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Penang State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang (Malay)
14th Penang State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded11 July 1959
Leadership
Abdul Rahman Abbas
since 1 May 2001
Speaker
TBA
Deputy Speaker
TBA
Chief Minister
Chow Kon Yeow, PH–DAP
since 14 May 2018
Opposition Leader
TBA, BN–UMNO
Secretary
Mohd Farulizam Che Meh
Structure
Seats40
Quorum: 13
Simple majority: 21
Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups
(As of 10 May 2018)

Government
Pakatan Harapan (37)

  •   DAP (19)
  •   PKR (14)
  •   PPBM (2)
  •   AMANAH (2)

Opposition
Barisan Nasional (2)

Gagasan Sejahtera (1)

Committees
5
  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Rights and Privileges Committee
  • Assembly Committee
  • Rules of Proceedings Committee
  • Constitutional Committee
Elections
Plurality: First-past-the-post (40 single-member constituencies)
Last election
9 May 2018
Next election
2023
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.

Out of the 40 seats, 37 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) 14, the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) two and the National Trust Party (Amanah) two. The PH coalition thus commands a supermajority in the legislature.

Meanwhile, the opposition is formed by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which controls two seats, and the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which occupies a single seat.

Current composition

For a complete list of State Assemblymen, see Constituencies of Penang.
Composition of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
style="background:Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color; color:white;width:92.5%;" |37 style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white;width:5.0%;" |2 style="background:Template:Gagasan Sejahtera/meta/color; color:white;width:2.5%;" |1
style="color:Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color;" |Pakatan Harapan style="color:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color;" |Barisan Nasional style="color:Template:Gagasan Sejahtera/meta/color;" |PAS
No. State Constituency Member Coalition (Party)
PH 37 | BN 2 | GS 1
N01 Penaga Mohd Yusni Mat Piah GS (PAS)
N02 Bertam Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq PH (PPBM)
N03 Pinang Tunggal Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman PH (PKR)
N04 Permatang Berangan Nor Hafizah Othman BN (UMNO)
N05 Sungai Dua Muhamad Yusoff Mohd Noor BN (UMNO)
N06 Telok Ayer Tawar Mustafa Kamal Ahmad PH (PKR)
N07 Sungai Puyu Phee Boon Poh PH (DAP)
N08 Bagan Jermal Soon Lip Chee PH (DAP)
N09 Bagan Dalam Satees Muniandy PH (DAP)
N10 Seberang Jaya Afif Bahardin PH (PKR)
N11 Permatang Pasir Faiz Fadzil PH (AMANAH)
N12 Penanti Norlela Ariffin PH (PKR)
N13 Berapit Heng Lee Lee PH (DAP)
N14 Machang Bubok Lee Khai Loon PH (PKR)
N15 Padang Lalang Chong Eng PH (DAP)
N16 Perai Ramasamy Palanisamy PH (DAP)
N17 Bukit Tengah Gooi Hsiao-Leung PH (PKR)
N18 Bukit Tambun Goh Choon Aik PH (PKR)
N19 Jawi H’ng Mooi Lye PH (DAP)
N20 Sungai Bakap Amar Pritpal Abdullah PH (PKR)
N21 Sungai Acheh Zulkifli Ibrahim PH (PKR)
N22 Tanjong Bunga Zairil Khir Johari PH (DAP)
N23 Air Putih Lim Guan Eng PH (DAP)
N24 Kebun Bunga Ong Khan Lee PH (PKR)
N25 Pulau Tikus Chris Lee Chun Kit PH (DAP)
N26 Padang Kota Chow Kon Yeow PH (DAP)
N27 Pengkalan Kota Gooi Zi Sen PH (DAP)
N28 Komtar Teh Lai Heng PH (DAP)
N29 Datok Keramat Jagdeep Singh Deo PH (DAP)
N30 Sungai Pinang Lim Siew Khim PH (DAP)
N31 Batu Lancang Ong Ah Teong PH (DAP)
N32 Seri Delima Syerleena Abdul Rashid PH (DAP)
N33 Air Itam Joseph Ng Soon Seong PH (DAP)
N34 Paya Terubong Yeoh Soon Hin PH (DAP)
N35 Batu Uban Kumaresan Aramugam PH (PKR)
N36 Pantai Jerejak Saifuddin Nasution Ismail PH (PKR)
N37 Batu Maung Abdul Halim Hussain PH (PKR)
N38 Bayan Lepas Azrul Mahathir Aziz PH (AMANAH)
N39 Pulau Betong Mohd Tuah Ismail PH (PKR)
N40 Telok Bahang Zolkifly Md Lazim PH (PPBM)

Seating arrangement

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

bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Sungai Pinang bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Kebun Bunga bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Pengkalan Kota bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Bukit Tengah bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color | Seri Delima bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Tanjong Bunga bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Paya Terubong bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Bagan Dalam
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Permatang Pasir bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Penanti bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Berapit bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Air Itam
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Komtar bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Sungai Bakap
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Pulau Tikus bgcolor=Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color| Sungai Dua bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Padang Lalang bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Seberang Jaya
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Jawi bgcolor="Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color" | Permatang Berangan bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Batu Maung bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Datok Keramat
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Machang Bubuk bgcolor="Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/color" | Penaga bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Padang Kota bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Sungai Puyu
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Batu Uban bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Sungai Acheh bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Perai bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Batu Lancang
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Bayan Lepas bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Pinang Tunggal bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Pantai Jerejak bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Bagan Jermal
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Telok Bahang bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Pulau Betong State Legal Advisor State Financial Officer
bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Bertam bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Telok Ayer Tawar State Legislative
Assembly Secretary		 bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Air Putih State Secretary
colspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color| Speaker
Bukit Tambun

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 Governor 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
1 Sulaiman Ahmad 6 January 1959 1 April 1964
25 April 1964 19 March 1969
2 Harun Sirat 10 May 1969 31 July 1974
24 August 1974 16 June 1978
3 Hassan Md. Noh 8 July 1978 29 March 1982
4 Teh Ewe Lim 22 April 1982 19 July 1986
5 Ooi Ean Kwong 3 August 1986 5 October 1990
6 Abdul Rahman Abbas 21 October 1990 4 April 1995
7 Yahaya Abdul Hamid 25 April 1995 10 November 1999
29 November 1999 2 March 2004
21 March 2004 12 February 2008
8 Abdul Halim Hussain 8 March 2008 27 June 2013
9 Law Choo Kiang 28 June 2013 9 April 2018
10 TBD Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ http://dun.penang.gov.my/images/v25/SUSUNAN%20TEMPAT%20DUDUK%20DEWAN%20UNDANGAN%20NEGERI%20KETIGA%20BELAS%202013.pdf
  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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