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Penang State Legislative Assembly

Legislative branch of the Penang state government

Field	Value
background_color	skyblue
name	Penang State Legislative Assembly
native_name	Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
coa_pic	[[File:Coat of arms of Penang.svg	150px]]
session_room	Dewan Undangan Negeri Penang Dec 2006 003.jpg
session_res	250px
legislature	15th State Legislative Assembly
house_type	Unicameral
foundation
leader1_type	Governor
leader1	Ramli Ngah Talib
election1
leader2_type	Speaker
leader2	Law Choo Kiang
party2	PH–PKR
election2
leader3_type	Deputy Speaker
leader3	Azrul Mahathir Aziz
party3	PH–AMANAH
election3
leader4_type	Chief Minister
leader4	Chow Kon Yeow
party4	PH–DAP
election4
leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
leader5	Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff
party5	PN–PAS
election5
leader6_type	Secretary
leader6	Maheswari Malayandy
members	40
Quorum: 13
Simple majority: 21
Two-thirds majority: 27
structure1	DUN Penang 2023.svg
structure1_res	250px
political_groups1	()

committees1
voting_system1	Plurality First-past-the-post
last_election1	12 August 2023
next_election1	By 28 October 2028
meeting_place	Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
website

Quorum: 13 Simple majority: 21 Two-thirds majority: 27

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) 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, 29 out of 40 seats are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN). The PH–BN alliance 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

Democratic Action Party}};"	DAP	People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}};"	PKR	National Trust Party (Malaysia)}};"	AMANAH	United Malays National Organisation}};"	UMNO	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party}};"	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	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N02	Bertam	Reezal Merican Naina Merican	BN (UMNO)
N03	Pinang Tunggal	Bukhori Ghazali	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P042	Tasek Gelugor	N4	Permatang Berangan	Mohd Sobri Saleh	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N05	Sungai Dua	Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff	Perikatan Nasional}}"		Opposition Leader
N06	Telok Ayer Tawar	Azmi Alang	Perikatan Nasional}}"		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	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N11	Permatang Pasir	Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N12	Penanti	Zulkefli Bakar	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P045	Bukit Mertajam	N13	Berapit	Heng Lee Lee	PH (DAP)
N14	Machang Bubuk	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)
N17	Bukit Tengah	Gooi Hsiao Leung	PH (PKR)	N/A
N18	Bukit Tambun	Goh Choon Aik	PH (PKR)
P047	Nibong Tebal	N19	Jawi	Jason H'ng Mooi Lye	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
N20	Sungai Bakap	Abidin Ismail	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N21	Sungai Acheh	Rashidi Zinol	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P048	Bukit Bendera	N22	Tanjong Bunga	Zairil Khir Johari	PH (DAP)
N23	Air Putih	Lim Guan Eng	PH (DAP)
N24	Kebun Bunga	Lee Boon Heng	PH (PKR)	N/A
N25	Pulau Tikus	Joshua Woo Sze Zeng	PH (DAP)
P049	Tanjong	N26	Padang Kota	Chow Kon Yeow	PH (DAP)
N27	Pengkalan Kota	Wong Yuee Harng	PH (DAP)	N/A
N28	Komtar	Teh Lai Heng	PH (DAP)
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	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N40	Telok Bahang	Muhamad Kasim	Perikatan Nasional}}"

Seating arrangement

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

			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. 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 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:

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:

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Sulaiman Ahmad	6 January 1959	1 April 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Alma
25 April 1964	19 March 1969
2	Harun Sirat	10 May 1969	31 July 1974	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia}}"	Gerakan	Alma
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
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

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.

Permatang Berangan	Mohd Sobri Saleh	PAS	69.50

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term	Members	Committee	Governing parties
Settlement Council	1955	25	Wong Pow Nee I (1957–1959)	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"
1st	1959	24	Wong Pow Nee II	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"
2nd	1964	Wong Pow Nee III	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"		Alliance (MCA–UMNO–MIC)
3rd	1969	Lim Chong Eu I	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia}};"		GERAKAN (1969–1972)
Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (GERAKAN–UMNO) (1973–1974)
4th	1974	27	Lim Chong Eu II	Barisan Nasional}};"
5th	1978	Lim Chong Eu III	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (GERAKAN–UMNO–MCA–MIC)
6th	1982	Lim Chong Eu IV	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (GERAKAN–UMNO–MCA–MIC)
7th	1986	33	Lim Chong Eu V	Barisan Nasional}};"
8th	1990	Koh Tsu Koon I	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (GERAKAN–UMNO)
9th	1995	Koh Tsu Koon II	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (GERAKAN–UMNO–MCA–MIC)
10th	1999	Koh Tsu Koon III	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (GERAKAN–UMNO–MCA–MIC)
11th	2004	40	Koh Tsu Koon IV	Barisan Nasional}};"
12th	2008	Lim Guan Eng I	Pakatan Rakyat}};"		PR (DAP–PKR–PAS)
13th	2013	Lim Guan Eng II	Pakatan Rakyat}};"		PR (DAP–PKR–PAS) (2013–2015)
Pakatan Harapan}};"		PH (DAP–PKR) (2015–2018)
14th	2018	Chow Kon Yeow I	Pakatan Harapan}};"		PH (DAP–PKR–AMANAH–BERSATU) (2018–2020)
Parti Bangsa Malaysia}};"		MADANI (DAP–PKR–AMANAH–UMNO) (2022–2023)
15th	2023	Chow Kon Yeow II	Parti Bangsa Malaysia}};"		MADANI (DAP–PKR–AMANAH–UMNO)

References

"Persidangan dewan undangan negeri penggal keempat belas"%20SALINAN.pdf).
[http://dun.penang.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=30 Role and Membership of the State Assembly] Penang State Assembly Portal
[http://dun.penang.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=31 List of State Assembly Committees] Penang State Assembly Portal
"Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri".

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