Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu*
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري ترڠڬانو
Terengganu State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu; ديوان اوندڠن نڬري ترڠڬانو
14th Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	20 June 1959
Leadership
Sultan	Al-Wathiqu Billah Al-Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj ; since 15 May 1998
Speaker	Yahaya Ali, PN-PAS ; since 1 July 2018
First Minister	Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, PN-PAS ; since 10 May 2018
Opposition Leader	Ahmad Said, BN-UMNO ; since 21 March 2019
Secretary	Zulkifli Isa
Structure
Seats	32 + 1 Nominated Member (Maximum 33 Members) ; Quorum: 11; Simple majority: 17; Two-thirds majority: 21
Political groups	(As of 8 December 2018); Government (23):; PN (23) PAS (23); Opposition (10):; BN (10) UMNO (10); Speaker (1):; non-MLA
Committees	2 Public Accounts Committee; Committee of Privileges;
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (32 single-member constituencies)
Last election	9 May 2018
Next election	2023 Terengganu state election
Meeting place
	Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Website
	dun.terengganu.gov.my

The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. It consists of 32 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, and are customarily held alongside elections to the federal parliament during a general election.

The State Assembly convenes at the Wisma Darul Iman in the state capital, Kuala Terengganu.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Composition

Government	Opposition
PN	BN
23	10
23	10
PAS	UMNO

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Yahaya Ali	PN (PAS)	Speaker
P33	Besut	N1	Kuala Besut	Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd Rahman	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N2	Kota Putera	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N3	Jertih	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N4	Hulu Besut	Nawi Mohamad	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P34	Setiu	N5	Jabi	Azman Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N6	Permaisuri	Abd Halim Jusoh	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N7	Langkap	Sabri Mohd Noor	BN (UMNO)
		N8	Batu Rakit	Bazlan Abd Rahman	BN (UMNO)
P35	Kuala Nerus	N9	Tepuh	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N10	Buluh Gading	Ridzuan Hashim	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N11	Seberang Takir	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N12	Bukit Tunggal	Alias Razak	PN (PAS)	EXCO member / MP for Kuala Nerus
P36	Kuala Terengganu	N13	Wakaf Mempelam	Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N14	Bandar	Ahmad Shah Muhamed	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N15	Ladang	Tengku Hassan Tengku Omar	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N16	Batu Buruk	Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
P37	Marang	N17	Alur Limbat	Ariffin Deraman	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N18	Bukit Payung	Mohd. Nor Hamzah	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N19	Ru Rendang	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar
		N20	Pengkalan Berangan	Sulaiman Sulong	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
P38	Hulu Terengganu	N21	Telemung	Rozi Mamat	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N22	Manir	Hilmi Harun	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N23	Kuala Berang	Mamad Puteh	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N24	Ajil	Maliaman Kassim	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
P39	Dungun	N25	Bukit Besi	Roslee Daud	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N26	Rantau Abang	Alias Harun	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N27	Sura	Wan Hapandi Wan Nik	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N28	Paka	Satiful Bahri Mamat	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
P40	Kemaman	N29	Kemasik	Saiful Azmi Suhaili	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
		N30	Kijal	Ahmad Said	BN (UMNO)	Opposition Leader
		N31	Cukai	Hanafiah Mat	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N32	Air Putih	Ab Razak Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO member
N/A	N/A	-	Nominated Member[1]	Zuraida Mohd Noor	PN (PAS)	N/A

Seating arrangement

N29 Kemasik (Deputy EXCO Member)	Nominated Member	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	N10 Buluh Gading (Deputy EXCO Member)	N27 Sura (Deputy EXCO Member)
N24 Ajil (Deputy EXCO Member)	B						N16 Batu Buruk (Deputy EXCO Member)
N32 Air Putih (Deputy EXCO Member)							N09 Tepuh (Deputy EXCO Member)

N14 Bandar (Deputy EXCO Member)	C					A	N02 Kota Putera (EXCO Member)
N20 Pengkalan Berangan (Deputy EXCO Member)							N23 Kuala Berang (EXCO Member)
N26 Rantau Abang (Deputy EXCO Member)							N13 Wakaf Mempelam (EXCO Member)
N22 Manir (Deputy EXCO Member)							N31 Cukai (EXCO Member)
N06 Permaisuri							N17 Alur Limbat (EXCO Member)
N01 Kuala Besut							N15 Ladang (EXCO Member)
N08 Batu Rakit							N05 Jabi (EXCO Member)
N07 Langkap							N18 Bukit Payung (EXCO Member)
N03 Jertih							N12 Bukit Tunggal (EXCO Member)
N25 Bukit Besi			the Mace				N28 Paka (EXCO Member)
N04 Hulu Besut							State Financial Officer
N21 Telemung							State Legal Advisor
N11 Seberang Takir			Sergeant-at-Arm				State Secretary
N30 Kijal (Opposition Leader)			Secretary				N19 Ru Rendang (Menteri Besar)
			Speaker
			Sultan

Role

The Terengganu State Assembly's main function is to enact state laws and policies. It is also in charge of oversight of departments and agencies of the state government. Members of the assembly are responsible for checking and criticizing the executive government's actions.[2]

The leader of the party or coalition with a majority of seats in the assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Terengganu. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the state executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri) from members of the assembly.[3]

Committees

The State Assembly consists of committees to handle administrative matters, including Committee of Privileges[4] and Public Accounts Committee.[5]

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 22 governmental seats and 10 non-governmental seats filled the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 3 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has just a safe and fairly safe seat.

2018 Terengganu state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Ladang	Tengku Hassan Tengku Omar	PAS	43.45
Bandar	Ahmad Shah Muhamed	PAS	44.11
Air Putih	Ab. Razak Ibrahim	PAS	47.36
Ajil	Maliaman Kassim	PAS	48.01
Jabi	Azman Ibrahim	PAS	48.11
Pengkalan Berangan	Sulaiman Sulong	PAS	48.66
Kota Putera	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman	PAS	49.18
Cukai	Hanafiah Mat	PAS	49.56
Kuala Berang	Mamad Puteh	PAS	50.33
Kemasik	Saiful Azmi Suhaili	PAS	51.62
Paka	Satiful Bahari Hj. Mamat	PAS	53.47
Tepuh	Hishamuddin Abd. Karim	PAS	54.32
Batu Buruk	Muhammad Khalil Abd. Hadi	PAS	54.91
Bukit Tunggal	Alias Razak	PAS	55.41
Alur Limbat	Ariffin Deraman	PAS	55.64
Fairly safe
Manir	Hilmi Harun	PAS	58.07
Rantau Abang	Alias Harun	PAS	58.34
Bukit Payung	Mohd. Nor Hamzah	PAS	58.77
Buluh Gading	Ridzuan Hashim	PAS	59.42
Safe
Sura	Wan Hapandi Wan Nik	PAS	61.81
Ru Rendang	Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	PAS	61.83
Wakaf Mempelam	Wan Shukairi Wan Abdullah	PAS	62.16

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Kuala Besut	Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd. Rahman	UMNO	47.23
Bukit Besi	Roslee Daud	UMNO	48.16
Batu Rakit	Bazlan Abd. Rahman	UMNO	48.78
Jertih	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof	UMNO	49.42
Kijal	Ahmad Said	UMNO	49.46
Hulu Besut	Nawi Mohamad	UMNO	51.97
Seberang Takir	Ahmad Razif Abd. Rahman	UMNO	52.66
Permaisuri	Abd. Halim Jusoh	UMNO	52.84
Fairly safe
Langkap	Sabri Mohd. Noor	UMNO	59.45
Safe
Telemung	Rozi Mamat	UMNO	62.26

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959	Mohd Daud (1959-1961) Ibrahim Fikri I (1961-1964)	PMIP (1959-1861) Alliance (1961-1964)
2nd	1964	Ibrahim Fikri II	Alliance
3rd	1969	Ibrahim Fikri III (1969) Mahmood (1969-1972) Nik Hassan (1972-1974)	Alliance (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974	Wan Mokhtar I	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978	Wan Mokhtar II	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982	Wan Mokhtar III	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986	Wan Mokhtar IV	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990	Wan Mokhtar V	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995	Wan Mokhtar VI	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999	Abdul Hadi	Barisan Alternatif
11th	2004	Idris	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008	Ahmad Said I	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013	Ahmad Said II (2014) Ahmad Razif (2014-2018)	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018	Ahmad Samsuri	PAS (2018-2020) Perikatan Nasional (2020-)

References

Said, Rosalinda Md. "Zuraida angkat sumpah ADUN wanita pertama Terengganu". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
"Peranan dan Keahlian Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
"Pengenalan" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
"Jawatankuasa Hak and Kebebasan Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
"Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Wang Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.

External links

Portal Rasmi Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu Darul Iman (Official site) (in Malay)

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[1] Said, Rosalinda Md. "Zuraida angkat sumpah ADUN wanita pertama Terengganu". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

[2] "Peranan dan Keahlian Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[3] "Pengenalan" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[4] "Jawatankuasa Hak and Kebebasan Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[5] "Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Wang Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.