Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Kedah State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah*
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري قدح
吉打州立法议会
Kedah State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah; ديوان اوندڠن نڬري قدح; 吉打州立法议会
14th Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Preceded by	Kedah State Council (3 August 1905–31 March 1959)
Leadership
Sultan	Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah ; since 12 September 2017
Speaker	Juhari Bulat, PN-BERSATU ; since 25 August 2020
Deputy Speaker	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim, PN-PAS ; since 25 August 2020
First Minister	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, PN-PAS ; since 17 May 2020
Opposition Leader	Zamri Yusuf, PH-PKR ; since 12 March 2023
Secretary	Mohamad Azlee Ahmad
Structure
Seats	36; Quorum: 12; Simple majority: 19; Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 11 March 2023); Government (21); PN (21); PAS (15); BERSATU (6); Confidence and supply (2); PEJUANG (2) ; Opposition (12); PH (10); PKR (5); AMANAH (3); DAP (2); BN (2) UMNO (2); Vacant (1) Speaker (1) MLA from Ayer Hangat
Committees	5 Committee of Selection; Public Accounts Committee; House Committee; Committee of Privileges; Standing Orders Committee;
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (36 single-member constituencies)
Last election	9 May 2018
Next election	4 September 2023 or earlier
Meeting place
	Wisma Darul Aman, Alor Setar, Kedah
Website
	mmk.kedah.gov.my

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

Members of the unicameral state legislature are called state assemblymen. The Legislative Assembly building is located at the Wisma Darul Aman in the state capital, Alor Setar.

Map of current constituencies

Current composition

Government		Opposition
PN		PH			PEJUANG	BN
21		10			2	2

15	6	5	3	2	2
PAS	BERSATU	PKR	AMANAH	DAP	PEJUANG	UMNO

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
P04	Langkawi	N1	Ayer Hangat	Juhari Bulat	PN (BERSATU)	Speaker
P04	Langkawi	N2	Kuah	Mohd Firdaus Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P05	Jerlun	N3	Kota Siputeh	Salmee Said	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
P05	Jerlun	N4	Ayer Hitam	Azhar Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	N/A
P06	Kubang Pasu	N5	Bukit Kayu Hitam	Halimaton Shaadiah Saad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P06	Kubang Pasu	N6	Jitra	Mukhriz Mahathir[N 1][1][2]	PEJUANG	N/A
P07	Padang Terap	N7	Kuala Nerang	Munir @ Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
P07	Padang Terap	N8	Pedu	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	PN (PAS)	N/A
P08	Pokok Sena	N9	Bukit Lada	Salim Mahmood	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N10	Bukit Pinang	Romani Wan Salim	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N11	Derga	Tan Kok Yew	PH (DAP)	N/A
P09	Alor Setar	N12	Suka Menanti	Zamri Yusuf	PH (PKR)	Leader of the Opposition[3]
		N13	Kota Darul Aman	Teh Swee Leong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N14	Alor Mengkudu	Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi[N 2][4]	PH (PKR)
P10	Kuala Kedah	N15	Anak Bukit	Amiruddin Hamzah[N 3][1]	PEJUANG
		N16	Kubang Rotan	Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	PH (AMANAH)
		N17	Pengkalan Kundor	Ismail Salleh	PH (AMANAH)
P11	Pendang	N18	Tokai	Mohd Hayati Othman	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
P11	Pendang	N19	Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob	BN (UMNO)	Political Secretary to the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
P12	Jerai	N20	Sungai Limau	Mohd Azam Abd Samat	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N21	Guar Chempedak	Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail[N 4][5][6]	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member & MP for Kubang Pasu
		N22	Gurun	Vacant[N 5][7][4]		N/A
P13	Sik	N23	Belantek	Mad Isa Shafie	PN (PAS)	N/A
P13	Sik	N24	Jeneri	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar
P14	Merbok	N25	Bukit Selambau	Summugam Rengasamy	PH (PKR)	N/A
P14	Merbok	N26	Tanjong Dawai	Hanif Ghazali	PN (PAS)	N/A
P15	Sungai Petani	N27	Pantai Merdeka	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PN (PAS)	Deputy Speaker
		N28	Bakar Arang	Ooi Tze Min	PH (PKR)	Political Secretary to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
		N29	Sidam	Robert Ling Kui Ee[N 6][8][9]	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P16	Baling	N30	Bayu	Abd Nasir Idris	PN (PAS)	Senator
		N31	Kupang	Najmi Ahmad	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N32	Kuala Ketil	Mansor Zakaria	PN (PAS)	N/A
P17	Padang Serai	N33	Merbau Pulas	Siti Aishah Ghazali	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
P17	Padang Serai	N34	Lunas	Azman Nasruddin[N 7][8][9]	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member & MP for Padang Serai
P18	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N35	Kulim	Yeo Keng Chuan	PH (PKR)	N/A
P18	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N36	Bandar Baharu	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	BN (UMNO)	N/A

Seating arrangement

Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant		N01 Ayer Hangat (Speaker)	N27 Pantai Merdeka (Deputy Speaker)	N26 Tanjong Dawai	N04 Ayer Hitam
Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant		N08 Pedu	N09 Bukit Lada	N32 Kuala Ketil	N30 Bayu
	Vacant	N36 Bandar Baharu	N03 Kota Siputeh		N02 Kuah (EXCO Member)	N05 Bukit Kayu Hitam (EXCO Member)	N23 Belantek
		N19 Sungai Tiang	C		B	N10 Bukit Pinang (EXCO Member)
Vacant	Vacant	N13 Kota Darul Aman	D	Sergeant-at-Arm	A	N31 Kupang (EXCO Member)	N20 Sungai Limau	N22 Gurun (Vacant)
Vacant	N14 Alor Mengkudu	N16 Kubang Rotan				N33 Merbau Pulas (EXCO Member)	N07 Kuala Nerang (EXCO Member)	Vacant
Vacant	N35 Kulim	N28 Bakar Arang		the Mace		N34 Lunas (EXCO Member)	N29 Sidam (EXCO Member)	Vacant
Vacant	N25 Bukit Selambau	N11 Derga		the Mace		N18 Tokai (EXCO Member)	State Financial Officer	Vacant
Vacant	N15 Anak Bukit	N17 Pengkalan Kundor				N21 Guar Chempedak (EXCO Member)	State Legal Advisor	Vacant
Vacant	N06 Jitra	N12 Suka Menanti (Opposition Leader)		Secretary		N24 Jeneri (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary	Vacant
Vacant				Speaker				Vacant
				Sultan

Role

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. It is also the forum for members to voice their opinions on the state government's policies and implementation of those policies. Under the law, assemblymen are given the right to freely discuss current issues such as public complaints. On financial matters, the Assembly approves supply to the government and ensures that the funds are spent as approved and in the tax-payers' interest.

The State Executive Council (EXCO) is appointed from members of the State Assembly. Led by the Menteri Besar, it exercises executive power on behalf of the Sultan and is responsible to the Assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Ahmad Tunku Ismail	20 May 1959	28 February 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Sala
2	Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabudin	25 April 1964	7 December 1967	Alliance (UMNO)	Baling Barat
3	Salleh Ishak	10 May 1969	30 July 1974	Alliance (UMNO)	Sungei Patani Luar
4	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1974	11 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Yan
4	Abdullah Ismail	26 July 1978	12 February 1981	BN (UMNO)	Yan
5	Shaari Abu Bakar	22 April 1982	18 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Pendang
6	Seroji Haron	3 August 1986	4 October 1990	BN (UMNO)	Bayu
(4)	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1990	1995	BN (UMNO)	Yan
7	Zainol Md Isa	5 June 1995	31 July 1998	BN (UMNO)	Kupang
8	Badruddin Amiruldin	26 December 1999	2004	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
9	Md Rozai Safian	2004	2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
10	Abdul Isa Ismail	2008	2013	PR (PAS)	Non-MLA
(9)	Md Rozai Safian	2013	2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
11	Ahmad Kassim	4 July 2018	14 August 2020	PH (PKR)	Non-MLA
12	Juhari Bulat	25 August 2020	Incumbent	PN (BERSATU)	Ayer Hangat

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 18 governmental seats and 18 non-governmental seats filled the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 1 safe seat and 3 fairly safe seats. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat.

2018 Kedah state election

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GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Kota Siputeh	Salmee Said	AMANAH	38.52
Alor Mengkudu	Phahrolrazi Zawawi	AMANAH	39.75
Kulim	Yeo Keng Chuan	PKR	41.55
Bukit Kayu Hitam	Halimahton Shaadiah Saad	BERSATU	41.72
Anak Bukit	Ir. Amiruddin Hamzah	BERSATU	42.21
Pengkalan Kundor	Dr. Ismail Salleh	AMANAH	42.58
Ayer Hangat	Johari Bulat	BERSATU	42.89
Bukit Selambau	Summugam Rengasamy	PKR	45.11
Gurun	Johari Abdul	PKR	47.32
Kubang Rotan	Mohd. Asmirul Anuar Aris	AMANAH	48.67
Kuah	Mohd. Firdaus Ahmad	BERSATU	49.05
Derga	Tan Kok Yew	DAP	50.79
Suka Menanti	Zamri Yusuf	PKR	53.35
Jitra	Mukhriz Dr. Mahathir	BERSATU	55.58
Fairly safe
Lunas	Azman Nasrudin	PKR	57.62
Sidam	Robert Ling Kui Ee	PKR	58.09
Bakar Arang	Simon Ooi Tze Min	PKR	58.21
Safe
Kota Darul Aman	Teh Swee Leong	DAP	69.99

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Bandar Baharu	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	UMNO	34.43
Merbau Pulas	Siti Aishah Ghazali	PAS	34.57
Guar Chempedak	Dr. Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail	UMNO	35.30
Tanjong Dawai	Hanif Ghazali	PAS	35.37
Ayer Hitam	Azhar Ibrahim	PAS	36.71
Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob	UMNO	38.39
Bukit Lada	Salim Mahmood	PAS	38.85
Pedu	Mohd. Radzi Md. Amin	PAS	43.13
Bukit Pinang	Wan Romani Wan Salim	PAS	43.57
Bayu	Abd. Nasir Idris	PAS	43.70
Kuala Ketil	Mansor Zakaria	PAS	44.09
Kuala Nerang	Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria	PAS	45.61
Pantai Merdeka	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PAS	45.62
Kupang	Najmi Ahmad	PAS	45.64
Jeneri	Muhammad Sanusi Md. Nor	PAS	46.31
Belantek	Mad Isa Shafie	PAS	50.52
Tokai	Dr. Mohd. Hayati Othman	PAS	52.33
Sungai Limau	Mohd. Azam Abd. Samat	PAS	53.01

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959	Syed Omar I	Alliance
2nd	1964	Syed Omar II (1964-1967) Syed Ahmad I (1967-1969)	Alliance
3rd	1969	Syed Ahmad II	Alliance (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974	Syed Ahmad III	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978	Syed Nahar I	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982	Syed Nahar II (1982-1985) Osman I (1985-1986)	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986	Osman III	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990	Osman III	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995	Osman IV (1995-1996) Sanusi Junid (1996-1999)	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999	Syed Razak I	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004	Syed Razak II (2004-2005) Mahdzir (2005-2008)	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008	Azizan	Pakatan Rakyat
13th	2013	Mukhriz I (2013-2016) Ahmad Bashah (2016-2018)	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018	Mukhriz II (2018-2020) Muhammad Sanusi (2020-)	Pakatan Harapan (2018-2020) PH-Bersatu (2020) PN-BN (2020-2022) Perikatan Nasional (2022-)

Notes

Mukhriz contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) candidate, was sacked from BERSATU on 28 May 2020 and become independent. He, together with several ex-BERSATU members, later founded PEJUANG on 12 August 2020. He was also the Menteri Besar from 11 May 2018 until his resignation date on 17 May 2020.
Phahrolrazi contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) candidate, was sacked from AMANAH on 30 October 2022 and become independent. He was also the Opposition Leader from 20 July 2020 to his sacking date. Phahrolrazi later joined another PH component party, PKR.
Amiruddin contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) candidate, was sacked from BERSATU on 28 May 2020 and become independent. He, together with several ex-BERSATU members, later founded PEJUANG on 12 August 2020.
Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, quitted UMNO on 12 November 2018.
Johari Abdul contested and won the seat in the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (PKR) candidate, and announced he resigned his state seat on 18 December 2022. He was also the Opposition Leader from 31 October 2022 to his resignation date.
Robert Ling contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (PKR) candidate, resigned from the party together with Azman Nasruddin on 12 May 2020 and become independent. They later joined BERSATU on 6 September 2020.
Azman contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (PKR) candidate, resigned from the party together with Robert Ling on 12 May 2020 and become independent. They later joined BERSATU on 6 September 2020.

References

"Dr Mahathir, Mukhriz and three other MPS sacked from Bersatu". 28 May 2020.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2020/05/593256/mukhriz-resigns-kedah-mb
Rahman, Noorazura Abdul (13 March 2023). "Zamri dilantik Ketua Pembangkang Dun Kedah". Harian Metro (in Malay). New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
"PKR's Johari Abdul is new Kedah Opposition leader". The Star. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
"ADUN Guar Chempedak umum keluar UMNO". Berita Harian (in Malay). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
"ADUN Guar Chempedak sertai Bersatu, nafi khianati rakyat". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
Ahmad Mukhsein Mukhtar (18 December 2022). "Kedah speaker confirms letter from Johari Abdul". New Straits Times. Retrieved 19 December 2022.</ref
"Kedah's Pakatan govt falls after two PKR reps quit party".
"Two reps who sparked fall of Harapan-led Kedah govt join Bersatu". 6 September 2020.

External links

Kedah State Government official website

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[1] Mukhriz contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) candidate, was sacked from BERSATU on 28 May 2020 and become independent. He, together with several ex-BERSATU members, later founded PEJUANG on 12 August 2020. He was also the Menteri Besar from 11 May 2018 until his resignation date on 17 May 2020.

[5] Phahrolrazi contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) candidate, was sacked from AMANAH on 30 October 2022 and become independent. He was also the Opposition Leader from 20 July 2020 to his sacking date. Phahrolrazi later joined another PH component party, PKR.

[7] Amiruddin contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) candidate, was sacked from BERSATU on 28 May 2020 and become independent. He, together with several ex-BERSATU members, later founded PEJUANG on 12 August 2020.

[8] Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, quitted UMNO on 12 November 2018.

[11] Johari Abdul contested and won the seat in the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (PKR) candidate, and announced he resigned his state seat on 18 December 2022. He was also the Opposition Leader from 31 October 2022 to his resignation date.

[13] Robert Ling contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (PKR) candidate, resigned from the party together with Azman Nasruddin on 12 May 2020 and become independent. They later joined BERSATU on 6 September 2020.

[16] Azman contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (PKR) candidate, resigned from the party together with Robert Ling on 12 May 2020 and become independent. They later joined BERSATU on 6 September 2020.

[malaymail.com-2] "Dr Mahathir, Mukhriz and three other MPS sacked from Bersatu". 28 May 2020.

[3] ttps://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2020/05/593256/mukhriz-resigns-kedah-mb

[4] Rahman, Noorazura Abdul (13 March 2023). "Zamri dilantik Ketua Pembangkang Dun Kedah". Harian Metro (in Malay). New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

[JohariOppLeader-6] "PKR's Johari Abdul is new Kedah Opposition leader". The Star. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[9] "ADUN Guar Chempedak umum keluar UMNO". Berita Harian (in Malay). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

[10] "ADUN Guar Chempedak sertai Bersatu, nafi khianati rakyat". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-07.

[12] Ahmad Mukhsein Mukhtar (18 December 2022). "Kedah speaker confirms letter from Johari Abdul". New Straits Times. Retrieved 19 December 2022.</ref

[thestar.com.my-14] "Kedah's Pakatan govt falls after two PKR reps quit party".

[malaysiakini.com-15] "Two reps who sparked fall of Harapan-led Kedah govt join Bersatu". 6 September 2020.