
5 Ooi Ean Kwong 3 August 19865 October 1990 BN ( Gerakan ) Datok Keramat
6 Abdul Rahman Abbas 21 October 19904 April 1995BN ( UMNO ) Bertam
7 Yahaya Abdul Hamid 25 April 199510 November 1999BN ( UMNO ) Pinang Tunggal
29 November 19992 March 2004
21 March 200412 February 2008Non-MLA
8 Abdul Halim Hussain 8 March 200827 June 2013PR ( PKR )Non-MLA
9 Law Choo Kiang 28 June 201310 April 2018PH ( PKR ) Bukit Tambun
2 August 201828 June 2023Non-MLA
29 August 2023Incumbent

Election pendulum

The 2023 Penang state election witnessed 29 governmental seats and 11 non-governmental seats filled the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 4 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats.

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai AchehRashidi ZainolUMNO50.33
Bayan LepasAzrul Mahathir AzizAMANAH52.35
Batu MaungMohamad Abdul HamidPKR54.65
Fairly safe
BertamReezal Merican Naina MericanUMNO56.24
Safe
Sungai PinangLim Siew KhimDAP65.13
Bukit TengahGooi Hsiao-LeungPKR68.58
Machang BubokLee Khai LoonPKR69.12
Pantai JerejakFahmi ZainolPKR69.94
Bagan DalamKamaran KrishnanDAP71.49
Tanjong BungaZairil Khir JohariDAP72.82
Datok KeramatJagdeep Singh DeoDAP72.61
PeraiSundarajoo SomuDAP76.76
Batu UbanKumaresan AramugamPKR76.83
JawiH’ng Mooi LyeDAP79.50
Air ItamJoseph Ng Soon SeongDAP79.22
Seri DelimaConnie Tan Hooi PengDAP80.57
Bukit TambunGoh Choon AikPKR80.64
Bagan JermalChee Yeeh KeenDAP84.77
Air PutihLim Guan EngDAP85.63
Pulau TikusJoshua Woo Sze ZengDAP85.09
KomtarTeh Lai HengDAP86.61
Padang KotaChow Kon YeowDAP87.83
Kebun BungaLee Boon HengPKR87.83
Padang LalangDaniel Gooi Zi SenDAP87.85
Sungai PuyuPhee Syn TzeDAP90.48
Paya TerubongWong Hon WaiDAP91.58
Batu LancangOng Ah TeongDAP92.12
BerapitHeng Lee LeeDAP94.44
Pengkalan KotaWong Yee HarngDAP94.64
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai BakapNor Zamri LatiffPAS52.67
Pulau BetongMohamad Shukor ZakariahPAS52.92
Telok BahangMuhamd KasimBERSATU53.48
Telok Ayer TawarAzmi AlangBERSATU55.26
Fairly Safe
Permatang PasirAmir Hamzah Abdul HashimPAS56.49
Seberang JayaIzhar Shah Arif ShahBERSATU56.69
PenantiZulkefli BakarBERSATU58.28
Safe
Sungai DuaMuhammad Fauzi YusoffPAS62.26
Pinang TunggalBukhori GhazaliPAS62.74
PenagaMohd. Yusni Mat PiahPAS63.24
Permatang BeranganMohd Sobri SalehPAS69.50

List of Assemblies

AssemblyTerm

began

MembersElectionCommitteeMajority party/coalition
1st1959Wong Pow Nee IAlliance
2nd1964Wong Pow Nee IIAlliance
3rd1969Lim Chong Eu IGerakan (1969-1973)

Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)

4th1974Lim Chong Eu IIBarisan Nasional
5th 1978 Lim Chong Eu IIIBarisan Nasional
6th1982Lim Chong Eu IVBarisan Nasional
7th1986Lim Chong Eu VBarisan Nasional
8th 1990 Koh Tsu Koon IBarisan Nasional
9th 1995 Koh Tsu Koon IIBarisan Nasional
10th 1999 Koh Tsu Koon IIIBarisan Nasional
11th 2004 Koh Tsu Koon IVBarisan Nasional
12th 2008 Lim Guan Eng IPakatan Rakyat
13th 2013 Lim Guan Eng IIPakatan Rakyat (2013-2015)

Pakatan Harapan (2015-2018)

14th 2018 Chow Kon Yeow IPakatan Harapan
15th 2023 Chow Kon Yeow IIPakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional

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References

  1. "Persidangan dewan undangan negeri penggal keempat belas" (PDF). Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang.
  2. Role and Membership of the State Assembly Penang State Assembly Portal
  3. List of State Assembly Committees Penang State Assembly Portal
  4. Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri