Penang State Legislative Assembly

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.

Penang State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
槟城州议会
ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ڤولاو ڤينڠ‎
15th State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded11 July 1959 (1959-07-11)
Leadership
Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
since 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)
Speaker
Law Choo Kiang, PH-PKR
since 28 June 2013 (2013-06-28)
Deputy Speaker
Azrul Mahathir Aziz, PH-AMANAH
since 29 August 2023 (2023-08-29)
Chow Kon Yeow,
PH–DAP
since 14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)
Secretary
Maheswari Malayandy
Structure
Seats40
Quorum: 13
Simple majority: 21
Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups
(As of 13 August 2023)

Government (29)
  PH (27)

  BN (2)

Opposition (11)
  PN (11)


Speaker (1)

  PH (non-MLA)
Committees
5
  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Rights and Privileges Committee
  • Assembly Committee
  • Rules of Proceedings Committee
  • Constitutional Committee
Elections
Plurality First-past-the-post
Last election
12 August 2023
Next election
By 28 October 2028
Meeting place
Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
dun.penang.gov.my

After the 2023 Penang state election and out of the 40 seats, 29 are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) ruling coalitions. Within the PH coalition, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) retains its 19 seats since 2008, the People's Justice Party (PKR) holds 7 seats and the National Trust Party (Amanah) retain just a single seat, while the BN coalition holds 2 seats. The PH and BN coalitions 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
For a complete list of members, see List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2023–present).
Government Opposition
PH BN PN
27 2 11
19 7 1 2 7 4
DAP PKR AMANAH UMNO 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 PN (PAS)N/A
N02 Bertam Reezal Merican Naina Merican BN (UMNO)
N03 Pinang Tunggal Bukhori Ghazali PN (PAS)
P042 Tasek Gelugor N4 Permatang Berangan Mohd Sobri Salleh PN (PAS)
N05 Sungai Dua Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff PN (PAS)
N06 Telok Ayer Tawar Azmi Alang PN (BERSATU)
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 PN (BERSATU)
N11 Permatang Pasir Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim PN (PAS)
N12 Penanti Zulkefli Bakar PN (BERSATU)
P045 Bukit Mertajam N13 Berapit Heng Lee Lee PH (DAP)
N14 Machang Bubok 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 Nor Zamri Latiff PN (PAS) 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)
  • Former Chief Minister of Penang
  • MP for Bagan
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 PN (PAS) N/A
N40 Telok Bahang Muhamad Kasim PN (BERSATU)

Seating arrangement

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

N08 Bagan JermalN27 Pengkalan KotaN33 Air ItamN31 Batu LanchangN17 Bukit TengahN13 BerapitN14 Machang BubokN35 Batu Uban
N18 Bukit TambunN28 KomtarN02 BertamN23 Air Putih
N32 Seri DelimaBVacant
N25 Pulau TikusN38 Bayan Lepas (Deputy Speaker)
N24 Kebun BungaN10 Seberang JayaCAN34 Paya Terubong (EXCO Member)N36 Pantai Jerejak (EXCO Member)
N09 Bagan DalamN11 Permatang PasirN22 Tanjong Bunga (EXCO Member)N16 Perai (EXCO Member)
N07 Sungai PuyuN06 Telok Ayer TawarN21 Sungai Acheh (EXCO Member)N15 Padang Lalang (EXCO Member)
N39 Pulau BetongN03 Pinang TunggalN29 Datok Keramat (Deputy Chief Minister II)N19 Jawi (EXCO Member)
N20 Sungai BakapN01 PenagaN37 Batu Maung (Deputy Chief Minister I)N30 Sungai Pinang (EXCO Member)
N40 Telok BahangN12 PenantiState Legal AdvisorState Financial Officer
N04 Permatang BeranganN05 Sungai DuaSecretaryN26 Padang Kota (Chief Minister)State Secretary
Speaker
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.[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 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:[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.SpeakerTerm startTerm endPartyConstituency
1Sulaiman Ahmad6 January 19591 April 1964Alliance (UMNO)Alma
25 April 196419 March 1969
2Harun Sirat10 May 196931 July 1974GerakanAlma
24 August 197416 June 1978BN (Gerakan)Bukit Tengah
3Hassan Md. Noh8 July 197829 March 1982BN (UMNO)Penaga
4Teh Ewe Lim22 April 198219 July 1986BN (Gerakan)Datok Keramat
5Ooi Ean Kwong3 August 19865 October 1990BN (Gerakan)Datok Keramat
6Abdul Rahman Abbas21 October 19904 April 1995BN (UMNO)Bertam
7Yahaya Abdul Hamid25 April 199510 November 1999BN (UMNO)Pinang Tunggal
29 November 19992 March 2004
21 March 200412 February 2008Non-MLA
8Abdul Halim Hussain8 March 200827 June 2013PR (PKR)Non-MLA
9Law Choo Kiang28 June 201310 April 2018PH (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.

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai AchehRashidi ZainolUMNO50.33
Bayan LepasAzrul Mahathir AzizAMANAH52.35
Batu MaungMohamad Abdul HamidPKR54.65
Fairly safe
BertamReezal Merican Naina MericanUMNO56.24
Safe
Sungai PinangLim Siew KhimDAP65.13
Bukit TengahGooi Hsiao-LeungPKR68.58
Machang BubokLee Khai LoonPKR69.12
Pantai JerejakFahmi ZainolPKR69.94
Bagan DalamKamaran KrishnanDAP71.49
Tanjong BungaZairil Khir JohariDAP72.82
Datok KeramatJagdeep Singh DeoDAP72.61
PeraiSundarajoo SomuDAP76.76
Batu UbanKumaresan AramugamPKR76.83
JawiH’ng Mooi LyeDAP79.50
Air ItamJoseph Ng Soon SeongDAP79.22
Seri DelimaConnie Tan Hooi PengDAP80.57
Bukit TambunGoh Choon AikPKR80.64
Bagan JermalChee Yeeh KeenDAP84.77
Air PutihLim Guan EngDAP85.63
Pulau TikusJoshua Woo Sze ZengDAP85.09
KomtarTeh Lai HengDAP86.61
Padang KotaChow Kon YeowDAP87.83
Kebun BungaLee Boon HengPKR87.83
Padang LalangDaniel Gooi Zi SenDAP87.85
Sungai PuyuPhee Syn TzeDAP90.48
Paya TerubongWong Hon WaiDAP91.58
Batu LancangOng Ah TeongDAP92.12
BerapitHeng Lee LeeDAP94.44
Pengkalan KotaWong Yee HarngDAP94.64
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai BakapNor Zamri LatiffPAS52.67
Pulau BetongMohamad Shukor ZakariahPAS52.92
Telok BahangMuhamd KasimBERSATU53.48
Telok Ayer TawarAzmi AlangBERSATU55.26
Fairly Safe
Permatang PasirAmir Hamzah Abdul HashimPAS56.49
Seberang JayaIzhar Shah Arif ShahBERSATU56.69
PenantiZulkefli BakarBERSATU58.28
Safe
Sungai DuaMuhammad Fauzi YusoffPAS62.26
Pinang TunggalBukhori GhazaliPAS62.74
PenagaMohd. Yusni Mat PiahPAS63.24
Permatang BeranganMohd Sobri SalehPAS69.50

List of Assemblies
Assembly Term

began

 Members Election Committee Majority party/coalition
1st 1959 Wong Pow Nee I Alliance
2nd 1964 Wong Pow Nee II Alliance
3rd 1969 Lim Chong Eu I Gerakan (1969-1973)

Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)

4th 1974 Lim Chong Eu II Barisan Nasional
5th 1978 Lim Chong Eu III Barisan Nasional
6th 1982 Lim Chong Eu IV Barisan Nasional
7th 1986 Lim Chong Eu V Barisan Nasional
8th 1990 Koh Tsu Koon I Barisan Nasional
9th 1995 Koh Tsu Koon II Barisan Nasional
10th 1999 Koh Tsu Koon III Barisan Nasional
11th 2004 Koh Tsu Koon IV Barisan Nasional
12th 2008 Lim Guan Eng I Pakatan Rakyat
13th 2013 Lim Guan Eng II Pakatan Rakyat (2013-2015)

Pakatan Harapan (2015-2018)

14th 2018 Chow Kon Yeow I Pakatan Harapan
15th 2023 Chow Kon Yeow II Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional

See also

References
  1. "Persidangan dewan undangan negeri penggal keempat belas" (PDF). Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang.
  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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