Penang State Legislative Assembly

Penang State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang*
槟城州议会
பினாங்கு மாநில சட்டமன்றம்
ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ڤولاو ڤينڠ‎
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
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 July 1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak ; since 1 May 2021
Speaker	Law Choo Kiang, PH–PKR ; since 28 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Azrul Mahathir Aziz, PH–AMANAH ; since 29 August 2023
Chief Minister	Chow Kon Yeow, ; PH–DAP ; since 14 May 2018
Leader of the Opposition	Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff, PN-PAS ; since 17 November 2023
Secretary	Maheswari Malayandy
Structure
Seats	40; Quorum: 13; Simple majority: 21; Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups	(As of 13 August 2023); Government (29); PH (27); DAP (19); PKR (7); AMANAH (1); BN (2) UMNO (2); Opposition (11); PN (11) ; PAS (7); BERSATU (4); Speaker (1); PH (non-MLA)
Committees	5 Public Accounts Committee; Rights and Privileges Committee; Assembly Committee; Rules of Proceedings Committee; Constitutional Committee;
Elections
Voting system	Plurality First-past-the-post
Last election	12 August 2023
Next election	By 28 October 2028
Meeting place
	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)

Current composition

Government				Opposition
PH			BN	PN
27			2	11
19	7	1	2	7	4
DAP	PKR	AMANAH	UMNO	PAS	BERSATU

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

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		B					Vacant
N25 Pulau Tikus							N38 Bayan Lepas (Deputy Speaker)
N24 Kebun Bunga	N10 Seberang Jaya	C			A	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 Advisor	State 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]

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.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Sulaiman Ahmad	6 January 1959	1 April 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Alma
1	Sulaiman Ahmad	25 April 1964	19 March 1969	Alliance (UMNO)	Alma
2	Harun Sirat	10 May 1969	31 July 1974	Gerakan	Alma
2	Harun Sirat	24 August 1974	16 June 1978	BN (Gerakan)	Bukit Tengah
3	Hassan Md. Noh	8 July 1978	29 March 1982	BN (UMNO)	Penaga
4	Teh Ewe Lim	22 April 1982	19 July 1986	BN (Gerakan)	Datok Keramat
5	Ooi Ean Kwong	3 August 1986	5 October 1990	BN (Gerakan)	Datok Keramat
6	Abdul Rahman Abbas	21 October 1990	4 April 1995	BN (UMNO)	Bertam
7	Yahaya Abdul Hamid	25 April 1995	10 November 1999	BN (UMNO)	Pinang Tunggal
		29 November 1999	2 March 2004		Pinang Tunggal
		21 March 2004	12 February 2008		Non-MLA
8	Abdul Halim Hussain	8 March 2008	27 June 2013	PR (PKR)	Non-MLA
9	Law Choo Kiang	28 June 2013	10 April 2018	PH (PKR)	Bukit Tambun
		2 August 2018	28 June 2023		Non-MLA
		29 August 2023	Incumbent		Non-MLA

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.

2023 Penang state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai Acheh	Rashidi Zainol	UMNO	50.33
Bayan Lepas	Azrul Mahathir Aziz	AMANAH	52.35
Batu Maung	Mohamad Abdul Hamid	PKR	54.65
Fairly safe
Bertam	Reezal Merican Naina Merican	UMNO	56.24
Safe
Sungai Pinang	Lim Siew Khim	DAP	65.13
Bukit Tengah	Gooi Hsiao-Leung	PKR	68.58
Machang Bubok	Lee Khai Loon	PKR	69.12
Pantai Jerejak	Fahmi Zainol	PKR	69.94
Bagan Dalam	Kamaran Krishnan	DAP	71.49
Tanjong Bunga	Zairil Khir Johari	DAP	72.82
Datok Keramat	Jagdeep Singh Deo	DAP	72.61
Perai	Sundarajoo Somu	DAP	76.76
Batu Uban	Kumaresan Aramugam	PKR	76.83
Jawi	H’ng Mooi Lye	DAP	79.50
Air Itam	Joseph Ng Soon Seong	DAP	79.22
Seri Delima	Connie Tan Hooi Peng	DAP	80.57
Bukit Tambun	Goh Choon Aik	PKR	80.64
Bagan Jermal	Chee Yeeh Keen	DAP	84.77
Air Putih	Lim Guan Eng	DAP	85.63
Pulau Tikus	Joshua Woo Sze Zeng	DAP	85.09
Komtar	Teh Lai Heng	DAP	86.61
Padang Kota	Chow Kon Yeow	DAP	87.83
Kebun Bunga	Lee Boon Heng	PKR	87.83
Padang Lalang	Daniel Gooi Zi Sen	DAP	87.85
Sungai Puyu	Phee Syn Tze	DAP	90.48
Paya Terubong	Wong Hon Wai	DAP	91.58
Batu Lancang	Ong Ah Teong	DAP	92.12
Berapit	Heng Lee Lee	DAP	94.44
Pengkalan Kota	Wong Yee Harng	DAP	94.64

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai Bakap	Nor Zamri Latiff	PAS	52.67
Pulau Betong	Mohamad Shukor Zakariah	PAS	52.92
Telok Bahang	Muhamd Kasim	BERSATU	53.48
Telok Ayer Tawar	Azmi Alang	BERSATU	55.26
Fairly Safe
Permatang Pasir	Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim	PAS	56.49
Seberang Jaya	Izhar Shah Arif Shah	BERSATU	56.69
Penanti	Zulkefli Bakar	BERSATU	58.28
Safe
Sungai Dua	Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff	PAS	62.26
Pinang Tunggal	Bukhori Ghazali	PAS	62.74
Penaga	Mohd. Yusni Mat Piah	PAS	63.24
Permatang Berangan	Mohd Sobri Saleh	PAS	69.50

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	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
15th	2023	Chow Kon Yeow II	Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional

References

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

External links

Penang State Assembly Portal

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[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