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, BNUMNO
since 12 May 2020
Deputy Speaker
Jenny Choy Tsi Jen, PHDAP
since 19 December 2022
Saarani Mohamad, BNUMNO
since 10 December 2020
Leader of the Opposition
Razman Zakaria, PNPAS
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

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-MLAMohamad Zahir Abdul KhalidBN (UMNO) Speaker
P54 Gerik N1Pengkalan HuluMohamad Amin RoslanPN (PAS) N/A
N2TemengorSalbiah MohamedBN (UMNO) EXCO Member
P55 Lenggong N3KeneringHusairi AriffinPN (PAS) N/A
N4Kota TampanSaarani MohamadBN (UMNO) Menteri Besar
P56 Larut N5SelamaMohd Akmal KamaruddinPN (PAS) N/A
N6Kubu GajahKhalil YahayaPN (PAS)
N7Batu KurauMohd Najmuddin Elias Al-HafizPN (BERSATU)
P57 Parit Buntar N8Titi SerongHakimi Hamzi HayatPN (PAS)
N9Kuala KurauAbdul Yunus JamahriPN (BERSATU)
P58 Bagan Serai N10Alor PongsuNoor Azman GhazaliPN (BERSATU)
N11Gunong SemanggolRazman ZakariaPN (PAS) Leader Of Opposition
N12SelinsingSallehuddin AbdullahPN (PAS) N/A
P59 Bukit Gantang N13Kuala SepetangAhmad ManPN (BERSATU)
N14Changkat JeringRahim IsmailPN (PAS)
N15TrongFaisal Abdul RahmanPN (PAS)
P60 Taiping N16KamuntingMohd Fakhruddin Abdul AzizPN (PAS)
N17Pokok AssamOng Seng GuanPH (DAP)
N18AulongTeh Kok LimPH (DAP) EXCO Member
P61 Padang Rengas N19ChenderohSyed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd ZinPN (BERSATU) N/A
N20Lubok MerbauAzizi Mohamed RidzuanPN (PAS)
P62 Sungai Siput N21LintangMohd Zolkafly HarunBN (UMNO) EXCO Member
N22JalongLoh Sze YeePH (DAP)
P63 Tambun N23ManjoiHafez SabriPN (PAS) N/A
N24Hulu KintaMuhamad Arafat Varisai MahamadPH (PKR)
P64 Ipoh Timur N25CanningJenny Choy Tsi JenPH (DAP) Deputy Speaker
N26Tebing TinggiDr. Abdul Aziz BariPH (DAP) N/A
N27Pasir PinjiGoh See HuaPH (DAP)
P65 Ipoh Barat N28BerchamOng Boon PiowPH (DAP)
N29KepayangNga Kor MingPH (DAP)
N30BuntongThulsi Thivani ManogaranPH (DAP) N/A
P66 Batu Gajah N31JelapangCheah Pou HianPH (DAP)
N32MenglembuChaw Kam FoonPH (DAP) Political Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources
N33TronohSteven Tiw Tee SiangPH (DAP) N/A
P67 Kuala Kangsar N34Bukit ChandanHashim BujangPN (BERSATU)
N35ManongBurhanuddin AhmadPN (PAS)
P68 Beruas N36Pengkalan BaharuAzman NohBN (UMNO)
N37Pantai RemisWong May IngPH (DAP)
N38AstakaJason Ng Thien YeongPH (DAP)
P69 Parit N39BelanjaKhairudin Abu HanipahBN (UMNO) EXCO Member
N40BotaNajihatussalehah AhmadPN (PAS) N/A
P70 Kampar N41Malim NawarBavani Veraiah @ ShashaPH (DAP)
N42KeranjiAngeline Koo Hai YenPH (DAP)
N43Tulang SekahMohd Azlan HelmiPH (PKR) EXCO Member
P71 Gopeng N44Sungai RapatMohammad Nizar JamaluddinPH (AMANAH)
N45Simpang PulaiWong Chai YiPH (PKR) N/A
N46TejaSandrea Ng Shy ChingPH (PKR) EXCO Member
P72 Tapah N47ChenderiangChoong Sin HengBN (MCA) N/A
N48Ayer KuningIsham ShahruddinBN (UMNO)
P73 Pasir Salak N49Sungai ManikZainol Fadzi PaharudinPN (BERSATU)
N50Kampong GajahZafarulazlan ZanPN (PAS)
P74 Lumut N51Pasir PanjangRosli Abd RahmanPN (PAS)
N52PangkorNorhaslinda ZakariaPN (BERSATU)
P75 Bagan Datuk N53RungkupShahrul Zaman YahyaBN (UMNO)
N54Hutan MelintangWasanthee SinnasamyPH (PKR)
P76 Teluk Intan N55Pasir BedamarWoo Kah LeongPH (DAP) EXCO Member
N56Changkat JongNadziruddin Mohamed BandiPN (BERSATU) N/A
P77 Tanjong Malim N57SungkaiSivanesan AchalingamPH (DAP) EXCO Member
N58SlimMuhammad Zulfadli ZainalPN (PAS) N/A
N59BehrangSalina SamsudinBN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement

VacantN54 Hutan MelintangN38 AstakaN33 TronohN30 Buntong
N19 ChenderohN17 Pokok AssamN42 KeranjiN31 JelapangN41 Malim NawarN27 Pasir Pinji
N01 Pengkalan HuluN47 ChenderiangEN28 BerchamN45 Simpang Pulai
N08 Titi SerongN52 PangkorFDN36 Pengkalan BaharuN59 Behrang
N58 SlimN35 ManongN37 Pantai RemisN48 Ayer Kuning
N50 Kampong GajahN56 Changkat JongN53 RungkupN32 Menglembu
N10 Alor PongsuN12 SelinsingGSergeant-at-ArmCN29 KepayangN24 Hulu Kinta
N16 KamuntingN13 Kuala SepetangN26 Tebing TinggiN25 Canning
(Deputy Speaker)
N15 TrongN03 KeneringN18 Aulong
(EXCO Member)
N55 Pasir Bedamar
(EXCO Member)
N14 Changkat JeringN07 Batu KurauHBN02 Temenggor
(EXCO Member)
N43 Tualang Sekah
(EXCO Member)
N20 Lubok MerbauN40 Botathe MaceN22 Jalong
(EXCO Member)
N39 Belanja
(EXCO Member)
N34 Bukit Chandan}N09 Kuala KurauN57 Sungkai
(EXCO Member)
N46 Teja
(EXCO Member)
N51 Pasir PanjangN05 SelamaIAN21 Lintang
(EXCO Member)
State Financial Officer
N23 ManjoiN49 Sungai ManikN44 Sungai Rapat
(EXCO Member)
State Legal Advisor
N06 Kubu GajahN11 Gunong Semanggol
(Opposition Leader)
SecretaryN04 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.SpeakerTerm startTerm endPartyConstituencyRemarks
8Junus Wahid 19992004BN (UMNO)Slim
9V. Sivakumar 25 April 20087 May 2009PR (DAP)Tronoh1st Indian speaker
10R. Ganesan 7 May 20095 May 2013BN (MIC)Non-MLA
11Devamany S. Krishnasamy 28 June 20139 August 2016BN (MIC)Non-MLA
12S. Thangeswary[3] 9 August 20169 April 2018BN (MIC)Non-MLA1st female speaker
13Ngeh Koo Ham 2 July 201812 May 2020PH (DAP)Non-MLAMP of Beruas, 1st Chinese speaker
14Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid 15 May 2020IncumbentBN (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 SekahMohd Azlan HelmiPKR34.41
BehrangSalina SamsudinUMNO34.42
Ayer KuningIshsam ShahruddinUMNO38.73
Hulu KintaMuhamad Arafat Varisai MahamadPKR39.02
ChenderiangChoong Shin HengMCA39.86
Tebing TinggiAbdul Aziz BariDAP40.58
Pengkalan BaharuAzman NohUMNO40.58
Sungai RapatMohammad Nizar JamaluddinAMANAH41.91
Hutan MelintangWasanthee SinnasamyPKR43.06
TemengorSalbiah MohamedUMNO43.12
TejaSandrea Ng Shy ChingPKR46.50
BelanjaKhairudin Abu HanipahUMNO47.03
Kota TampanSaarani MohamadUMNO48.24
LintangMohd Zolkafly HarunUMNO48.43
RungkupShahrul Zaman YahyaUMNO49.55
Fairly safe
Malim NawarBavani VeriahDAP58.57
SungkaiSivanesan AchalingamDAP58.97
JalongLoh Sze YeeDAP59.08
Safe
TronohSteven Tiw Tee SiangDAP63.65
AulongTeh Kok LimDAP66.22
Pokok AssamOng Seng GuanDAP67.36
Simpang PulaiWong Chai YiPKR69.18
KeranjiAngeline Koo Haai YenDAP69.46
Pantai RemisWong May IngDAP72.24
KepayangNga Kor MingDAP72.60
Pasir BedamarWoo Kah LeongDAP76.64
AstakaJason Ng Thien YeongDAP78.16
BerchamOng Boon PiowDAP81.24
BuntongThulsi Thivani ManogaranDAP84.02
CanningJenny Choy Tsi JenDAP87.10
MenglembuChaw Kam FoonDAP87.93
JelapangCheah Pou HianDAP88.71
Pasir PinjiGoh See HuaDAP90.47
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Changkat JongNadziruddin Mohamed BandiBERSATU36.02
Bukit ChandanHashim BujangBERSATU38.43
PangkorNorhaslinda ZakariaBERSATU38.65
SlimMuhammad Zulfadli ZainalPAS38.87
ChenderohSyed Lukman HakimBERSATU39.44
Pasir PanjangRosli Abd RahmanPAS41.05
Kuala SepetangAhmad ManBERSATU41.34
Changkat JeringRahim IsmailPAS41.89
Kuala KurauAbdul Yunus JamahariBERSATU41.97
TrongMuhammad Faisal Abdul RahmanPAS43.77
Sungai ManikZainol Fadzi PaharudinBERSATU43.94
KamuntingMohd Fakhrudin Abd AzizPAS43.98
ManongBurhanuddin AhmadPAS44.04
ManjoiMohd Hafez SabriPAS44.14
SelinsingSalehuddin AbdullahBERSATU46.48
KeneringHusairi AriffinPAS46.99
BotaNajihatussalehah AhmadPAS47.09
Lubok MerbauAzizi Mohamed RidzuwanPAS47.17
Pengkalan HuluAmin RoslanPAS47.60
Alor PongsuNoor Azman GhazaliPAS47.78
Titi SerongHakimi Hamzi Mohd HayatPAS47.84
Batu KurauMohd Najmuddin AliasBERSATU50.67
Kampong GajahZafarulazhan ZanPAS51.03
Fairly safe
SelamaAkmal KamarudinPAS58.32
Kubu GajahKhalil YahayaPAS59.16
Gunong SemanggolRazman ZakariaPAS59.29

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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