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Perak State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Negeri Perak
ديوان نݢري ڤيراق‎
15th Perak State Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded21 July 1959
Leadership
Sultan
Speaker
Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid, BN–UMNO
since 12 May 2020
Deputy Speaker
Jenny Choy Tsi Jen, PH–DAP
since 19 December 2022
Saarani Mohamad, BN–UMNO
since 10 December 2020
Leader of the Opposition
Razman Zakaria, PN–PAS
since 9 December 2022[1]
Structure
Seats59
Quorum: 20
Simple majority: 30
Two-thirds majority: 40
Perak State Assembly Composition
Political groups
(As of 20 November 2022)

Government (33)
  PH (24)

  BN (9)

Opposition (26)
  PN (26)

Speaker (1)

  BN (non-MLA)
Length of term
Up to 5 years
Elections
Plurality: First-past-the-post (59 single-member constituencies)
Last election
19 November 2022
Next election
By 17 February 2028
Meeting place
Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Ipoh, Perak
Website
www.perak.gov.my

The Perak State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Perak) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, along with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies.

The Assembly convenes at the Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan in the state capital, Ipoh. At 59 seats, it is the largest state assembly among the 11 legislatures of the States of Malaya.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition

For a complete list of members, see List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2022–present).
Government Opposition
BN PH PN
9 24 26
8 1 18 5 1 17 9
UMNO MCA DAP PKR AMANAH PAS BERSATU
No. Parliamentary Constituency No. State Constituency Portrait Member Coalition (Party) Post
- - - Non-MLA Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid BN (UMNO) Speaker
P54 Gerik N1 Pengkalan Hulu Mohamad Amin Roslan PN (PAS) N/A
N2 Temengor Salbiah Mohamed BN (UMNO) EXCO Member
P55 Lenggong N3 Kenering Husairi Ariffin PN (PAS) N/A
N4 Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad BN (UMNO) Menteri Besar
P56 Larut N5 Selama Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin PN (PAS) N/A
N6 Kubu Gajah Khalil Yahaya PN (PAS)
N7 Batu Kurau Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz PN (BERSATU)
P57 Parit Buntar N8 Titi Serong Hakimi Hamzi Hayat PN (PAS)
N9 Kuala Kurau Abdul Yunus Jamahri PN (BERSATU)
P58 Bagan Serai N10 Alor Pongsu Noor Azman Ghazali PN (BERSATU)
N11 Gunong Semanggol Razman Zakaria PN (PAS) Leader Of Opposition
N12 Selinsing Sallehuddin Abdullah PN (PAS) N/A
P59 Bukit Gantang N13 Kuala Sepetang Ahmad Man PN (BERSATU)
N14 Changkat Jering Rahim Ismail PN (PAS)
N15 Trong Faisal Abdul Rahman PN (PAS)
P60 Taiping N16 Kamunting Mohd Fakhruddin Abdul Aziz PN (PAS)
N17 Pokok Assam Ong Seng Guan PH (DAP)
N18 Aulong Teh Kok Lim PH (DAP) EXCO Member
P61 Padang Rengas N19 Chenderoh Syed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd Zin PN (BERSATU) N/A
N20 Lubok Merbau Azizi Mohamed Ridzuan PN (PAS)
P62 Sungai Siput N21 Lintang Mohd Zolkafly Harun BN (UMNO) EXCO Member
N22 Jalong Loh Sze Yee PH (DAP)
P63 Tambun N23 Manjoi Hafez Sabri PN (PAS) N/A
N24 Hulu Kinta Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad PH (PKR)
P64 Ipoh Timur N25 Canning Jenny Choy Tsi Jen PH (DAP) Deputy Speaker
N26 Tebing Tinggi Abdul Aziz Bari PH (DAP) N/A
N27 Pasir Pinji Goh See Hua PH (DAP)
P65 Ipoh Barat N28 Bercham Ong Boon Piow PH (DAP)
N29 Kepayang Nga Kor Ming PH (DAP)
N30 Buntong Thulsi Thivani Manogaran PH (DAP) N/A
P66 Batu Gajah N31 Jelapang Cheah Pou Hian PH (DAP)
N32 Menglembu Chaw Kam Foon PH (DAP) Political Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government
N33 Tronoh Steven Tiw Tee Siang PH (DAP) N/A
P67 Kuala Kangsar N34 Bukit Chandan Hashim Bujang PN (BERSATU)
N35 Manong Burhanuddin Ahmad PN (PAS)
P68 Beruas N36 Pengkalan Baharu Azman Noh BN (UMNO)
N37 Pantai Remis Wong May Ing PH (DAP)
N38 Astaka Jason Ng Thien Yeong PH (DAP)
P69 Parit N39 Belanja Khairudin Abu Hanipah BN (UMNO) EXCO Member
N40 Bota Najihatussalehah Ahmad PN (PAS) N/A
P70 Kampar N41 Malim Nawar Bavani Veraiah @ Shasha PH (DAP)
N42 Keranji Angeline Koo Hai Yen PH (DAP)
N43 Tualang Sekah Mohd Azlan Helmi PH (PKR) EXCO Member
P71 Gopeng N44 Sungai Rapat Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin PH (AMANAH)
N45 Simpang Pulai Wong Chai Yi PH (PKR) N/A
N46 Teja Sandrea Ng Shy Ching PH (PKR) EXCO Member
P72 Tapah N47 Chenderiang Choong Shin Heng BN (MCA) N/A
N48 Ayer Kuning Isham Shahruddin BN (UMNO)
P73 Pasir Salak N49 Sungai Manik Zainol Fadzi Paharudin PN (BERSATU)
N50 Kampong Gajah Zafarulazlan Zan PN (PAS)
P74 Lumut N51 Pasir Panjang Rosli Abd Rahman PN (PAS)
N52 Pangkor Norhaslinda Zakaria PN (BERSATU)
P75 Bagan Datuk N53 Rungkup Shahrul Zaman Yahya BN (UMNO)
N54 Hutan Melintang Wasanthee Sinnasamy PH (PKR)
P76 Teluk Intan N55 Pasir Bedamar Woo Kah Leong PH (DAP) EXCO Member
N56 Changkat Jong Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi PN (BERSATU) N/A
P77 Tanjong Malim N57 Sungkai Sivanesan Achalingam PH (DAP) EXCO Member
N58 Slim Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal PN (PAS) N/A
N59 Behrang Salina Samsudin BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement

Vacant N54 Hutan Melintang N38 Astaka N33 Tronoh N30 Buntong
N19 Chenderoh N17 Pokok Assam N42 Keranji N31 Jelapang N41 Malim Nawar N27 Pasir Pinji
N01 Pengkalan Hulu N47 Chenderiang E N28 Bercham N45 Simpang Pulai
N08 Titi Serong N52 Pangkor F D N36 Pengkalan Baharu N59 Behrang
N58 Slim N35 Manong N37 Pantai Remis N48 Ayer Kuning
N50 Kampong Gajah N56 Changkat Jong N53 Rungkup N32 Menglembu
N10 Alor Pongsu N12 Selinsing G Sergeant-at-Arm C N29 Kepayang N24 Hulu Kinta
N16 Kamunting N13 Kuala Sepetang N26 Tebing Tinggi N25 Canning
(Deputy Speaker)
N15 Trong N03 Kenering N18 Aulong
(EXCO Member)		 N55 Pasir Bedamar
(EXCO Member)
N14 Changkat Jering N07 Batu Kurau H B N02 Temenggor
(EXCO Member)		 N43 Tualang Sekah
(EXCO Member)
N20 Lubok Merbau N40 Bota the Mace N22 Jalong
(EXCO Member)		 N39 Belanja
(EXCO Member)
N34 Bukit Chandan} N09 Kuala Kurau N57 Sungkai
(EXCO Member)		 N46 Teja
(EXCO Member)
N51 Pasir Panjang N05 Selama I A N21 Lintang
(EXCO Member)		 State Financial Officer
N23 Manjoi N49 Sungai Manik N44 Sungai Rapat
(EXCO Member)		 State Legal Advisor
N06 Kubu Gajah N11 Gunong Semanggol
(Opposition Leader)		 Secretary N04 Kota Tampan
(Menteri Besar)		 State Secretary
Speaker
Sultan

Role

The Perak State Legislative Assembly enacts laws that apply in Perak. It must hold at least three sittings a year and table a budget in March and late October or early November.[2] The Speaker presides over sittings in the Assembly and ensures order during debates. The present Speaker is Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid.

The majority party or coalition in the Assembly forms the state government, led by the Menteri Besar. He appoints the state executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.

Speakers of The Assembly

No. Speaker Term start Term end Party Constituency Remarks
8 Junus Wahid 1999 2004 BN (UMNO) Slim
9 V. Sivakumar 25 April 2008 7 May 2009 PR (DAP) Tronoh 1st Indian speaker
10 Ganesan Retanam 7 May 2009 5 May 2013 BN (MIC) Non-MLA
11 Devamany S. Krishnasamy 28 June 2013 9 August 2016 BN (MIC) Non-MLA
12 S. Thangeswary[3] 9 August 2016 9 April 2018 BN (MIC) Non-MLA 1st female speaker
13 Ngeh Koo Ham 2 July 2018 12 May 2020 PH (DAP) Non-MLA MP of Beruas, 1st Chinese speaker
14 Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid 15 May 2020 Incumbent BN (UMNO) Non-MLA

Election pendulum

The 15th General Election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 26 non-governmental seats filled the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 15 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 3 fairly safe seats and no safe seats.

2022 Perak state election
GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Tualang Sekah Mohd Azlan Helmi PKR 34.41
Behrang Salina Samsudin UMNO 34.42
Ayer Kuning Ishsam Shahruddin UMNO 38.73
Hulu Kinta Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad PKR 39.02
Chenderiang Choong Shin Heng MCA 39.86
Tebing Tinggi Abdul Aziz Bari DAP 40.58
Pengkalan Baharu Azman Noh UMNO 40.58
Sungai Rapat Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin AMANAH 41.91
Hutan Melintang Wasanthee Sinnasamy PKR 43.06
Temengor Salbiah Mohamed UMNO 43.12
Teja Sandrea Ng Shy Ching PKR 46.50
Belanja Khairudin Abu Hanipah UMNO 47.03
Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad UMNO 48.24
Lintang Mohd Zolkafly Harun UMNO 48.43
Rungkup Shahrul Zaman Yahya UMNO 49.55
Fairly safe
Malim Nawar Bavani Veriah DAP 58.57
Sungkai Sivanesan Achalingam DAP 58.97
Jalong Loh Sze Yee DAP 59.08
Safe
Tronoh Steven Tiw Tee Siang DAP 63.65
Aulong Teh Kok Lim DAP 66.22
Pokok Assam Ong Seng Guan DAP 67.36
Simpang Pulai Wong Chai Yi PKR 69.18
Keranji Angeline Koo Haai Yen DAP 69.46
Pantai Remis Wong May Ing DAP 72.24
Kepayang Nga Kor Ming DAP 72.60
Pasir Bedamar Woo Kah Leong DAP 76.64
Astaka Jason Ng Thien Yeong DAP 78.16
Bercham Ong Boon Piow DAP 81.24
Buntong Thulsi Thivani Manogaran DAP 84.02
Canning Jenny Choy Tsi Jen DAP 87.10
Menglembu Chaw Kam Foon DAP 87.93
Jelapang Cheah Pou Hian DAP 88.71
Pasir Pinji Goh See Hua DAP 90.47
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Changkat Jong Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi BERSATU 36.02
Bukit Chandan Hashim Bujang BERSATU 38.43
Pangkor Norhaslinda Zakaria BERSATU 38.65
Slim Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal PAS 38.87
Chenderoh Syed Lukman Hakim BERSATU 39.44
Pasir Panjang Rosli Abd Rahman PAS 41.05
Kuala Sepetang Ahmad Man BERSATU 41.34
Changkat Jering Rahim Ismail PAS 41.89
Kuala Kurau Abdul Yunus Jamahari BERSATU 41.97
Trong Muhammad Faisal Abdul Rahman PAS 43.77
Sungai Manik Zainol Fadzi Paharudin BERSATU 43.94
Kamunting Mohd Fakhrudin Abd Aziz PAS 43.98
Manong Burhanuddin Ahmad PAS 44.04
Manjoi Mohd Hafez Sabri PAS 44.14
Selinsing Salehuddin Abdullah BERSATU 46.48
Kenering Husairi Ariffin PAS 46.99
Bota Najihatussalehah Ahmad PAS 47.09
Lubok Merbau Azizi Mohamed Ridzuwan PAS 47.17
Pengkalan Hulu Amin Roslan PAS 47.60
Alor Pongsu Noor Azman Ghazali PAS 47.78
Titi Serong Hakimi Hamzi Mohd Hayat PAS 47.84
Batu Kurau Mohd Najmuddin Alias BERSATU 50.67
Kampong Gajah Zafarulazhan Zan PAS 51.03
Fairly safe
Selama Akmal Kamarudin PAS 58.32
Kubu Gajah Khalil Yahaya PAS 59.16
Gunong Semanggol Razman Zakaria PAS 59.29

List of Assemblies

Assembly Term

began

Members Election Committee Majority party/coalition
1st 1959 Mohamed Ghazali I (1959–1960)

Shaari (1960–1964)

Alliance
2nd 1964 Ahmad Said I Alliance
3rd 1969 Ahmad Said II (1969–1970)

Kamaruddin (1970–1974)

Alliance (1969–1973)

Barisan Nasional (1973–1974)

4th 1974 Mohamed Ghazali II (1974–1977)

Wan Mohammed I (1977–1978)

Barisan Nasional
5th 1978 Wan Mohamed II Barisan Nasional
6th 1982 Wan Mohamed III (1982–1983)

Ramli I (1983–1986)

Barisan Nasional
7th 1986 Ramli II Barisan Nasional
8th 1990 Ramli III Barisan Nasional
9th 1995 Ramli IV Barisan Nasional
10th 1999 Tajol Rosli I Barisan Nasional
11th 2004 Tajol Rosli II Barisan Nasional
12th 2008 Mohamad Nizar (2008–2009)

Zambry I (2009–2013)

Pakatan Rakyat (2008–2009)

Barisan Nasional (2009–2013)

13th 2013 Zambry II Barisan Nasional
14th 2018 Ahmad Faizal I (2018–2020)

Ahmad Faizal II (2020)
Saarani I (2020–2022)

Pakatan Harapan (2018–2020)

BN-PN (2020–2022)

15th 2022 Saarani II BN-PH

Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Perak to debate state budget, anti-party hopping bill | the Malaysian Insight".
  2. ^ Sejarah Dewan Negeri dan Majlis Mseyuarat Kerajaan Archived 2009-12-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Malay)
  3. ^ "Thangeswary, first woman appointed as Perak State Assembly Speaker". Astro Awani. August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
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