Penang State Legislative Assembly

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.

Penang State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري ڤولاو ڤينڠ
14th State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded11 July 1959 (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
Amar Pritpal Abdullah, PH–PKR
since 2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)
Chow Kon Yeow, PH–DAP
since 14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)
Leader of the Opposition
Mohd Yusni Mat Piah, PN–PAS
since 6 March 2023 (2023-03-06)
Secretary
Maheswari Malayandy
Structure
Seats40
Quorum: 13
Simple majority: 21
Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups
(As of 6 March 2023)

Government (33)
  PH (33)

Confidence and supply (2)
  BN (2)

Opposition (1)
  PN (1)

Vacant (4)

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
9 May 2018
Next election
2023
Meeting place
Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
dun.penang.gov.my

Out of the 40 seats, 33 are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) ruling coalition after the 2018 State Election. Within the coalition, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) holds 19 seats, the People's Justice Party (PKR) 12 seats, and the National Trust Party (Amanah) holds two seats. The PH coalition thus commands a supermajority in the legislature. Barisan Nasional (BN) in accordance with the new unity government supports the PH government through a confidence-and-supply agreement. BN currently holds two seats.

Meanwhile, the opposition is formed by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which currently controls just one seat.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition
For a complete list of State Assemblymen, see Constituencies of Penang and Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2018-) § Penang.
Government Confidence and supply Opposition
PH BN PN
33 2 1
19 12 2 2 1
DAP PKR AMANAH UMNO PAS
No. Parliamentary Constituency No. State Constituency Member Coalition (Party) Post
- - - Non-MLA Law Choo Kiang PH (PKR) Speaker
P41 Kepala Batas N1 Penaga Mohd Yusni Mat Piah PN (PAS)Opposition Leader
N2 Bertam Vacant
N3 Pinang Tunggal Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman PH (PKR) Deputy Chief Minister
P42 Tasek Gelugor N4 Permatang Berangan Nor Hafizah Othman BN (UMNO)N/A
N5 Sungai Dua Muhamad Yusoff Mohd. Noor BN (UMNO)
N6 Telok Ayer Tawar Mustafa Kamal Ahmad PH (PKR)
P43 Bagan N7 Sungai Puyu Phee Boon Poh PH (DAP) EXCO Member
N8 Bagan Jermal Soon Lip Chee PH (DAP) EXCO Member
N9 Bagan Dalam Satees Muniandy PH (DAP)N/A
P44 Permatang Pauh N10 Seberang Jaya Vacant
N11 Permatang Pasir Muhammad Faiz Fadzil PH (AMANAH)
N12 Penanti Norlela Ariffin PH (PKR) EXCO Member
P45 Bukit Mertajam N13 Berapit Heng Lee Lee PH (DAP)N/A
N14 Machang Bubok Lee Khai Loon PH (PKR)
N15 Padang Lalang Chong Eng PH (DAP) EXCO Member
P46 Batu Kawan N16 Perai Ramasamy Palanisamy PH (DAP) Deputy Chief Minister
N17 Bukit Tengah Gooi Hsiao Leung PH (PKR)N/A
N18 Bukit Tambun Goh Choon Aik PH (PKR)
P47 Nibong Tebal N19 Jawi H’ng Mooi Lye PH (DAP)
N20 Sungai Bakap Amar Pritpal Abdullah PH (PKR) Deputy Speaker
N21 Sungai Acheh Vacant N/A
P48 Bukit Bendera N22 Tanjong Bunga Zairil Khir Johari PH (DAP) EXCO Member
N23 Air Putih Lim Guan Eng PH (DAP) MP of Bagan
N24 Kebun Bunga Jason Ong Khan Lee PH (PKR)N/A
N25 Pulau Tikus Chris Lee Chun Kit PH (DAP)
P49 Tanjong N26 Padang Kota Chow Kon Yeow PH (DAP) Chief Minister
MP of Batu Kawan
N27 Pengkalan Kota Gooi Zi Sen PH (DAP)N.A
N28 Komtar Teh Lai Heng PH (DAP)
P50 Jelutong N29 Datok Keramat Jagdeep Singh Deo PH (DAP) EXCO Member
N30 Sungai Pinang Lim Siew Khim PH (DAP)N/A
N31 Batu Lancang Ong Ah Teong PH (DAP)
P51 Bukit Gelugor N32 Seri Delima Syerleena Abdul Rashid PH (DAP) MP of Bukit Bendera
N33 Air Itam Joseph Ng Soon Seong PH (DAP) N/A
N34 Paya Terubong Yeoh Soon Hin PH (DAP) EXCO Member
P52 Bayan Baru N35 Batu Uban Kumaresan Aramugam PH (PKR)N/A
N36 Pantai Jerejak Saifuddin Nasution Ismail PH (PKR) Federal Minister
N37 Batu Maung Abdul Halim Hussain PH (PKR) EXCO Member
P53 Balik Pulau N38 Bayan Lepas Azrul Mahathir Aziz PH (AMANAH)N/A
N39 Pulau Betong Mohd. Tuah Ismail PH (PKR)
N40 Telok Bahang Vacant

Seating arrangement

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

N33 Air ItamN11 Permatang PasirN38 Bayan LepasN24 Kebun BungaN25 Pulau TikusN17 Bukit TengahN31 Batu LanchangN14 Machang Bubok
N30 Sungai PinangN28 KomtarN36 Pantai JerejakN23 Air Putih
N06 Telok Ayer TawarBVacant
N35 Batu UbanN20 Sungai Bakap (Deputy Speaker)
N19 JawiN40 Telok Bahang (Vacant)CAN07 Sungai Puyu (EXCO Member)N12 Penanti (EXCO Member)
N39 Pulau BetongN02 Bertam (Vacant)N29 Datok Keramat (EXCO Member)N08 Bagan Jermal (EXCO Member)
N18 Bukit TambunN21 Sungai Acheh (Vacant)N15 Padang Lalang (EXCO Member)N34 Paya Terubong (EXCO Member)
N27 Pengkalan KotaN10 Seberang Jaya (Vacant)N16 Perai (Deputy Chief Minister II)N37 Batu Maung (EXCO Member)
N13 BerapitN01 Penaga (Opposition Leader)N03 Pinang Tunggal (Deputy Chief Minister I)N22 Tanjong Bunga (EXCO Member)
N09 Bagan DalamN04 Permatang BeranganState Legal AdvisorState Financial Officer
N32 Seri DelimaN05 Sungai DuaSecretaryN26 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]

  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Committee on Privileges
  • House Committee
  • Standing Orders Committee
  • Constitution Committee

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
1Sulaiman Ahmad6 January 19591 April 1964Alliance (UMNO)Alma
25 April 196419 March 1969
2Harun Sirat10 May 196931 July 1974GerakanAlma
24 August 197416 June 1978BN (Gerakan)Bukit Tengah
3Hassan Md. Noh8 July 197829 March 1982BN (UMNO)Penaga
4Teh Ewe Lim22 April 198219 July 1986BN (Gerakan)Datok Keramat
5Ooi Ean Kwong3 August 19865 October 1990BN (Gerakan)Datok Keramat
6Abdul Rahman Abbas21 October 19904 April 1995BN (UMNO)Bertam
7Yahaya Abdul Hamid25 April 199510 November 1999BN (UMNO)Pinang Tunggal
29 November 19992 March 2004
21 March 200412 February 2008Non-MLA
8Abdul Halim Hussain8 March 200827 June 2013PR (PKR)Non-MLA
9Law Choo Kiang28 June 201310 April 2018PH (PKR)Bukit Tambun
2 August 2018 Incumbent Non-MLA

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 37 governmental seats and 3 non-governmental seats filled the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 2 fairly safe seats. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat.

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Pinang TunggalAhmad Zakiyuddin Abd. RahmanPKR38.76
BertamKhaliq Mehtab Mohd. IshaqBERSATU41.20
Sungai AchehZulkifli IbrahimPKR44.19
Telok Ayer TawarMustafa Kamal AhmadPKR44.40
PenantiDr. Norlela AriffinPKR44.95
Permatang PasirMuhammad Faiz Mohamed FadzilAMANAH45.33
Sungai BakapAmar Pritpal AbdullahPKR45.56
Telok BahangZolkifly Md. LazimBERSATU45.65
Pulau BetongMohd. Tuah IsmailPKR49.63
Seberang JayaDr. Afif BahardinPKR53.12
Fairly safe
Bayan LepasAzrul Mahathir AzizAMANAH56.17
Batu MaungAbdul Halim HussainPKR58.72
Safe
Bukit TengahGooi Hsiao-LeungPKR66.16
Sungai PinangLim Siew KhimDAP68.79
Machang BubokLee Khai LoonPKR68.98
Bagan DalamSatees MuniandyDAP72.54
Pantai JerejakSaifuddin Nasution IsmailPKR73.45
Datok KeramatJagdeep Singh DeoDAP75.25
Tanjong BungaZairil Khir JohariDAP76.37
JawiH’ng Mooi LyeDAP78.58
Air ItamJoseph Ng Soon SeongDAP79.76
Batu UbanKumaresan AramugamPKR80.43
Bukit TambunGoh Choon AikPKR81.54
Pulau TikusChris Lee Chun KitDAP82.32
PeraiProf. Dr. Ramasamy PalanisamyDAP82.46
Seri DelimaSyerleena Abdul RashidDAP82.54
KomtarTeh Lai HengDAP84.64
Bagan JermalSoon Lip CheeDAP85.37
Air PutihLim Guan EngDAP85.61
Padang KotaChow Kon YeowDAP85.76
Kebun BungaJason Ong Khan LeePKR86.27
Paya TerubongYeoh Soon HinDAP88.59
Padang LalangChong EngDAP88.66
Pengkalan KotaGooi Zi SenDAP88.87
Batu LancangOng Ah TeongDAP89.01
Sungai PuyuPhee Boon PohDAP90.17
BerapitHeng Lee LeeDAP92.06
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Permatang BeranganNor Hafizah OthmanUMNO37.87
Sungai DuaMuhamad Yusoff Mohd. NoorUMNO41.07
PenagaMohd. Yusni Mat PiahPAS53.55

List of Assemblies
Assembly Term

began

 Members Election Committee Majority party/coalition
1st 1959 Wong Pow Nee I Alliance
2nd 1964 Wong Pow Nee II Alliance
3rd 1969 Lim Chong Eu I Gerakan (1969-1973)

Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)

4th 1974 Lim Chong Eu II Barisan Nasional
5th 1978 Lim Chong Eu III Barisan Nasional
6th 1982 Lim Chong Eu IV Barisan Nasional
7th 1986 Lim Chong Eu V Barisan Nasional
8th 1990 Koh Tsu Koon I Barisan Nasional
9th 1995 Koh Tsu Koon II Barisan Nasional
10th 1999 Koh Tsu Koon III Barisan Nasional
11th 2004 Koh Tsu Koon IV Barisan Nasional
12th 2008 Lim Guan Eng I Pakatan Rakyat
13th 2013 Lim Guan Eng II Pakatan Rakyat (2013-2015)

Pakatan Harapan (2015-2018)

14th 2018 Chow Kon Yeow I Pakatan Harapan

See also

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
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