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Perak State Legislative Assembly

Legislative branch of the Perak state government

Summary

Legislative branch of the Perak state government

Field	Value
background_color	Gold
name	Perak State Legislative Assembly
native_name	Dewan Negeri Perak
{{Script	Arab	ديوان نݢري ڤيراق}}
coa-pic	Coat of arms of Perak.svg
session_room	Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak Malam.jpg
legislature	15th Perak State Assembly
house_type	Unicameral
foundation	21 July 1959
leader1_type	Sultan
leader1	Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah
election1	29 May 2014
leader2_type	Speaker
leader2	Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid
party2	BN–UMNO
election2	12 May 2020
leader3_type	Deputy Speaker
leader3	Jenny Choy Tsi Jen
party3	PH–DAP
election3	19 December 2022
leader4_type	Menteri Besar
leader4	Saarani Mohamad
party4	BN–UMNO
election4	10 December 2020
leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
leader5	Razman Zakaria
party5	PN–PAS
election5	9 December 2022
members	59
Quorum: 20
Simple majority: 30
Two-thirds majority: 40
structure1	[[File:DUN Perak GE15.svg	frameless	Perak State Assembly Composition]]
structure1_res	250px
political_groups1	()
term_length	Up to 5 years
voting_system1	Plurality: First-past-the-post (59 single-member constituencies)
last_election1	19 November 2022
next_election1	By 17 February 2028
meeting_place	Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Ipoh, Perak
website

| coa-pic = Coat of arms of Perak.svg Quorum: 20 Simple majority: 30 Two-thirds majority: 40 Government (33)

PH (24)

DAP (18)
PKR (5)
AMANAH (1) BN (9)
UMNO (8)
MCA (1)

Opposition (26)

PN (26)

PAS (17)
BERSATU (9)

Speaker (1)

BN (non-MLA)

The Perak State Legislative Assembly () 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

United Malays National Organisation}};"	UMNO	Malaysian Chinese Association}};"	MCA	Democratic Action Party}};"	DAP	People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}};"	PKR	National Trust Party (Malaysia)}};"	AMANAH	Malaysian Islamic Party}};"	PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P54	Gerik	N1	Pengkalan Hulu	Mohamad Amin Roslan	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N2	Temengor	Salbiah Mohamed	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P55	Lenggong	N3	Kenering	Husairi Ariffin	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N4	Kota Tampan	Saarani Mohamad	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P56	Larut	N5	Selama	Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N6	Kubu Gajah	Khalil Yahaya	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N7	Batu Kurau	Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P57	Parit Buntar	N8	Titi Serong	Hakimi Hamzi Hayat	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N9	Kuala Kurau	Abdul Yunus Jamahri	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P58	Bagan Serai	N10	Alor Pongsu	Noor Azman Ghazali	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N11	Gunong Semanggol	Razman Zakaria	Perikatan Nasional}}"		Leader of the Opposition
N12	Selinsing	Sallehuddin Abdullah	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
P59	Bukit Gantang	N13	Kuala Sepetang	Ahmad Man	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N14	Changkat Jering	Rahim Ismail	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N15	Trong	Faisal Abdul Rahman	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P60	Taiping	N16	Kamunting	Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Aziz	Perikatan Nasional}}"
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	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N20	Lubok Merbau	Azizi Mohamed Ridzuan	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P62	Sungai Siput	N21	Lintang	Mohd Zolkafly Harun	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
N22	Jalong	Loh Sze Yee	PH (DAP)
P63	Tambun	N23	Manjoi	Mohd Hafez Sabri	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N24	Hulu Kinta	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	PH (PKR)
P64	Ipoh Timor	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	Steven 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	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N35	Manong	Burhanuddin Ahmad	Perikatan Nasional}}"
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	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
P70	Kampar	N41	Malim Nawar	Bavani Veraiah	PH (DAP)
N42	Keranji	Angeline Koo Haai 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	Mohamad Yusri Bakir	BN (UMNO)
P73	Pasir Salak	N49	Sungai Manik	Zainol Fadzi Paharudin	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N50	Kampong Gajah	Zafarulazlan Zan	Perikatan Nasional}}"
P74	Lumut	N51	Pasir Panjang	Rosli Abd Rahman	Perikatan Nasional}}"
N52	Pangkor	Norhaslinda Zakaria	Perikatan Nasional}}"
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	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
P77	Tanjong Malim	N57	Sungkai	Sivanesan Achalingam	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
N58	Slim	Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal	Perikatan Nasional}}"		N/A
N59	Behrang	Salina Samsudin	BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement

			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. 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
1	Sulaiman Bulon	1959	1963	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
2	Ali Zaini Mohd Zain	1964	1974	BN (UMNO)	Karai (now part of Lintang)
3	Shafie Mat Saman	1974	1978	BN (UMNO)	Manong
4	Ahmad Azizuddin Zainal Abidin	1978	1982	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
5	Shamsuddin Din	1982	1986	BN (UMNO)	Temengor
6	Abdul Malik Ahmad	1987	1988	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
7	Umar Ismail	1988	1990	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
8	Mohd Arshad Abdullah	1990	1995	BN (UMNO)	Changkat Jong
9	Mohamed Nazri Abd Rahim	1995	1999	BN (UMNO)	Sungai Manik
10	Junus Wahid	1999	2004	BN (UMNO)	Slim
11	V. Sivakumar	25 April 2008	7 May 2009	PR (DAP)	Tronoh	1st Indian speaker
12	Ganesan Retanam	7 May 2009	5 May 2013	BN (MIC)	Non-MLA
13	Devamany S. Krishnasamy	28 June 2013	9 August 2016	BN (MIC)	Non-MLA
14	S. Thangeswary	9 August 2016	9 April 2018	BN (MIC)	Non-MLA	1st female speaker
15	Ngeh Koo Ham	2 July 2018	12 May 2020	PH (DAP)	Non-MLA	MP of Beruas, 1st Chinese speaker
16	Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid	15 May 2020	Incumbent	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA

Source: Perak State Legislative Assembly

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.

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term	Members	Committee	Majority party/coalition
State Council	1955	45	Abdul Wahab (1955–1957)	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"
1st	1959	40	Shaari	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"
2nd	1964	Ahmad Said I	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"		Alliance (UMNO–MCA–MIC)
3rd	1969	Kamaruddin	Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};"		Alliance (UMNO–MCA) (1969–1972)
Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA–PPP–GERAKAN–PAS) (1973–1974)
4th	1974	43	Mohamed Ghazali II (1974–1977)	Barisan Nasional}};"
5th	1978	Wan Mohamed II	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA–MIC–GERAKAN–PPP)
6th	1982	Wan Mohamed III (1982–1983)	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA–MIC–GERAKAN)
7th	1986	46	Ramli II	Barisan Nasional}};"
8th	1990	Ramli III	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA–MIC–GERAKAN)
9th	1995	52	Ramli IV	Barisan Nasional}};"
10th	1999	Tajol Rosli I	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA–MIC–GERAKAN)
11th	2004	59	Tajol Rosli II	Barisan Nasional}};"
12th	2008	Mohamad Nizar (2008–2009)	Pakatan Rakyat}};"		PR (PAS–DAP–PKR)
Zambry I (2009–2013)	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA) (2009–2010)
13th	2013	Zambry II	Barisan Nasional}};"		BN (UMNO–MCA)
14th	2018	Ahmad Faizal I (2018–2020)	Pakatan Harapan}};"		PH (BERSATU–DAP–AMANAH–PKR)
Ahmad Faizal II (2020)	Perikatan Nasional}};"		PN (BERSATU–UMNO–PAS–GERAKAN)
Saarani I (2020–2022)	Barisan Nasional}};"
15th	2022	Saarani II	Parti Bangsa Malaysia}};"		MADANI (UMNO–DAP–PKR–AMANAH–MCA)

Notes

References

"Perak to debate state budget, anti-party hopping bill | the Malaysian Insight".
link. (2009-12-20 (in Malay))
(18 October 2005). "Ex-Perak Speaker dies".
(15 December 2021). "Former Perak speaker passes away on Wednesday (Dec 15)".
(August 9, 2016). "Thangeswary, first woman appointed as Perak State Assembly Speaker". [[Astro Awani]].
"Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negeri Perak".

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